Sophie is 7 Months Old!

Today Sophie turns 7 months! I can't even believe it has already been that long. I still don't feel like I've figured the whole parenting thing down yet, but I'm pretty sure I have the happiest baby in the whole world. Sophie will smile at anyone and let anyone hold her. She is ALWAYS happy unless tired or really hungry or we are trying to clean her earrings or give her medicine. She caught her first real illness last week when she woke up with a temperature of 102.6. This lasted throught the entire night and it was still that high when we took her to the doctor the next day. Come to find out, she had the flu and a double ear infection! Poor baby. Of course, she got to sleep with mom and dad for a couple of days. The good news is she is starting to like her crib much better. She will go to sleep on her own as she is wrapped up so tight she can't move and as long as we rock her and sing her song to her first. She's been sleeping pretty well through the night, but her naps are still uber short. We're lucky if she sleeps an hour. I'm not really sure what to do about that. I've tried to get her on a schedule but it always gets messed up when she doesn't sleep long enough. I guess as long as she is happy I won't worry about it too much but its hard to get anything done when I have to put her down for a nap 5 times a day (literally). She is starting to get the hang of baby food and really likes the crackers that dissolve quickly. She eats plenty, but she is still in the 5th percentile for weight. I guess she is just tall like her Dad and petite like I used to be! Anyway, I LOVE being Sophie's mom! Here are pictures from her 7 month "nude" photo shoot. :) She is hilarious.

Sophie's 1st Easter!

Somehow, we lost the charger for our camera battery so we haven't been able to take or upload pics for a week. So..here are Sophie's 1st Easter pictures. Her great grandma made her an Easter dress, but unfortunately it was too big! Luckily, she has about 2 billion dresses to choose from in her closet. :)

Peaches

This is how Sophie feels about peaches...

Crying it Out, Shmying it Out!

We just got back from Utah on Monday. While we were there, Sophie would not sleep in the play pen of course. She would only sleep in our bed. So when we got home we decided we were going to let her "cry it out" in her crib. The last two days and nights have been absolute hell. She cries hours at a time only to fall asleep for a few minutes and then start crying again. Last night was worse than the first so I'm not sure she is responding to this method. Not to mention the fact that she throws up everything in her stomach when she gets worked up enough. Her little eyes are so red and tired from crying instead of sleeping and she is not happy at all, ever. She just looks at me with eyes that say, "Mom, I can't believe you are doing this to me. I don't love you anymore!" Does anyone have any advice for me? I have a permanent headache and my heart is broken from listening to her cry!

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip.

Peek-a-Boo!

Totally Radical 80's Party

So we went to my cousin Matt's wicked 80's themed birthday party last night. It took me a while to convince Phil to dress up, but we found these ridiculous sweaters and couldn't resist. The party was bad to the bone. Don't we look gnarly?