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!! 

A new year...

Happy New Year!

 2015 has arrived, and it's time to make it the very best year ever! We had a VERY low key New Years Eve this year and it was PERFECT! During the day we took Sophia swimming to a new rec centre nearby, and then once we put her to bed for the evening, Damian and I set up for fondu. We then proceeded to eat our faces off for a few hours! ha! After we were SUPER full, we played  a few games of Jenga, had some fancy champagne, kissed at midnight, and then promptly went to bed! We really know how to live it up, hey?! It was a wonderful evening and it was nice to just hang out together!

And now that the year has officially begun, its time to work on those New Years resolutions!! The last few years I have tried to make a better effort at making goals and sticking to them. Being a teacher, goal setting is something that we do on a regular basis with our students, as well as in our professional development.  So bringing these goals into my daily life seemed important too! Two years ago my New Years resolution was to start this blog! And I'm glad to still being going strong with it. Last year my New Years resolution was to document a picture on instagram every single day. And I completed that as well! This year I have decided to make 'monthly goals' instead of just one BIG goal for the entire year. I have lots I want to accomplish this year but I figured I would be MUCH more successful if I broke down my goals by month. Some goals will be bigger than others, and some months will have more goals than others! That's just life! 

I am a 'notebook' collector...and I LOVE lists!! So when I saw this AWESOME notebook at HomeSense, I knew it would be perfect for my 2015 monthly goals!

I am going to post my goals on my blog each month to keep myself accountable. I will also give a bit of an overview of how I did the previous month with completing my goals. It's nice to have moral support from such wonderful people!!

So here are my January goals...

Pretty self explanatory! 

1. I haven't worked out since I had Sophia...yikes! Time to hit the treadmill! 

2. We have SOOO many toys all of a sudden and I have no idea how to make sense of the toy madness without making my house look like a daycare! Stay tuned to see how I figure this out...ha!

3. I have made good progress on the disaster we call our basement...a few more hours and it should be done!

4.Spending time with my hubby always seems to fall to the wayside when there are bottles to wash, laundry to fold, meals to plan, or I'm sneaking some 'me' time! I need to work at making this more of a priority!! 

And because I enjoyed doing my #kpkeveryday2014 pictures so much, I have started it again! 

And I would love for you to join in!! Just post a picture every day on instagram! It is so awesome to have an entire year 'in pictures' at the end!

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#kpkeveryday2015 

I hope your 2015 has started off with a BANG!