Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sophia's 1st sequence of laughs!!!
Thought I would share this with everyone...the 125th reason (and counting) why we love her!!! It also documents her discovering Mommy's iPhone while filming :)
My lil' hot tamale!
Yesterday Sophia and I went to a tamale making party. Every year, my DM gets together with her family in LA and all the ladies spend all day making tamales every year around the holidays. This year she had all the store managers over to her house in Sacramento for a tamale party. I was on maternity leave this holiday, so I am so glad I got to participate and didn't miss out on the one time a year we all get together and chit chat, drink and eat. I didn't have any sangria (which I was told was delicious) but Sophia and I made our first tamales. She was such a good baby! All the ladies loved her and as we made our tamales, she sat on Chiings lap and watched the process. She's at that stage now that she has to grab everything in sight and thrust it into her mouth. Therefore, I was worried it would hinder the process but it was so much fun (although it most likely took lots of will power for her not to dig her hands in the masa)! I must admit for a beginner's class, the ladies of District 10 beat all expectations. I took a bunch home and will be sharing them with Christopher and my other managers at work. Had them again for breakfast this morning as Sophia and I relax on the couch on my second day off.
Lots to do today. Gotta load up on hot tea as my throat begins to ache. Hopefully a cold isn't making it's way through. I would so badly love to stay under the blankets on the couch today, but the laundry won't fold itself and I made a commitment to work out at least 3 days a week, preferably four.
Dinner tonight with Chad and Kelly, so I'll have to Tivo the women's figure skating long program tonight. Looking forward to the performances, especially Canada's Joannie Rochette. Her short program brought me to tears, so much emotion from just losing her mother so suddenly. I can't even begin to fathom losing mine. The amount of courage it took to even decide to compete, much less to step her first foot on the ice, was tremendous. Even though I am a huge supporter of the USA team (for obvious reasons) I will be secretly rooting for Canada tonight!
The girls come up tomorrow night for Billy's 40th birthday bash Saturday which should be a great time. Christopher will be staying home this Saturday night and having Daddy/daughter time with Sophia for the first time alone while mommy can have some girl time with Darc, Ash, and Katie. The challenge will be to see if I still have it in me. Haven't been out on the town with my girlfriends since before Sophia was born. 14.5 months is a LONG "off season"....lol. It will feel good to get all dolled up, have fun with my ladies and see all the familiar faces I haven't seen in a while.
All in all, a busy next three days! Enjoy your weekend everyone!!!
Lots to do today. Gotta load up on hot tea as my throat begins to ache. Hopefully a cold isn't making it's way through. I would so badly love to stay under the blankets on the couch today, but the laundry won't fold itself and I made a commitment to work out at least 3 days a week, preferably four.
Dinner tonight with Chad and Kelly, so I'll have to Tivo the women's figure skating long program tonight. Looking forward to the performances, especially Canada's Joannie Rochette. Her short program brought me to tears, so much emotion from just losing her mother so suddenly. I can't even begin to fathom losing mine. The amount of courage it took to even decide to compete, much less to step her first foot on the ice, was tremendous. Even though I am a huge supporter of the USA team (for obvious reasons) I will be secretly rooting for Canada tonight!
The girls come up tomorrow night for Billy's 40th birthday bash Saturday which should be a great time. Christopher will be staying home this Saturday night and having Daddy/daughter time with Sophia for the first time alone while mommy can have some girl time with Darc, Ash, and Katie. The challenge will be to see if I still have it in me. Haven't been out on the town with my girlfriends since before Sophia was born. 14.5 months is a LONG "off season"....lol. It will feel good to get all dolled up, have fun with my ladies and see all the familiar faces I haven't seen in a while.
All in all, a busy next three days! Enjoy your weekend everyone!!!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
I ♥ Photobooth!
Sophia has now reached the stage where she laughs at pictures of herself! It is the cutest thing ever. There is a big picture of her recent photo shoot on our MacBook desktop with Lisa Fitts (seen below):
Everytime the laptop fires up and she comes alive on the desktop, she starts flailing her arms and legs as her eyes widen and she begins to smile and laugh.
A week ago, I recently discovered Photobooth and it's great because I can just plop the MacBook in front of her as she moves about and takes quick fun shots. She loves following her face on the screen...Here is one from yesterday:
This morning we had a little mama/daughter time...please forgive my "fresh from the bed" appearance...we are both still in pjs!
I love my little darling more than words can say. I told Christopher last night that she is starting to look like a little person. She no longer has that newborn baby look, and her hair is turning blonde like mine did as a baby. The changes keep coming....Happy Thursday everyone!!!
Everytime the laptop fires up and she comes alive on the desktop, she starts flailing her arms and legs as her eyes widen and she begins to smile and laugh.
A week ago, I recently discovered Photobooth and it's great because I can just plop the MacBook in front of her as she moves about and takes quick fun shots. She loves following her face on the screen...Here is one from yesterday:
This morning we had a little mama/daughter time...please forgive my "fresh from the bed" appearance...we are both still in pjs!
I love my little darling more than words can say. I told Christopher last night that she is starting to look like a little person. She no longer has that newborn baby look, and her hair is turning blonde like mine did as a baby. The changes keep coming....Happy Thursday everyone!!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Five months of milestones
So...I type todays blog in the car (no not driving...as a passenger) on the way down to Napa. Tonight will be my first night away from my darling girl. She is in the trusting hands of my mama and while I know everything will be just fine, and she probably won't even miss me, I can't help but blink away the welling tears.
Christopher and I are joining our friends on a mini couples retreat of golf, spa treatments, and lots-o-vino in Napa. I couldn't commit to stay both nights and be away from her for more than 24 hours, so we are just staying for one. I look back on my days of Vegas weekends with my girls and part of me longs for those moments of careless freedom, but it only takes a quick look at my beautiful Sophia to turn it into nothing more than an afterthought. She has changed my life in more ways than even I can fathom and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I am SO looking forward to spa time with the girls and meeting up with the guys later for dinner and drinks. Should be fun and it is well deserved after a long 10 months of pregnancy and a very special five months with my daughter.
Yes, my little Sophia turned five months old yesterday. Ironic that the milestone landed on Valentine's Day because she is the strongest symbol of love that I have ever had the priviledge of having. My little love bug has had so many little milestones over the past 22 weeks. She can now completely hold her own bottle with her two hands and she genuinely laughs when I play peek a boo with her. She can see me from a distance and smile and she sat up for the first time on her own halfway without falling over to the side. My favorite one so far happened last week. When her Auntie Shan got her a Gloworm, she LOVED it. She would grab both of its "ears" and pull it close to her face as her eyes doubled in size and she would scream into it as she thrust an open mouth kiss onto it. Hard to imagine, but if you saw it you would just die! Well she now does that to me. While it sometimes hurts as she pulls my hair wispies instead of my ears, I absolutely adore it...Lily not so much. She has now discovered her ability to reach out and grab Lily. The first few times, Lily allowed it without a fuss but now Sophia grabs her at every opportunity and it is starting to wear on her. I can't help but laugh, but I do keep a close eye on the two of them for fear of Lily snapping at her.
So as I look back on the past five months, I no longer become sad. Partly because I have highly documented it all with an endless supply of photos (300+ just on my iPhone) but mainly in part to all the amazing moments to come. Soon she will be sitting completely upright, crawling will come quickly there after and then the formation of her long awaited first word (selfishly crossing fingers in hopes that it is "mama")!
In the meantime, I will enjoy myself today (as will Christopher...our first real getaway together) and soak it all up. As soon as the sun rises tomorrow though, I will be driving back to reality and rushing into the house to squeeze my baby girl and kiss her face repeatedly.
Hope everyone enjoys the holiday today!
Much love,
Aubrey
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Christopher and I are joining our friends on a mini couples retreat of golf, spa treatments, and lots-o-vino in Napa. I couldn't commit to stay both nights and be away from her for more than 24 hours, so we are just staying for one. I look back on my days of Vegas weekends with my girls and part of me longs for those moments of careless freedom, but it only takes a quick look at my beautiful Sophia to turn it into nothing more than an afterthought. She has changed my life in more ways than even I can fathom and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I am SO looking forward to spa time with the girls and meeting up with the guys later for dinner and drinks. Should be fun and it is well deserved after a long 10 months of pregnancy and a very special five months with my daughter.
Yes, my little Sophia turned five months old yesterday. Ironic that the milestone landed on Valentine's Day because she is the strongest symbol of love that I have ever had the priviledge of having. My little love bug has had so many little milestones over the past 22 weeks. She can now completely hold her own bottle with her two hands and she genuinely laughs when I play peek a boo with her. She can see me from a distance and smile and she sat up for the first time on her own halfway without falling over to the side. My favorite one so far happened last week. When her Auntie Shan got her a Gloworm, she LOVED it. She would grab both of its "ears" and pull it close to her face as her eyes doubled in size and she would scream into it as she thrust an open mouth kiss onto it. Hard to imagine, but if you saw it you would just die! Well she now does that to me. While it sometimes hurts as she pulls my hair wispies instead of my ears, I absolutely adore it...Lily not so much. She has now discovered her ability to reach out and grab Lily. The first few times, Lily allowed it without a fuss but now Sophia grabs her at every opportunity and it is starting to wear on her. I can't help but laugh, but I do keep a close eye on the two of them for fear of Lily snapping at her.
So as I look back on the past five months, I no longer become sad. Partly because I have highly documented it all with an endless supply of photos (300+ just on my iPhone) but mainly in part to all the amazing moments to come. Soon she will be sitting completely upright, crawling will come quickly there after and then the formation of her long awaited first word (selfishly crossing fingers in hopes that it is "mama")!
In the meantime, I will enjoy myself today (as will Christopher...our first real getaway together) and soak it all up. As soon as the sun rises tomorrow though, I will be driving back to reality and rushing into the house to squeeze my baby girl and kiss her face repeatedly.
Hope everyone enjoys the holiday today!
Much love,
Aubrey
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
UPDATE: Two teeth!!!
Well...turns out there are two...not just one! Both bottom teeth are coming in together! I am in absolute awe of my sweet girl! She's doing oh so well too...no teething tablets needed! Bring on the molars :)
The happiest teething baby I have ever seen!!!
Sophia has been a drooling machine for the past few weeks. Sunday was the worst amount I have seen thus far. Daddy stayed in town while Sophia and I drove down to Shannon and Michael's Super Bowl party. Everyone was so glad to see her but if they held her, they held a burp cloth too. She was just a fountain of drool. I thought I had felt a bit of a ridge coming through, but no fussiness or crying until the late evening as usual right before we were about to leave. The whole ride home she slept and went to bed just fine.
Yesterday, my mom brought her to my lunch @ work so I could feed her and the drooling has subsided a little. So when I got home last night around 9:45, Christopher told me he felt her first tooth. I honestly didn't believe him, because she had no tell tale signs of breaking teeth. I stuck my finger in to see what he was talking about, in an attempt to prove him wrong (one of our favorite past times), and much to my surprise, I felt a PRICK! Her bottom first tooth broke through! Officially the happiest teething baby I have seen!
I broke down silently, unable to control my tears. I couldn't help myself. 24 was on and he glanced over to see tears streaming down my face. Call it a long day at work (after a very long week and not long enough weekend last week), or just hormones, but I was blubbering mess. My baby was growing up too fast. Ever since I have resumed my full time job, time has been rushing by. For four months, I was always by her side, watching every little milestone, seeing every little cute move. This was the first milestone I was not there for, and Daddy was. I am so happy he got to see a "first" on his own, but I couldn't help but be selfishly sad.
As happy as I am for all the milestones to come, I can't help looking back at how fast these soon to be five months have been. She'll be five months on Sunday and every minute has been a gift. She lights up my life and fills my heart.
Here's to many more special moments and amazing "firsts"!
Yesterday, my mom brought her to my lunch @ work so I could feed her and the drooling has subsided a little. So when I got home last night around 9:45, Christopher told me he felt her first tooth. I honestly didn't believe him, because she had no tell tale signs of breaking teeth. I stuck my finger in to see what he was talking about, in an attempt to prove him wrong (one of our favorite past times), and much to my surprise, I felt a PRICK! Her bottom first tooth broke through! Officially the happiest teething baby I have seen!
I broke down silently, unable to control my tears. I couldn't help myself. 24 was on and he glanced over to see tears streaming down my face. Call it a long day at work (after a very long week and not long enough weekend last week), or just hormones, but I was blubbering mess. My baby was growing up too fast. Ever since I have resumed my full time job, time has been rushing by. For four months, I was always by her side, watching every little milestone, seeing every little cute move. This was the first milestone I was not there for, and Daddy was. I am so happy he got to see a "first" on his own, but I couldn't help but be selfishly sad.
As happy as I am for all the milestones to come, I can't help looking back at how fast these soon to be five months have been. She'll be five months on Sunday and every minute has been a gift. She lights up my life and fills my heart.
Here's to many more special moments and amazing "firsts"!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
In need of SUNSHINE!!!
My laptop screensaver is this beautiful shot of Bora Bora...that clear bright blue water...those huts on stilts with see through floors...ahhh I could go on and on. I have it because it gives me hope of one day traveling there.
It also helps on days like this.
The weather today is wretched. Overcast, dark grey skies are the worst. Rain or shine please, but this in between gloom is killing me. Another reason I could NEVER live in Seattle.
Damn you groundhog :)
I am so thirsty for the feeling on sunshine on my back. Some color on my skin. The chance to put Sophia in her first bikini and take a dip in Chad's pool, down the street. The sun always lifts my spirits. So, as hot tea is brewing and Sophia is taking her late morning nap, a sunny vacation is all I can think about. However, days like this do allow for things to get done like filling out her baby book (which I have seriously neglected since going back to work) and organizing all of her photos over the past 4.5 months. In the meantime, I will continue to work on that post baby, bikini body and start planning some summer getaways!
Work is going well. Writing reviews this week and struggling with it because I was gone for all of Q4. Very thankful for my team and their ability to help me with them. Mom is doing great watching Sophia. Again, something I am very thankful for. Her being here allows me some peace and time to breathe. She was here for a week and left yesterday but will be back on Sunday evening. My sis and Manny came in last week and they brought their puppy, so the house was VERY full. It was so nice to see my sis and she LOVED being with Sophia for a few days. She cried when she left, as did I, which was to be expected. I miss her so much and wish she lived closer.
When Chris left for work this morning, it was a little strange being alone with Sophia for the first time in a week and a half. However, it's kinda nice to be alone it my thoughts too and have one on one time with my baby.
Speaking of...she soon won't be one. Growing so fast. She can now bounce up and down in her exersaucer and she always tries to wiggle out of her bouncer. Good thing for the straps. When I am walking down the hall with her, I know have to hold her with both arms. This morning, I was taking her to the nursery for a diaper change, holding her the way I always do. She quickly arched her back and lurched backwards, almost right out of my arms. Scared me to death and rushed my left arm forward to catch her upper body. Just another reminder that she isn't the small baby I gave birth to. Can't believe she'll be five months old in ten days!!!
It also helps on days like this.
The weather today is wretched. Overcast, dark grey skies are the worst. Rain or shine please, but this in between gloom is killing me. Another reason I could NEVER live in Seattle.
Damn you groundhog :)
I am so thirsty for the feeling on sunshine on my back. Some color on my skin. The chance to put Sophia in her first bikini and take a dip in Chad's pool, down the street. The sun always lifts my spirits. So, as hot tea is brewing and Sophia is taking her late morning nap, a sunny vacation is all I can think about. However, days like this do allow for things to get done like filling out her baby book (which I have seriously neglected since going back to work) and organizing all of her photos over the past 4.5 months. In the meantime, I will continue to work on that post baby, bikini body and start planning some summer getaways!
Work is going well. Writing reviews this week and struggling with it because I was gone for all of Q4. Very thankful for my team and their ability to help me with them. Mom is doing great watching Sophia. Again, something I am very thankful for. Her being here allows me some peace and time to breathe. She was here for a week and left yesterday but will be back on Sunday evening. My sis and Manny came in last week and they brought their puppy, so the house was VERY full. It was so nice to see my sis and she LOVED being with Sophia for a few days. She cried when she left, as did I, which was to be expected. I miss her so much and wish she lived closer.
When Chris left for work this morning, it was a little strange being alone with Sophia for the first time in a week and a half. However, it's kinda nice to be alone it my thoughts too and have one on one time with my baby.
Speaking of...she soon won't be one. Growing so fast. She can now bounce up and down in her exersaucer and she always tries to wiggle out of her bouncer. Good thing for the straps. When I am walking down the hall with her, I know have to hold her with both arms. This morning, I was taking her to the nursery for a diaper change, holding her the way I always do. She quickly arched her back and lurched backwards, almost right out of my arms. Scared me to death and rushed my left arm forward to catch her upper body. Just another reminder that she isn't the small baby I gave birth to. Can't believe she'll be five months old in ten days!!!
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