Go, go, go

Sophia is moving a lot now. She rolls all over, scoots backwards, and pivots on her bum and tummy. She tries hard to move forward and can get her knees under her stomach, but hasn't been successful that way yet. It is sad to think that the small baby days are done. I wasn't really ready for them to be over. It's a whole different ball game once they become mobile, but definitely fun. She is so proud of herself when she gets to where she wants to be. My favorite part of all this is watching her face light up because she sees Scott then seeing her try to jump to him because she is so excited. She really gets a rocking or moving then. Here she is at dinner tonight with beans all over. She was trying to rock out of her chair and get to Scott who was on the other side of the table talking and making faces at her. She loves her brother! Scott is an amazing big brother. I love to watch their relationship.

April Fools Fun

This year was probably the first time I did anything successful for April Fools. If you read the previous post you'll know that I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately which leads to me being an ornery, tired, easily dizzy, and fatigued person. In other words it sounds like when I'm pregnant. Let me just say now that I am NOT pregnant. However, because of my shift in mood, David encouraged me several times to take a pregnancy test just to make sure. So, by enlisting the help of friends I had a positive pregnancy test (done by my pregnant friend) delivered to David at work on April Fools. He called me from work and said, "If this is an April Fools joke, it's not funny." I was only able to play the part for a short time but I did have him thinking we were going to have an addition to the family. Especially because I had "proof." After I confessed that it was a joke I received a mild scolding from David and a lot of praise from his co-workers. I think David was even proud of me for scheming something like that. I love you David!

Making Progress

For those of you who don't know, sleep has been somewhat of a rarity at our house this past month and a half. Scott has really struggled at night, especially getting to sleep. He has been scared of voices, shadows, and who knows what. David and I have been taking turns laying with him until he falls asleep, as well as trying other things. Several times Scott has asked for a blessing before bed time because he was scared. It is also common to be woken in the night to Scott having a nightmare or dreaming. To top off our already sleep interrupted nights, Sophia had taken to waking more frequently too. Especially in the past couple of weeks. She had several nights where she woke up every 1-2 hours. I keep wondering if she is teething, but I haven't seen any evidence yet. Who knows...maybe it's a growth spurt. In any case, I have been exhausted and I'm sure my family would say cranky. However, there is hope on the horizon. The past 2 nights Scott has allowed us to leave the room before he fell asleep with the assurance we would be back in a few moments to check on him. Upon returning he has always been asleep. Granted, he has still woken during the night but waking once or twice with him is a lot easier than waking every 1-2 hours with Sophia. And getting up with him is not nearly so bad because Sophie has been sleeping for 12 hours straight the last two nights. WAHOO!! I'd say we're making some serious progress and it's about time. :)