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I was going to write a bunch of stuff yesterday, but I had so much to do that before I knew it it was bed time. Oh well, at least I wasn’t sitting on my butt all doing doing nothing. Not that I could do that anyway, but sometimes it’s a nice thought. Brad started a new job yesterday so that means no more going out to do whatever we want anytime we want. It was really nice to have him at home to spend time with his family, but he does get home at 4:30 so he still gets to see Sophia for at-least couple of hours before she heads to bed.

A couple of days ago I went on this huge cleaning binge, I wanted to get a bunch of stuff put away and get some clothes out for the fall. Sophie’s room was the most fun to go through, looking at all the clothes that she has grown out of. It was so amazing to see how much she has grown in 9 months. I found her coming home outfit and I was amazed at how tiny that little onzie really is. I also found her first diaper (not used) and I cannot recall her being that small, it just seems so odd. Sometimes when we’re walking through a mall and I see a newborn baby I swear that Sophia was never that tiny, but I she was, she was even smaller than an average newborn. Mmmm, makes me want to have another one. Don’t you love the irrational feelings of a mother? She is just growing up too fast.

Onto another note, I have decided to train our cats to be both indoor and outdoor cats. This way I can stick them outside at night and they won’t annoy me and wake me up numerous times. I let them out in the back yard yesterday, and I thought that they would run away, instead they walked around eating grass and sniffing every square inch. I think they really enjoyed not being bound in the house, I hope this continues.

Sophia is awake and wants mommy’s attention now, I better go.

Yesterday my mom and dad went to Toys “R” Us to find some good toys for Sophia. We have a lot of stuffed animals and newborn rattle kind of stuff, but she is getting older and more interested in toys so we figured now is a good time to go and get some fun things for her. When we got to the mall Sophie had fallen asleep in my sling which I love when she does because then she is not cranky and tired all afternoon. We passed a couple of dads with their kids and one of the guys made a comment that my way is the best time to go shopping- when the kids are asleep. I thought that was a little funny, I guess that way the kids don’t bother you.

Anyway, back to Sophia’s toy shopping. We got her some educational toys and this and that, but I thought that it would be nice to get her a baby doll. Every little girl has to have her first baby doll. I found this cute little baby girl doll for her and we went ahead and bought it. Once I took it out of the box she immediately grabbed it and went straight for the soother that the doll had in her mouth. It was really funny to see her try and put that soother in her mouth. All it is is a little nub in the end, and yet she spent a lot of time trying to get that thing in her mouth. My little paci-a-holic. Once she figured out that she cannot suck on that paci she gave up and moved onto sucking on her foot or hand, whatever was closer to her mouth. I think she is about to cut another tooth. I find that a bit seeing as how she doesn’t have any top teeth yet, aren’t those supposed to come after the first bottom one’s?

She proudly carried her baby doll for the rest of our mall trip and if I tried taking it away she would squeeze it as tightly as she could. My baby has a little dolly, how cute is that.

Now I am going t vent about my two dumb and annoying cats. Since we had Sophie obviously they don’t get half as much attention as they normally do, so they try and get it another way. During the day they are nice and quiet, but once we go to bed all the noise comes out. There’s chasing, meowing, knocking things over, walking all over us, scratching on Sophia’s door. Seriously, sometimes I just want to knock their heads together so that they would be quiet and I could get some sleep. Obviously I wouldn’t do that, but it has sure made me seriously consider getting rid of them. I love my kitty’s, but I want sanity more. Last night Twiggles managed to climb into my drawer and make it fall apart- at 3 AM!!!!!! Anyone want free cats?

Sophia’s Toy Box Car

Today Brad and I went out on hunt for boxes. As you may know we are moving back to BC next month, and we have a lot of stuff to pack. When we both came out here (Edmonton), we each had a car load of stuff, now we need a U-haul to get all the stuff out. Shows how much we stuff we’ve accumulated over 2 years. Anyway, you’d think it would be easy to find boxes, but no, we had to go to three different places.

So now I’m in the process of packing up our bedroom. Sophie and I are flying out to BC on April 2oth, and I’m coming back on the 23rd to finish cleaning up. I’m leaving Sophie with my parents, seeing as how I don’t think she would enjoy a 12hour driving trip with 2 howling cats in the back.

We are going to stay with my parents for a couple of months, and then try to fond our own place. Not sure where we’re going to be living yet, but I’m sure that will be figured out soon enough.

Ok, that’s it for today, sorry no picture. I woun’t blog everyday from now until we move, too busy, too many things to get done.

I have a weird family. I just asked Brad to charge the battery to our digital camera, and on his way to the outlet he managed to fall and hurt himself. The distance is about 2-3 feet, see, weird family. And now that he is sitting on the floor Twiggles (the obsessive cat) is already on top of him.

Anyway, that’s not what I was going to write about, I am going to tell you about my little addict. Sophie has this really weird fascintion with computer/TV screens. She could be happily playing with one of us, but as soon as she spots one of our computers or that the TV is on, her head turns that way and there’s no way of distracting her from it. It funny because when she is really cranky, all we have to do it open up a computer screen and all is well again. I keep thinking that she’s going to turn out to be a computer geek, just like her daddy.

Her new thing that has discovered is standing. The little stinker wants nothing to do with sitting, she MUST stand at ALL times. Her poor little legs can’t handle her weight for that long, and when she crashes she just gets mad and wants to go up again. I’m really shocked how well she can do it though. I don’t even have to hold her, just give her my fingers for balance, is that normal for a 4 month old? I thought they re supposed to learn to sit unassisted first? Nope, wants nothing to do with sitting, standing is the “in” thing now…

Anyway, back to the computer screen thing. I know that kids watching TV is a controversial topic, and I’m not for them spending countless hours infront of the screen, but is 10-15 a day that bad? Sometimes I like to watch certain shows, and she is up at that time, is it bad for her to watch it with me? This parenting thing looked easier then it is. I have a really cute picture of her and the computer, but I can’t upload it right now because the battery is charging. Check back in couple of hours, it will be up.

My little computer geek

I know that some of you have seen this on myspace, but i thought i’d share this with those who have not read it yet.

Sleep Training… OK, here’s my situation. My Mommy has had me for almost 7 months. The first few months were great– I cried, she picked me upand fed me, anytime, day or night. Then something happened. Over the last few weeks, she has been trying to STTN (sleep thru the night). At first, I thought it was just a phase, but it is only getting worse. I’ve talked to other babies, and it seems like it’s pretty common after Mommies have had us for around 6 months. Here’s the thing: these Mommies don’t really need to sleep. It’s just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep–they just don’t need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby Shuffle. It goes like this: Night 1–cry every 3 hours until you get fed. I know, it’s hard. It’s hard to see your Mommy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself, it’s for her own good. Night 2–cry every 2 hours until you get fed. Night 3–every hour. Most Mommies will start to respond more quickly after about 3 nights. Some Mommies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mommies may stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don’t give in. I cannot stress this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the night), just once, she will expect it every night. I KNOW IT’S HARD! But she really does not need the sleep, she is just resisting the change. If you have an especially alert Mommy, you can stop crying for about 10 minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mommy once stayed awake for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it. Last night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT! I cried for any reason I could come up with. My sleep sack tickled my foot. I felt a wrinkle under the sheet. My mobile made a shadow on the wall. I burped, and it tasted like pears. I hadn’t eaten pears since lunch, what’s up with that? The cat said “meow”. I should know. My Mommy reminds me of this about 20 times a day. LOL. Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room. Too hot, too cold, just right–doesn’t matter! Keep crying!! It took awhile, but it worked. She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in order to reset your Mommies’ internal clocks.

P.S. Don’t let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on them, no milk will come out. Trust me…. -Anonymous

Yap, just a random picture. I thought it was cute

Seeing as how everyone is blogging these days, i have decided to have a little fun and blog myself. I was going to write something earlier on this day, but i had my hands full with a little cranky sick baby. Poor kid got her very first ear infection. I don’t know why such little beautiful creatures have to suffer with illnesses so early on in their lives. I was hoping to avoid giving her antibiotics, but without them she wouldnt sleep longer then 15 min at a time, and after 12 hours i had had enough. Wow my very first blog and it’s already sounding whiney… ok off to a more optimistic topic.

Right now im sitting in my living room watching our cat Twiggles cuddling up next to husband Brad. She’s kind of an odd cat, im pretty sure she thinks she’s half human. She has a really odd obsession with Brad, and by weird i mean WEIRD. Every time that he’s sitting on the couch on laying on the floor, she is on top of him purring like a tractor. Sometimes i wish she would cuddle up to me, but the cat hates me. Luckily we have another kitty that likes me, granted that she likes everyone, but that’s not the point. I have no idea why im talking about our cats, seeing as how this blog is supposed to be about motherhood.

Ok, i’ve decided that i need to go to bed, so i will officially start blogging tomorrow, for now you have learned about my weird cats. I suppose that since my first Blog was about them i will put up a picture. Ok night night for now. Check out my about me section, there’s a proper intro to my family and I.