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!