My, how she's grown!
A week from tomorrow, Sophi will be 8 months old. I can't believe how fast time is moving now and I just want it to slow down. I love to look at all of the pictures that we take of her (which is a lot...about 500ish a month) and see how much she changes even just over the period of a month. See?
Taken Sept 4th (7 month b-day):
Taken last night:
Crazy, right? She is pretty much sleeping through the night now (Thank You JESUS!). This has been so great for me. The waking up every two hours at night to nurse and go back to sleep thing was killing me. Now, she goes down about 7:30 and sleeps until 5:00, wakes up to eat and then back down until between 7:00-8:00. This is awesome. I'm no doctor but I'm guessing that this is due to the fact that she has finally doubled her birth weight and is eating 3 meals a day with a snack or two in between. Plus, we play hard during the day. She is trying so hard to get mobile so we do a lot of encouraging her to try and crawl, which usually results in a belly flop and a swimming motion or her pushing herself backwards and then getting mad that she can't go forward to me. We also do a lot of holding her hands and letting her walk. She's really learning how to get those knees up and move her feet as long as we are there to guide her top half but she hasn't quite figured out how to trail the furniture yet. I'm sure it won't be long. We were given her cousin's old (to him) dinosaur ride/walk toy and the Monkey loves that thing! It's mane (what is this really called for dinos? Does it really matter?) lights up and it sings little tunes. She loves to be pushed around on it, to try and pull up on it or even just to sit and play with it. See?
My next mission is to find a park that has baby swings. If the sun ever decides to come back out here in Jacksonville, I think that the Monkey would really enjoy swinging and sliding and other fun park stuff. The weather has been pretty craptastic here lately, though so we haven't hit the swings yet. Maybe it will clear up one day this week. Also, why are there not see-saws anymore?? For whatever reason, I want the Monkey to experience one of those so bad! I think she would have so much fun on one. I get the safety risk, I do, but it's not like I would throw her on one side all by herself and then go flinging her around. I just have this awesome picture in my head of Daddy on one side and Mommy on the other and Sophi with one or the other of us and having a see-saw good time!! I told Mitch that since our new house comes with a nice workshop, there is no excuse. We want a see-saw darn it!
I wish I could say that we've had more (away from home) adventures to tell about but things have been pretty tight around here lately with Mitch's mother living with us and trying to get closed on our new home. I know that it will pay off in the end and really, I think Sophi likes being here at home and I look so forward to being in our new home and being able to swing on the back porch and play in the sandbox with her. At the new house, I'll feel more confident about taking her out and walking around the neighborhood. Maybe we can even get a wagon! I would like to take her to the zoo again soon, though. We went when she was barely 5 months old and she hardly left her stroller. She is much more curious now though and I'm sure will really be into it. I need to rally up some of my girlfriends with kids and plan a get together or something.
Mommy Stuff
I'm not sure if I blogged about this or not but at the Monkey's 6 month check up, I talked to her pedi about the fact that I was feeling pretty anti-climactic about life again. I was nervous that my PPD was creeping back in. It was different this time, though. Instead of having negative feelings about Sophi, I was really downing on myself. I felt like I was so far away from who I actually am. I miss working out and not having to worry about how many calories I get every day and going to get a haircut or a manicure whenever I want. I felt like a frumpy mom. I didn't feel pretty at all and I felt completely undesirable. [Let me say here that these feelings were all mine. Mitch is the most amazing man ever and makes it very well known every single day how beautiful and sexy he thinks I am and that he (very much) desires me.] Anyway, the doc wrote me another prescription for Zoloft and scheduled me an appointment to see the nutritionist on base to see if I could set up a plan with them that would allow me to work out again and try to rebuild my confidence. The Zoloft helped. My appointment with the nutritionist on base was a couple of weeks later. I was nervous going in but it turns out that there was nothing to be nervous about. The woman I met with was also a nursing mother and completely understood my concerns about working out and decreasing milk supply. After talking, she told me that it would be best if I did not start working out again until after I was done breast feeding because my supply is already so low that she wouldn't want me to risk it lowering anymore. Neither would I. So, my work outs now consist of pushing the Monkey around on her dinosaur or rolling around on the floor with her or going for a walk. I'm good with that. If it means that I get to breast feed my child until 12 months, I'm totally good with that. Buying some clothes that actually fit helped, too. ;)
Home Stuff
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE CLOSE ON OUR FIRST HOME IN A WEEK AND A HALF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....and we haven't even started packing yet. Oops!! Truth is, our lease isn't up in this house until the end of October so realistically, we have a little over a month to move. We do want to be living in our home within a week of closing, though. So today, I will (hopefully) be able to get some packing done so that we can get things moving along. Everything is going great with the house. The appraisal came back just over what we are paying for the house, the general inspection repairs are completed and the WDO repairs are in progress. Once we get a clean WDO report, we will be ready to close. I still can't believe that we are actually going to be home owners! We have been dreaming of this day for years and it's finally almost here! Just in time for the holidays!
Closing with some more Monkey business
Writing earlier about how much the Monkey has grown in just a few weeks made me remember that I wanted to post some more then and now pictures that I have of her. I can't believe how much she has grown/changed. She is still my little beauty and I love her more and more every second of every day!
5 months old:
7 months old:
What a difference just two months makes!!! Here are my favorites though:
9 days old:
7 months old (same pants, same chair):
And just for comedy sake
If you know our Monkey, you know that she is not always the easiest baby in the world to get along with. She has a serious attitude and a bad temper. She gets it right, though. Mommy and Daddy passed along equal parts of both. When the Monkey isn't getting what she wants, a tantrum ensues. So a couple of days ago, Mitch brought home something to help with the tantrums. Soundproof headsets from work. The kind that the guys wear out on the flight line. They're awesome. And completely hilarious. Here is Monkey trying them out:
And here is Daddy giving them a test run during a tantrum at dinner time. Clearly they worked well. Notice the smile on Mitch's face:
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