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Outside Life

Today, Ernie took apart an old desk and made a sewing table for me. Yay! I will finally be able to make something without worrying that the card table will collapse at any moment.

It's so nice out today! Soap and I walked around the yard until my lower back started to crumble. Then Ernie set up her new swing and I pushed her in that while she ate her lunch. What a life she leads.



I picked some green beans, lettuce, broccoli sprouts, and tomatoes from our garden. Our tomatoes are finally turning red! And they are so yummy! I'm so excited to be finally getting something besides beans. Some beetles have been eating our stuff so about a quarter of our stuff is almost gone. I try to kill them every time I see them now.

Soap has been taking a few steps here and there. I've been trying to get it on tape. But no luck as of yet. She is so adorable when she tries. She will laugh and squeal. I love it!

After I was done in the garden Ernie yelled to me and said that he found the hugest caterpillar in existence. It is so big! We decided it was a Lunar Moth larva. Sounds nasty but they are actually cool looking. They are so fat, and have pink dots on them. =]

We've been trying to get Sophia to fall asleep in her crib alone. And ever since we started we've had sleepless nights. We've tried the Crying it out thing. Doesn't work for my kid. The pick up put down method has the same result. The both end in tears from both of us. About three hours of straight crying until exhaustion pulls us both down into a night full of tossing and turning.

So, now we've gone back to letting her fall asleep in my arms and transferring her to her crib. We started that back up last night and she didn't wake up until morning! She got a full ten hours of sleep. But I didn't trust that she would stay asleep so I didn't go to bed until midnight.

For the first time ever I cut up and boiled a whole chicken. It was nasty and more disgusting than I thought it ever would be. I decided to do it to save money. I might do it again. I'm not really sure I ever want to see all that fat, skin, blood, bones and miscellaneous parts though. If I wasn't so grossed out by chicken germs being everywhere it might become routine. I'm so afraid I will touch something and forget to wipe it down and infect my family with salmonella poisoning.

Ernie got me a webcam for Easter. I've been wanting one so my Mom can see Sophia. She gets really sad thinking about her growing up and not being able to be here to see it. Considering everything my Mom has on her shoulders currently, I wanted to lighten her spirits. Plus all my online friends and Sassy sisters will be able to see my little chunker! Add me on MSN. I'm on all the time.

We're trying to get Sophia to be more mobile. When she is on her tummy she can roll onto her back, move around in circles, and slide backwards. Although, I'm sure the later is not on purpose.

My friend from high school that I haven't talked to in ages just had her baby girl. We are going to meet up, hopefully, on Wednesday. I can't wait to see her and her little bundle!

I've been trying really hard to eat well and exercise everyday. I have the treadmill in the living room now so I have no excuse not to use it. Sophia has been coming with my on my walks. She likes to fall asleep as I am sweating my ass off trying to climb up all the hills. It's really fun actually. I wish I had a work out buddy.

Now I am not so patiently waiting for my husband to get home. I miss him and can't wait to snuggle him and talk about our day. Plus piggy has had only one real nap today, so I won't mind the break he will bring.

I will leave you with new pics of my love:

Week in Review

Alright, I know I'm behind a week, but better late than never right?

This past week has pretty much been a blur. We, as a family, left the house once to get groceries. Sophia had a real bad cold that she is finally getting over and I didn't want to submit her to the harsh winter weather more than necessary. So, needless to say, I have been dealing with cabin fever.

I finished reading Janet Evanovich's "Plum Lucky" and "Visions of Sugar Plums". I love all of her Stephanie Plum novels. I haven't read the last few "numbered" books and the latest in between the numbers, "Plum Spooky". I am waiting for the latter to come to paper back. But, anyway, they are pretty cool.

The main character is a Jersey native half way decent Bounty Hunter, by the name of Stephanie Plum. She is accompanied by a reformed 'ho named Lula who adds serious comedy. I really recommend reading any of the novels. The in between the numbers books are about a 3 hour read. Amidst the main character trying to shoot a taser gun and eating donuts, these books are a great escape.

I also started reading the second book in the Twilight series "New Moon". I am only 12 pages in. We'll see how this goes. The first book was good but a slow starter in the beginning.

My mom surprised us with NFL jersey's this week! We both love football. I was so excited. She sent me an AFC championship LS t-shirt of the Steeler's and a Troy Polamalu #43 home team jersey. And she gave Ernie a Buffalo Bills Trent Edwards jersey. I wore both of my shirts for Super Bowl! I figured I would give the Steeler's as much "good luck" as they could handle.




Sophia's second tooth started to emerge on the 31st!! It is her lower right central incisor. She already has her lower left one. And because it is painful she has been quite fussy, but has been taking better naps. So I think it's a good trade off! We've had her chewing on a wet baby wash cloth and that seems to make her happy. Anything for my little piglet.

She has also been sort of enjoying her rice cereal experience. Some days she can't get enough and others she wants nothing to do with it. But we keep trying a little bit everyday. Oh and she also has started noticing the cats and has made a friend in Mr. Bo Jangles.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

She's finally down. Hold on a minute, let me take a deep breath. I swear my sweet angel baby girl drives me nuts sometimes. She is so inconsistent with her sleep patterns. As soon as we get into a routine she changes it. I think she thinks it's hilarious.

She was on the boob from about 2 hours until she went to bed at 10pm. I think she may be going through a growth spurt. I hope bedtime will get easier as we introduce solids next month. When I'm feeding her at night I feel like I am being held down and can't move. I love her, obviously, but having to sit down for that long drives me nuts. I feel a slight panic attack coming on sometimes.

On the other hand, I am not ready to have her on cereal. I mean I can't wait to see her with the food all over her face. And all the weird little expressions she will make when she's trying new things out. But it's a huge step into not being my infant anymore. And I'm just not comfortable enough with that. Before I know it, she will be leaving for college and never looking back.

I guess for now I will soak in as much of her as possible and be severely thankful to have her in my life. And that I get to see her grow into a smart, strong and self knowing woman.

Just thinking about her makes me want to pick her up out of bed and snuggle her. I must be nuts to put myself through trying to get her back to sleep again tonight!