Wow, it's been a while...so long in fact that I forgot my username AND password, how pathetic!
Yes, I have been neglecting my good ol' blog but I can explain just what I have been doing the past 3 months and why I haven't had any time to update in just 1 words: life.
Sofia has officially entered become a toddler, she walks, she talks, she opens things, she shuts them and is a beautiful mess. Since her first birthday, Sofia has been very active. She started walking right after her birthday and hasn't stopped since. In fact, she is now even running. I'm not sure how I feel about that since I am usually the one chasing her but I love every minute we share together whether we are playing with her baby dolls or shopping together at the mall, everything is just happier with her around.
Little Miss Sofia is also chattering up a storm, the language she speaks remains a mystery but she loves to talk and we love to listen! Syd thinks she is trying to speak Dutch because of the sounds she is making but I am not convinced, I think it's just baby babble. Whatever it is, it's joyful noise to my ears :)
Over the past 3 months, Sofia has gotten very sociable and we have been taking her to the nursery at Lifetime and also, Sunday school. She is just precious with other babies and everyone has been asking us when Sofia is going to have a little brother or sister, to answer that question: we're thinking we need an Taurus in our family. We need a little more time to get really settled in to our new place but if our next child is anything like Sofia (which I'm sure he or she will be) we will be more than happy to have 20 more.
In addition to chasing after an active toddler, I have also been busy decorating and organizing our new home. After 2 years of wandering around Europe, we are proud to call ourselves homeowners! We love our neighborhood and have found that it is very kid friendly. Sofia loves it here, mainly because it's a 1 story and she can play anywhere and everywhere. The previous owners had a 2 year old so we are very thankful that they installed all the baby proofing in the house so the day we moved in, things were set for Sofia. She is in her own room and doing great, the only problem we have had was on the second night we were here...she woke up at 6am and instead of us going to pick her up and bring her into our room, we let her cry it out. It was a gut-wrenching experience for both Syd and myself but we know that in the long run, it will be better for Sofia to get used to sleeping on her own. She cried for a good 30 minutes but after exhausting herself, she went back to sleep and didn't wake up till 10:30am. When she finally woke up the next day, Syd picked her up and she literally grabbed him, gave him the biggest hug she could manage and didn't let go, it was adorable.
We are getting the house together this weekend and I'll post some pictures soon. I am going to try to update everyone more often now that things have settled down. This is going to be an exciting month, this week it's Valentine's Day and my birthday, Sofia is celebrating her 15 month birthday, Syd's brother is coming to visit from Holland, I am going to a luncheon with 'The Supernanny' AND...we are going to Las Vegas! So I take back the part about things settling down but I am going to keep up the blogging so all you fellow mommies can keep up with us. I love talking about my baby so this shouldn't be hard!
Yes, I have been neglecting my good ol' blog but I can explain just what I have been doing the past 3 months and why I haven't had any time to update in just 1 words: life.
Sofia has officially entered become a toddler, she walks, she talks, she opens things, she shuts them and is a beautiful mess. Since her first birthday, Sofia has been very active. She started walking right after her birthday and hasn't stopped since. In fact, she is now even running. I'm not sure how I feel about that since I am usually the one chasing her but I love every minute we share together whether we are playing with her baby dolls or shopping together at the mall, everything is just happier with her around.
Little Miss Sofia is also chattering up a storm, the language she speaks remains a mystery but she loves to talk and we love to listen! Syd thinks she is trying to speak Dutch because of the sounds she is making but I am not convinced, I think it's just baby babble. Whatever it is, it's joyful noise to my ears :)
Over the past 3 months, Sofia has gotten very sociable and we have been taking her to the nursery at Lifetime and also, Sunday school. She is just precious with other babies and everyone has been asking us when Sofia is going to have a little brother or sister, to answer that question: we're thinking we need an Taurus in our family. We need a little more time to get really settled in to our new place but if our next child is anything like Sofia (which I'm sure he or she will be) we will be more than happy to have 20 more.
In addition to chasing after an active toddler, I have also been busy decorating and organizing our new home. After 2 years of wandering around Europe, we are proud to call ourselves homeowners! We love our neighborhood and have found that it is very kid friendly. Sofia loves it here, mainly because it's a 1 story and she can play anywhere and everywhere. The previous owners had a 2 year old so we are very thankful that they installed all the baby proofing in the house so the day we moved in, things were set for Sofia. She is in her own room and doing great, the only problem we have had was on the second night we were here...she woke up at 6am and instead of us going to pick her up and bring her into our room, we let her cry it out. It was a gut-wrenching experience for both Syd and myself but we know that in the long run, it will be better for Sofia to get used to sleeping on her own. She cried for a good 30 minutes but after exhausting herself, she went back to sleep and didn't wake up till 10:30am. When she finally woke up the next day, Syd picked her up and she literally grabbed him, gave him the biggest hug she could manage and didn't let go, it was adorable.
We are getting the house together this weekend and I'll post some pictures soon. I am going to try to update everyone more often now that things have settled down. This is going to be an exciting month, this week it's Valentine's Day and my birthday, Sofia is celebrating her 15 month birthday, Syd's brother is coming to visit from Holland, I am going to a luncheon with 'The Supernanny' AND...we are going to Las Vegas! So I take back the part about things settling down but I am going to keep up the blogging so all you fellow mommies can keep up with us. I love talking about my baby so this shouldn't be hard!
2 comments:
hooooooooray! I am so happy to see a Harris update. Sofia is just precious. I cannot believe how big she is getting and all of the things she can do! Time flies. I have a 4 month old, how is that possible?! Can't wait to see pics of the new house. Love you mama!
i miss you momma. sofia is gorgeous. ah. i was talking about her for some reason andmy cousin overhead and said "is that the baby on your facebook? you got a wall post from?" and i said "yea her mom wrote on my wall" and even he sang praises of her beauty! haha.
anyway, i love you mom and im caling you soon. perhaps you want to try out parkway this week?
xoxo, titi
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