Sophie's Friends

For a few hours one afternoon, Sophie spent time with Reese and Rowan Nordling. Pictured is Sophie and Reese.
Two of Clinton and I's friends, Rich and Kelly had their baby girl this weekend. Peyton Mae Gustafson. She's adorable and will be in the same class as Sophie. Pictured here is Maddison, Peyton and Sophie.
Sophie got to spend some quality time with her youngest cousin Josie almost 4 months. They too will be in the same grade in Cannon. Sophie really enjoyed playing with Josie, they seem to get along great together.

Easter 2008

Another dress made from Grandma Chris. She looks so cute, kinda like little Bo Peep :)

She of course had an Easter basket from that a friendly bunny :) left for her.
Gosh I love taking pictures of our little girl.. I sure hope we can keep it up for when we have more children. She'll get spoiled until then.

Well the last month and a half have been same old same old. Sophie had her 6m checkup, 96% for Head and Lenght and 75th for weight... She's going to be tall I'm sure. She's so close to crawling these days. She's on all fours a lot and has mastered army crawling the last 6 weeks. She can go any where this way.
I've been spending a lot of time pretty much just taking care of Sophie, cooking and maintaining the house.. I've also taken an interest in making my own baby food. It's really kinda fun.. I've also been cooking for Clinton, his brothers and dad for lunch a few days a week sometimes so that can occupy a little of my time too.
Clinton had his Bball tournament 2 weeks ago up in Hutchinson; they lost both games :/ He's looking forward to the summer too I think. He'll be starting softball up which will be a fun family filled activity for us. We also have a few weddings to go to this summer that will be a good time as well.

As for Easter, we had a family filled fun day. Church-Grandma and Grandpa Chris's then off to the my side of the family... Nelson get together. Next family get together I believe will be at Clinton and I's home for the 4th of July, probably not that day but around then. I'm so excited to throw a gathering here.. Horse shoes, a fire, maybe some badminton :)
Anyways I had been putting off updating this but I finally got to it... wahoo!

Six months or so....

These pictures of Sophie are from a few days before she was 6 months, it was such a cute little outfit, I had to put it on.
This picture was taken at a girlfriend of mine's baby shower... on the 9th. It goes Miley 2m, Catherine 4m, Addison 11 months and Sophie just over 6months. They all are so different but appreciate the time spent together :) very cute.
The above picture is of Sophie laying on a quilt given to her by Clinton's godmother Carolyn. It was made especially for her, what a lucky girl.

These Times I Will Miss....

Sophie was sitting and playing and somehow pulled her sock off. I checked on her and it was in her mouth. It was one of the cutest things she's done yet. Five years from now I'll look back and miss these times. She's so cute. She cut one tooth on the fifth and she's about a day away from cutting another. She hasn't been as fussy as I thought she would be. She does get upset easier and cries sometimes just because it hurts but we're doing ok. The oral gel doesn't seem to work as well as baby tylenol but I don't like giving that too often. She's still mommys girl though, and always want to be in my arms. I get most of the house chores done while she's sleeping.

Our cat is trying to hide while she cleans herself,,... but I still see her

While I was in the kitchen Sophie rolled underneath the couch. For some reason she always likes doing this.

Literally the spitting image of me I swear. I wonder what she will look like when she is older... will she start to look more like daddy??
What a little stinker
Anyways that is all for now. She is changing everyday. It is such a blessing to be able to witness her grow up.

January

I haven't posted for a while so hence the title. Nothing much has really gone on this month besides alumni bball tournament this past weekend. It was so much fun to see everyone this weekend from Clinton's graduating class. So many people came back, more than usual. Clintons team won two of three games on Saturday so for the first time ever they played on Sunday and won their first then lost the next game. It was the farthest their team has ever gone, woohoo! Clinton sprained his ankle so it is black and blue on the inner and outer sides of his ankle. This year it was his right ankle the last two it has been is left. I'm pretty sure both he and I have weak ankles. I'm starting to get the itch for spring, a couple nights ago with the rain it was a quite tease. Of course then that froze and became the coldest night of the winter :/ Sophie as usual with any baby is changing all the time. Mostly this month I've noticed her interest in interacting with me and becoming more and more of a little person and less baby. I think I will look back at this time when she is one and miss it. She's just such a snuggle bunny especially with me. She is 100% mommys girl but I'm sure that will change once she learns to appreciate her playtime with daddy. Here are a few pic's I'll leave you with. Several at that. I take a lot!

4 Months!!!!

I don't have much to say but She's getting big. She is doing great and seems to be developming new skills and interests daily. She loves to grab the cats hair... and hold on. Mrs. Jones however, doesn't appreciate it so much though. She's learning to stay away pretty quick. Sophie is sitting up with assistance now. She can't stay up for too long because she loses balance and plop, that was that. Can't wait what this new month brings!!!

Sophie Made the News!!!

My sisters and I at Como Park!

My family and I went sledding up at Como Park the Saturday before Christmas. My Aunt and Uncle insisted that we have Sophie go on a little sled. Just as we parked and got out to see what we were going to do. I noticed Channel 5 news camera reporter had parked behind us and was getting his cameras out to tape sledders out and about that day. He video taped Sophie and they had it on the news at 6, 10 and apparently the next morning too. She's already a star ;)