Who's mommy's baby forever?!

That's right. Sophia! ♥

Just thought I'd do a quick post. I'm going to really {for real this time} post everyday. And I want to start taking pictures of you everyday and post them. *hopefully*. I just hope I have time for all of this. 

You woke up around 6 this morning and had a bottle and went back to sleep. Around 8 I woke up to you just playing with your feet. You and those feet.

We played all morning while your daddy got to sleep in. {like every morning}. Your daddy needs his sleep. He woke up and headed to the house to do some more painting. So it was just me and you. We watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and then went outside on the porch to enjoy the weather before it started to storm. 

Since before you were born I wanted to take a picture of you every month in the same spot to show how much you've grown. Well all that changed when you stayed in Parkersburg with your grandma. There were some months when I wasn't with you on your "monthly birthday". So I never got to. I have pictures of you from every month, just not in the same spot. 

So today on the porch I decided that every month starting at 7 months { well 7 & a half }, I'll start taking pictures of you on the porch. So that's what we did :)

Your really 7 & a half months now but we'll pretend. Then at 8 months we'll take your picture again. So we had a little photoshoot on the porch. I love taking pictures of you. We were only on the porch for 10 minutes. It's amazing how much you can capture in such a short time.

 So here's a few picture collages I made of you from today!

I'm going to try and get more videos of you on here and posted. You love to sit by yourself. Here's a video of mommy talking to you while you sit in the rocking chair by yourself ♥

While we were outside on the porch it started thundering and the sky started to get darker. Look at your face in this picture from the thunder. You're too funny.

& some more pictures of you on the rocking chair.

Well mommy has to finish writing and uploading pictures to take a midterm and get ready for work. Your grandma picked you up about an hour ago to go to the daycare so mommy get get stuff done. I will see you after work tonight. 

.. love always  ♥

Pretty in Purple & Update!

I know I just posted but I forgot to add these pictures of you from I think last Thursday { June 5th } You looked so pretty in the outfit I had you in. I wish I would have gotten a picture of your whole outfit.

You have the darkest brown eyes. I love them. 

We went to the mall that day and walked around & went to TJ Maxx. { Mommy's favorite } We then went to SnoBiz. It's a perfect place to go with this hot weather. 

* Now for an update on the things you've been doing. I want to post all that you've done at 7 month on the day before you turn 8 months. But I never have time anymore. So now that I have time now. I'm going to do it.. hopefully I'll be able to on the 19th too. *

You love your daddy so much. You laugh at everything he does. It's the sweetest thing. Oh & you love his kisses ♥

Every day you seem to be getting bigger & learning new things. You talk so much now! & your dark hair is getting longer. You finally slept through out the night two nights ago. But you woke up the next night. We'll get there soon.. I hope.

Your starting to hold your bottle by yourself. But sometimes you just want someone else to hold it. Your still chewing on everything but have no teeth.. yet. I don't want any teeth to come in. I like your gummy smile! Your favorite thing to chew on is tags. You'll find a tag on anything & chew on it. It's what your doing right now.

You take baths in the real bath tub now. Because your sitting up so good now I figured why not. Plus you did so well in your baby pool. You love taking a bath in the tub now. You just splash & splash. I let you play for a little bit and then it's time to get clean & get out. I got a picture but it's from my iPhone and it's the best quality but it's the first time taking a bath in the real tub!

You are such a friendly baby. You smile at everyone. You are very happy and love mirrors. You put your feet on everything. When I sit by you while your napping on the couch you put your feet on me .. always. I love your little baby "peets". You love to watch everything. Your daddy says your nosey like your mommy. 

You love to sit outside on the porch. Especially with your daddy. And before it gets dark your grandpa takes you outside and you two watch all the Sparrows flying around. You love that too. Your legs are getting so chunky and strong at the same time. Your daddy practices you standing up. You'll stand for about 10 seconds and your poor lil legs will give in. Before we know it you'll be walking :(

You sleep on your stomach all the time now. I think you sleep longer that way. When your on your stomach you can scoot... backwards. We had you at the top of the bed and you scooted your way down to the middle. You also walk backwards in your walker. It's ok though. Going forward will come too.

I really enjoy this age. Actually, I've enjoyed every age but I think I just like watching you learn something new. It is all sad too because it means your getting older but your going to get older so might as well enjoy and be happy about it all ♥

I am still so thankful of all the picture I have of you. I am ALWAYS looking back at pictures of you. It's crazy how small you used to be! I plan on doing something with all your pictures. They are still only uploaded to the computer. I need to start putting them into albums or scrapbook or something. 

{ I don't know who reads by blog, or if anyone reads it at all .. but if someone is reading.. what do you do with all your pictures of your baby? Any ideas for me? :) }

Ok, time to really get off of here and play with you! Write to you sooon.

.. love you! ♥

Clapping!!

So you now have a new favorite thing you love to do all the time. CLAPPING! Even when your crying & throwing one of your "Princess Fits". That's what I'm going to start calling them. Because everything is fine with you, your diapers dry, your fed and you've napped.. you just want attention... ALL THE TIME! It's ok though. I don't mind spoiling my little Princess ♥

While we were in Virginia Beach your grandma would practice clapping with you. And you just smiled while she taught you how to do it. As soon as we were back home, you started doing it! It's so fun to watch you do it. Mommy's proud of you!

I'm still slacking on writing to you but I've been super busy. I've been working everyday and during my breaks your daddy and I have been running around looking for furniture for our house! I think we found the couch we want. 

But we've decided to finish all the painting and cleaning THEN buy the furniture. Moving into a new house is a lot of work. Your daddy is there right now painting and your grandpa is fixing up the yard. I'm just ready to move in!

But I'm off work today and I figured I'd write to you while you took your nap. It's just me and you today until daddy comes back from painting. I want to find something to do but it's SO hot outside. Maybe we'll get out your little pool. We'll do something fun * I'll write to you soon { more like when I find some time }

.. love you always ♥

Beginning of Summer!

So mommy has been terrible at writing to you. I'm sorry! We have been so busy that when I do have any free time I don't want to spend it on the computer. 

It's finally SUMMERTIME!! We have been enjoying every minute of it! I think you love summer just as much as your mommy does! I would love to try and think of everything we've done since I last updated but I really can't think of it all.

Mommy has been working a lot. I'm trying to save up money to buy stuff for our new house! Daddy finally finished up school last week so he's with us for good. We are both in the process of looking for *real* jobs here in Parkersburg. But for now we're both going to work for my mom and I'm going to help out at the restaurant too. I hate that I've been working so much but I still get to spend my morning and nights with you! 

We took our first vacation of the summer a week ago! It was Memorial Day Weekend and your daddy decided to go the very last minute. So we hurried up and packed and left { Friday May 27th } It was an 8 hr drive because we left from Parkersburg but you did so good. You always do so good on trips. We just sat in the backseat and "talked" to each other, played and slept while your poor daddy drove the whole way.

We got there around midnight and got to visit with his family. I love going there, they are really great people. I know I've said it before but you are very lucky Sophia! Your grandma was so happy to see you! I hate that we all don't live close but I'll do the best I can at visiting with them as much as we can! Here's a picture of you with your grandma and your cousins!

It looks like you and your cousin Adriana have such a difference in age. But really you don't. You are only 5 months older than her so growing up you two will be the same age. I hope you two will be able to be close! I'm glad that you have cousins the same age as you. Growing up I had one cousin who was 5 years older than me.. and then 3 cousins that were 5-10 years younger than me. 

We only got to stay in Virginia Beach for 3 days. But we made sure to go to the beach as much as we could. I was nervous about taking you to the beach especially since your daddy and I had to go by ourselves. Your Aunt Christie wanted to come but with a new baby she was nervous. She did give us some good advice. She told us to bring a baby pool to the beach. 

So we packed up {with the baby pool} and headed to the beach. It was SO hot both days we were there. 90 degrees + !! The beach was very crowded because of the holiday. We found a perfect spot and started unpacking.

I covered you in baby sun block. I wasn't going to let you get burnt. Daddy blew up the pool and started filling it with the ocean water. I walked you down to the water while he was doing it. You've been to the beach before .. but when you were only a month old and it was November so I'm going to say this was your real first beach trip! 

You smiled so big! And waved your arms and legs! And just watched the waves and everything going on. It was so special to mommy for some reason! ♥  Being there with you at the beach was so beautiful.

We sat you down in the sand right where the waves came and you loved it. Just sat there and let the waves cover your little body. 

You are now starting to stand with help for a little time so daddy and you went on a little "walk" by the water. Your little toes were deep in the sand and the ocean waves would hit you. It didn't bother you at all. You'd smile right after a wave would hit you. My baby girl loves the beach ♥

We went back up to our little spot and the pool was ready. I sat you down and you just started splashing away! I'm so glad you can sit up so good on your own now. You don't even need me there anymore { but I still stay very close, just incase } I bought some pool toys too and you just sat and splashed and played with your toys! I'm so glad you love the water so much!

We had so much fun just sitting in the sand and watching you play in your pool. It seemed like you played for hours. After about 4 hours of being at the beach we decided it was time to head home. We went down to the water to get some more pictures real fast.

I love all our beach pictures especially the one with the 3 of us ♥ I need to start scrapbooking! We packed up { which took soo long } We were all so tired and headed back to your great grandma's house. As soon as I strapped you in the carseat you fell asleep.

We spent the rest of the evening just hanging out with family. The next day { Monday } we headed back to the beach again. 

We played in your pool and went down by the water. Your daddy took you out in the ocean and dipped you in the water. I was so nervous for some reason. But your daddy took good care of you!

While you were walking in the water with your daddy Mommy was just taking picture after picture { like always } Well daddy was too busy talking with me that he didn't see a wave coming. This wave came and went right over you. Daddy hurry up and picked you up and you were soaked. I figured you'd throw a fit but you just looked at us. It didn't bother you at all. Mommy did get a picture of it. It's funny to look at now.

We had such a good time at the beach. I want to try and go back a lot this summer. We spent the time we weren't at the beach just hanging out with family. It was perfect ♥ We def. needed this little vacation. It was a great start to our summer!

We headed back to Parkersburg on Tuesday morning and daddy had to go back to Buckhannon for his class and mommy had to go straight to work. You got to spend the rest of the day with your grandma who missed you so much.

The rest of the week mommy worked and daddy had class. But daddy is FINALLY done with class and is never leaving us again! He still needs to move all of his stuff out but no more nights without daddy! 

The rest of this month is going to be pretty busy with getting the house ready and getting us moved in. I can't wait until we can finally be family in our own home! But mommy needs to get ready for work. I have to work all day :( But you get to spend the day with your daddy! I'm going to try and write to you again every night. Or I'm going to end up with long posts like this. I'm sure it would have been a lot longer if I could have thought of everything that has happened since the last time I wrote to you.

I'm going to try and write to you tonight because I want to do an update of all the new things you are doing. You are growing so much baby girl! But I am enjoying every minute of it. I love you! ♥