ZOO

Clinton took and afternoon off from the farm and the three of us went to the zoo then to Buff. wild wings afterwards. Sophie seems to enjoy lookihjng at all the animals. She kept pulling herself forward as far as she could go to see the animals. I didn't want to upload a lot of pictures but you get the point. The last exhibit Sophie fell asleep. The fun day really wore her out.

May

Well This past month Sophie is pretty much just growing into a little girl. No new skills really, just improving her already accomplished ones. She can stand up and get down faster everyday. She likes to play peekaboo atleast once a day especially on days I do laundry. She uses clothing to hide under. She loves looking through her books and now I think she's starting to pretend she's reading them. She'll flare her arms around and make noise as she looks and turns the pages. She gets kinda noisy sometimes. She's learning more and more everyday to walk around furniture. Standing is her favorite. Whenever I'm cooking in the kitchen at some point Sophie will crawl over and use my leg to stand and clutch me, arms wrapped around tight and she'll cry out for me to pick her up. Just this morning I helped her get up and balanced to her walker and off she went. She was great. The more we encouraged her the more she seemed to enjoy it. I'm excited for her 9 month checkup on thursday. Here are a few pictures that I took this past week.

Past Week

It's funny how all I really have to say is about Sophie. But I suppose that is how every new parent is.

Clinton and I have been going to "Parenting Class" at our church every 2nd and 4th monday nights every month. I believe they have had two so far and Clinton and I went to both. We have enjoyed going because we get to spent time with other parents and it's interesting how alike some parents think. With so many things to worry about when trying to raise a child "right," it's nice to know other parents share the same concerns as we do. I know Sophie is only 7.5 months old but we're talking future things to be worried about I guess. Clinton and I have been trying to go to church atleast every other weekend. It's nice to get Sophie out and exposed to church and other people. I'm already excited for sunday school for her. It's nice knowing the kids who will be in her class and being able to watch them grow up.

Now as for just Sophie, she has been changing so much lately. I'm really starting to notice how much of a little girl she has become. She interacts with me all the time. It seems we have our own lingo. She has started to be able to feed herself. A month ago I tried giving her some crunchy stars and she did not like it one bit. Now I just tried again and she took to it just great. She'll have her tray cleaned in no time. Next week I might try some other soft cut up veggies... we'll see though. I've really been enjoying making baby food too. There are so many foods out there that I want to expose her too that they don't have in the store, not to mention saving some money. That's always a bonus. Sophie has taken to most of her foods. Also, Sophie is getting better at crawling. She's kinda lazy about it though. She's been army crawling for almost 2 months I suppose. About 2 weeks ago she took some of her first crawling steps. Yesterday she did a great job at crawling and trying to get up on things when her cousin was over. She must have been competing for attention. Then an hour or so later she pulled herself up, not straight up but up atleast. She's changing so fast and I'm just so excited for her. This summer will definately be a blast with her. I can't wait to take her to the beach... I'll just have to watch so she's not eating the sand :) Oh Sophie also cut her first top tooth the first of the month so now she has three teeth and the other top one is close behing the other.

Despite being very demanding for her mommy, she seems to be a very sweet mild mannered little girl. She does like her daddy too though. If he comes in during the work day she always gets all smiley and just stares at him until he leaves again. Well, here are a few pictures....

So much for organization. Sophie loves pulling out all the DVD's

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.