Roll Over!

Sophie Serene, my baby girl rolled over for the first time this past hour. I'm soooo excited for her. Now we'll really need to keep an eye on our little daughter. She's doing wonderfully. I love her so much!!! Can't wait to see what the new year will bring us! Here's some pic's

I took this picture just after she rolled off the blanket.

Josie Rose

Clinton's brother Grant and his wife Tiffany had their first baby yesterday morning. Their daughter is named Josie Rose, 7lbs 30z 19.5 inches long. We're so happy and proud of them. She's adorable. I don't however have any pictures of my own yet because my camera needed new batteries :( She has lots of hair! Pictures to come soon!

Welcome Josie Rose Sjoquist!

Sophie's Baptism

Alice and Nate, Sophie's Godparents


I love this dress!!!!

Sophie Serene was baptized this weekend on December 9th. It was just beautiful... I couldn't have asked for a better baby, not a peep out of her. She was sleeping until they put the water on her, then she was awake and watching, very cute. Again, my mother in law made the dress for her. I couldn't have asked for or designed a more beautiful dress. It was so Sophie, pretty with pink!

Well our Christmas shopping is almost complete, only a few gifts left to buy. Thank goodness I started buying early this year. It makes the holiday season so much more less stressful. My sister and her husband will be in town for the holidays so we are looking forward to that. Clinton's sister Serene and husband Daryn will also be in town. So much to look forward too!

Christmas is soon!

Sophie's aunt Tiffany and her cousin, still in baby belly!
Clinton cutting down Sophies first Christmas tree this past Saturday

Sophie and her bedtime buddies

Well I just got Sophie weighed today. She is 14lbs. 3oz and 25 1/4 inches. She's doing great. We are so excited for this upcoming holiday season. I just decorated our tree today. It's so fun making our house festive! Sophie is being baptized this weekend and we are very excited about that. Cant' wait. That's about it, I wanted to give a quick update. Happy holidays!

Thanksgiving

She just loves the hands!

I really think this pic looks like me when I was a baby.

Thanksgiving was a whole lot of food for our family. We went to the Sjoquist family gathering and my parents family gathering. We dressed Sophie up for the occasion which is always fun. Nothing much new with our family. Since a lot of our friends are home for Thanksgiving we got together with several. That was a nice change in pace for us. Sophie's Baptism is coming up Dec. 9th. We're looking forward to that. Clinton's mother Chris is going to make her a dress. It is going to be so beautiful, can't wait to see how it turns out. Sophie is getting more exciting by the day. Lately I'm just noticing how reactive she is to us, she "talks" more and more everyday. She's more amused by Clinton lately, I'm blaming it on the funny looking face. :) She has a hay day with him. Here's a few pics

Just some pics

"Hands"

Sophie has really been enjoying these lately and it's so much fun watching her play with them and bat at toys.

Sophie has started to enjoy the bumbo chair finally. Yes, I know there was a recall but only to warn people about putting it on elevated surfaces. I use it on our carpet for safety.

Sophie isn't a fan of tummy time but we're making progress. She isn't even crying here.... well not yet anyways.
Sophie looked so cute in her little pink Vikings outfit. I just love it. Anyways, there isn't too much new here with our family. I just started to christmas shop which has been so much fun with so many children in our family now. I feel like a kid again... almost. I can't wait to get our first "family" christmas tree. This year Sophie doesn't care much about it but next year we'll have fun getting her excited for it. I just got Sophie weighed today and she's 12 lb 13 oz. After her weigh in I got my flu shot for the year since it's recommended especially with lil Sophie.

2month Well Visit

Sophie had her 2 month well visit today. She weighs 12lbs 3oz and measures 23.5 inches. She is in the 75 - 90th percentiles for her measurements. She's a big girl. They also gave her 3 shots and an oral dose... Those were hard on me. She was startled then went full speed screaming. :( I think she's sore from them still her cries are different than usual.. Anyways the picture above is of Clinton holding Sophie she was just crying then Clinton put her pacifier in her mouth and her head literally dropped..... and she was out cold asleep! I've never seen anything like it. It looks like she could have touched her toes.

Halloween

We decided to take Sophie out for her first halloween. I bought a poodle costume online and dressed the little one up. There wasn't any candy for her but it was the best time to get around to introduce her to people who haven't seen her yet. We were able to make 8 of our 15 or so stops that we had wanted to but it was ok. It took 5 hours to visit 8 houses..... lot's of talk inbetween. She wasn't in the best of moods but Clinton showed off his "skills" by quieting her down... making him look like the master parent..... oh please, that's not how it is at home... She's a momma's girl. Anyways so here's some photos.

The Use of Hands

Self explanatory

All smiles

My little side sleeper, like mom

Sophie has discovered how useful her hands are this past week. She's using them to grab at toys now and even hold on. Sophie even brought the toy to her mouth for the first time last night but mom wasn't camera fast enough. She has seen her hands now too, stared at them but hasn't quite figured 'em out enough to really get to know them yet :) She's kinda plateaud in weight gain just under 12lbs at 11lbs 13oz. Of course she had her second diaper explosion on the way there, so maybe that was the explanation for the decreased weight gain. All in all Sophie is doing great. Changing absolutely every day. It may not be a whole new thing that she is doing but just progress on small developmental things. Lately she has really clung to me. She watches me so intently, I don't think I've ever been stared at more in my life. She watches me until I'm out of veiw and waits there with her eyes until I reappear. It's crazy how much my little lady has changed in just over 8 weeks now. She is almost 2 months now and will have her first set of shots this friday for her well visit. I wonder how much she has grown in length, I'm thinking a lot but who knows.

Godparents

Clinton and I are having his friend Nate Safe and his soon to be wife Alice Scharnweber be Sophie's godparents. In highschool Nate and Clinton were co-captains in football together. They also grew up going to the same church, Spring Garden Lutheran Church. We thought Alice and Nate would make agreat "godparenting team." Alice graduates from NDSU this fall and Nate will graduate this spring. He is an offensive tackle, I believe it's called, for NDSU Bison. As you can see they decked her out in Bison gear. I had to attach this pic of her smiling. That's gosh golly one big smile for the little lady! She's 7weeks and 1 day old.

Sophie's New Bedding

Okay so you can tell I'm a new mom. I think everything is shareable. Sophies Grandma Chris made her bedding and we just put in the new bumper today. It's so beautiful. I love it. It matches our wall border so much. I'm glad we waited for this last bedroom touch so we could "genderify" the bedding... It wouldn't be as cute to me if it were yellow and green.... I've had enough of that before she was born. Also Sophie got weighed today, she weighs 11lb 10oz at about 6.5 weeks. Soon she'll have her 2month well visit,... with shots :/ Time sure flies!

History! 39 weeks pregnant

For those of you who don't have facebook... Here is Clinton and I just one week before bringing Sophie into our family. His shirt is hiding some of my belly though. I love this picture and plan on putting it in a Scrapbook for Sophie... another project that I want to accomplish!

Smile

It's not much but it's hard to catch her when she's giving her smiles. Sometimes I just like to enjoy them rather than rush for my camera so here is it. She smiles bigger but you'll have to wait to see them for when they flow more freely. Maybe we'll have to have my our nephew Luke come over, he always get's his little sister to go smile crazy.

Lutefisk Dinner

Well I got Clinton to go to a church Lutefisk Dinner yesterday. I dragged him there but he went. He even ate some. However, he decided he still didn't like it. Oh well. Sophie was great during the dinner, she just slept in her car seat. Nothing is really going on with our family. Sophie weighed 11lb 5oz this past Monday so I'm guessing she's atleast 11 and half pounds now, probably closer to 12. I attached one of my favorite pictures of Sophie. The one above is my absolute favorite so far.

I wanted to start a blog so people can see what is going on with our family now that Sophie is here. So here it goes, I'm sure it will get more interesting as time goes on!!