Mondays don't suck anymore

At least not for a few more weeks. We started the day in our usual fashion of cuddling in bed while she wakes herself up. Grunting and stretching for about ten minutes is her way of welcoming the new day. Once she was up, I changed her booty, fed her and had Steve get her dressed while I took a shower.
Now we were really ready for the new day, so we headed out to brunch (since it was almost 11). We went to this cute diner on Main St called Kay's Kitchen. Sofie got lots of attention there because she's the cutest baby in the world :o) The special needs lady who is a regular there really loved Sofie. She was very hard to understand, but I was able to pick out that she loved her small baby hands. She blew a kiss to Sofie as she was leaving the diner. Very sweet.

Today was also Sofie's first trip out to Seal Beach.

I think she had fun.

It was pretty chilly, but I was wearing her so she was super snuggly. We walked down the pier to the Ruby's at the end. Steve and I shared a pumpkin shake while Sofie enjoyed another meal herself.

The weather has been beautiful today. Sunny and chilly. Perfect.

Now we're just hanging at home. We're about to give our girl a bath and all get into our jammies. Steve will be building a nice warm fire for his girls. Sofie really enjoys staring into them just like her parents.

Love.

Sofie's 1st Disney experience

I was having a touch of cabin fever so I wanted to get out and about last week. Thursday we decided to go to downtown Disney for lunch. It was a beautiful day. We decided to eat at the House of Blues.

Mainly because we could eat outside in the beautiful sun and keep our stroller with us. We're not used to leaving personal items laying around without us near by. I know we'll have to get used to it if we ever want to take Sofie on an actual ride at Disneyland, but Thursday wasn't going to be the test drive. Anyhoo, Sofie did really good until right before our food got there. I didn't want her to start crying hard so I got her out of the stroller and held her. I thought I could just eat with her on my chest like I'm used to, but the burger that I had ordered was the biggest mess ever. I didn't want my sweet daughter covered in burger juice. Steve ended up eating super fast so he could hold her while I eat. At least I had sweet potato fries to hold me over till I got my hands on that yummy burger. Plus, Sofie didn't seem to mind the couple fry crumbs that landed on her head. Small consequences to wanting to be held by her momma all the time, I guess.

After lunch we traveled over to Build-A-Bear. We picked out a super soft pink Dinosaur for Sofie. Hopefully she'll like it when she gets a bit older. We walked around downtown Disney for a little bit longer then decided to go into Disneyland. We only have a couple more weeks left on our passes and wanted to take Sofie in before they expired. Luckily it wasn't very busy since it was in the middle of the day in the middle of the week.

We only stayed in Disneyland for a couple hours, but it was fun walking around with our daughter. I can't wait till they get their tree up so we can take a family picture in front of it. Till then the one that's up in Toon Town will do.

Here's Sofie and her daddy in front of the cute tree.

This is the duo earlier...

What crazy town puts a baby in jail! Luckily, she slept right through the ordeal. :)

So, in a nutshell that was Sofie's first Disneyland experience. Next time we'll have her meet some of the characters and maybe brave the carousel. I think there's a bench we could sit on instead of a horse. I'll have to look at it again to be sure.

Gotta run, she's up!

Friday 10/28/11

Today Steve picked up the photos we had done at Target for Sofie's 1 month pics. They are so cute. I've seen them a few times online and of course I was there, but looking through them again I started getting teary eyed. I love my little girl so much! I feel so blessed that she's healthy and thriving.
Today she was a clingy baby. She hasn't slept much and pretty much just wants to eat or at the very least use me as a pacifier. I've tried to give her an actual pacifier, but most of the time it's a no go. She'll spit it right out and usually screams her head off. Give her the boob and she passes right out. I don't mind at all that she's been a clingy baby. I love spending time with her in my arms. I don't get much done, but that's ok with me. I was able to put her in her sling and vacuum a bit, but that didn't last very long. Gotta go! She's up again.

Hi

Here's my intro...

First off, I'm not a writer. I will probably ramble and possibly lose track of the topic in the post. I might not spell things wrong, but that's because Blogger has spell check. I will definitely misuse punctuation. Now that that's out of the way, lets get started. Our new adventure began on September 21st, 2011. Our daughter was born at 3:11pm. With a healthy cry as she entered this world, she created a family. Our family.  

It's been 5 weeks exactly since the picture above was taken.

This is what she looks like now.

Life is starting to feel normal. An awesome new normal. That will change again once I go back to work, but for now I'm just enjoying every day with my daughter. Our days right now revolve around our girl. When she's tired, she sleeps. I join her some times. When she's hungry, she eats. I'm her food source right now so where I go, she goes. I love it and am really enjoying being the only one who can provide that particular comfort for her. When I go back to work, I'll have to share that job so for now I need it to be just me. It's hard sometimes being the only one that can feed her, but it's also the best feeling in the world...until she bites me. Luckily she doesn't have teeth yet. 

We haven't been up to much this past month; just trying to get to know our girl. Things have been way better than I thought they would be. Sometimes I get cabin fever, but it's not too bad. We're usually out and about every few days and at least one weekend day we go to my parents house. I also plan on starting some craft things again soon. I'm going to start off with flash cards for Sofie. Since she only sees in black and white and shades of gray right now I'm going to do flash cards like that. Once she's about 4 months old, I'll turn the B/W flash cards into colorful ones. I think this will be an easy starter project. Since I'm all motivated and she's still asleep, I'm going to get started on this project. Will post pictures later.