Sophia Jo {eight months}

Where, oh where, has my tiny little baby gone?! Another month seemed to fly right on by and our little peanut girl is already 8 months!! I am beginning to understand why people have kids quite close together now...I SUPER miss having a little baby to cuddle on all of the time! HOWEVER, I don't miss it quite enough to start that whole process all over again quite yet!! Ha! 

This was a super exciting month for Sophia as we celebrated her first Christmas! It was such a wonderful day, and we made special memories that will last a lifetime. This month Sophia began her quest to crawling! We are still not quite there yet...she is having major 'big baby' issues and hasn't figured out how to get her big tummy off the ground! Although she has gotten really good at just scooting herself backwards around the house. This month also included many sleepless nights! Not too sure what the cause was but we are working on it! This Mama needs some sleep STAT!

 I have a feeling this next month is going to bring BIG things for our sweet girl!! Hopefully some crawling, and a tooth or two!! 

Highlights from this month...

*You are 22.4 pounds and just over 28' long!! Still sitting at the 98th percentile for height and weight! You are a SOLID little girl!*

*You LOVE to eat! I nursed you almost until your 8 month birthday, but now you are on all formula and doing great! You also LOVE all of the solids we have given you, but I think your favourite is raspberries!*

*You want to crawl SOOO bad!! And you try SOOO hard!! Your arms and legs are just a motoring but you still haven't figure out how to lift yourself up yet!*

*You have found your screaming voice once again! Just lovely! ha!*

*You are wearing mostly 12 month clothes now! My tall girl!!*

*You are having some sleep issues and we think some of the problem might be teeth!! Hopefully they start arriving soon!*

*You are extremely good with your hands! You have mastered the pincher grip and can feed yourself cereal puffs and other smaller foods!*

*You have really started to 'play' with toys! Which is GREAT, seeing how you got a ZILLION of them for Christmas!!*

*Your hair is getting really long and starting to get a curl/wave to it! Its really long on the side but shorter in the back...so your first haircut is probably in the near future!!*

*You have VERY strong legs! Thunder thighs just like your Mama! You love to stand up and hold yourself at the couch or coffee table! And you like to 'walk' when we hold your hands up!*

This is what your month looked like...

You HATE having anything on your feet! 

So you often look like this...one slipper on...the other tucked under your arm!

Your first sled ride in your sled from Grandma and Grandpa!

Christmas Party with your buddies from Mom's group!

Love all of these Christmas babies!

You loved looking at the lights and ornaments on all of the trees!

Checking out the ornaments at Greenland with Papa!

Mommy and Sophia selfie...

First time sitting in a highchair at a restaurant!!

Getting ready to go Christmas shopping with Daddy!

SPOILED by Aunty Rachelle for Christmas!

Mommy eats Christmas cookies...Sophia eats asparagus! ha!

All bundled up!

My smiley girl!

Opening up your advent calendar book!

Practicing your football skills!

Mmm raspberries!!

PUMPED for Christmas!!

Santa Baby!

Santa baby with Grandma!

Mmmm presents are tasty!

All dressed up for dinner!

Opening some gifts with Daddy at Papa and Pama's house!

Reading with Pama!

Messy face girl!!

In your Christmas jammies!

Mommy and Sophia selfie!

Jumping so hard that her headband fell off...

Your first Christmas!

And your first war wound...

Your special overalls from great grandma!

Pretty in pink jammies!

Check out my new PINK car...

Showing Papa and Pama your new baby Iphone!

Cuddles with Daddy!

Daddy is trying to turn you into a gamer...ugh! ha!

Balloons!!

Sophia's first selfie!!

Your first tea party!

You LOVE to wear NO clothes!

Reading your favourite book!

Taking a break from jumping all over Uncle Kellen's lap!

 Its a great arm workout!

Mmmm raspberries!!

Bath time baby!

You LOVE your new car!! 

PINK!

On December 17, 2013 we found out that our little 'Peanut' was a GIRL!!!

I apologize for the sideways picture!!
It would not let me rotate it for whatever reason!! Grr!!

And from that moment on, we knew that there was going to be a LOT of PINK in our lives!!

 Finding out what we were having was probably more exciting that finding out we were pregnant, because this made it feel REALLY real! We could now start to create an 'identity' for our little peanut, as our precious little daughter! A few weeks leading up to our appointment 'what we were having' was a popular topic of conversation among pretty much everyone we saw. And 'girl' was by far the most popular vote! For whatever reason, people just knew that peanut was a girl! 

The morning of my appointment I told my students that I was going to be away in the afternoon because I was going to the doctor to see if they could tell what the baby was going to be. And OH MY WORD were they excited!! Ha! We made a little chart to show their predictions and all of the 'girl' voters were over.the.moon. when they found out they were 'right' the next day. We all celebrated with some yummy PINK jelly beans!

Peanut was SPOILED this Christmas! Pretty impressive haul for a baby that hasn't even been born yet!! Ha! We are already excited for NEXT Christmas when she is actually here to enjoy it with us!! 

I also have caught the 'little girl' shopping bug!! I just could NOT resist these mint skinny jeans and flats when I saw them! Little peanut is going to be better dressed then her Mom and Dad!! 

We have started putting together the peanuts nursery as well! Damian did an AMAZING job of painting the room over Christmas break and we have ordered all of the furniture. I can't to have it all set up!!

Testing out recliner/rockers was Damian's favourite part about nursery shopping!! 

Now that I can't take Spin classes anymore I have been trying to get on the treadmill once in a while! My fleeting energy by the end of the day doesn't help much though! Ha! 

Peanut and I working hard on the treadmill...

Spending some time sorting through clothes and trying to figure out the best way to organize it all!

And lastly...Peanut has been busy growing these days!! 

Thus so have I...Here are my 'bumpdate' pictures!

I know I say it all of the time, but I truly can't believe how fast time goes!! I am already 27 weeks and starting my THIRD trimester!! SO CRAZY!! I can't wait to meet our little peanut in just under 13 weeks!!!