Snow Day

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Kimberly Payne

Last year Sophie was much too small to enjoy the snow.  You may remember our great parenting last winter when we laid her in the snow to take paparazzi style pictures of her.

So this year I really wanted to take Sophie out while it was actually snowing to see what she thought of it.  Unfortunately it snowed while we were away this weekend and then only snowed for a bit this morning.  So we headed out this morning after her nap to play in the snow.

Now that is joy, she was very excited about the snow.  I wish I had proper snow clothes for her to wear.  She was forced to look like a crazy person wearing pajamas with baby legs and red patent leather shoes.

We did spent a little bit of time playing with the snowman that someone else built.

Next year I am sure she is going to absolutely love the snow, and maybe even catch a ride with her cousins on their cool sleds they got for Christmas.

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Lounging Around

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Kimberly Payne

Lately Sophie is really into lounging against things.  Many times I will find her leaning back against the couch watching her cartoons looking completely relaxed.  The other day I found her laying on a couch cushion on the floor watching Toopie and Binoo.

It doesn’t usually last long because she has too much to do to sit around and watch cartoons.

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Week 12

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Kimberly Payne

Here we are on our new weekly post night.  The midwife changed our due date to July 24th so I am 12 weeks today!!  We are so close to the second trimester.

I am excited to report that my morning sickness is getting better.  I have decreased my pills from 4 a day to 2 a day and it is great to no longer be feeling the side effects of the medicine.  Hopefully by the time I report next it will be completely gone.

We had a midwives appointment this week and it was so wonderful to hear the babies heartbeat.  The midwife warned us that it might be too early to hear it since we were just over 11 weeks.  But almost immediately you could hear a strong loud heartbeat, which is always a great feeling.

My belly is a funny thing.  I find with this pregnancy that I am not nearly as concerned with my weight as I was with Sophie.  I don’t think I am going too overboard but I am definitely not watching what I eat.  I think a huge part of that is that I remember how easy it was to lose the weight with Sophie.  Hopefully it is just as easy with this baby or I am going to be in trouble :)

Here is my 12 week belly.

I would like to think this is all baby, but it is definitely more of a food baby right now.  My belly is much smaller in the morning than in the evening.  It actually surprises me to see this picture because I know very soon it isn’t going to be getting smaller in the morning.

Here is week 12 with Sophie.

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 12 weeks
Total Weight Gain: 5.7
Maternity Clothes: Maternity Jeans
Best Moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat
Gender: Not sure at this point
Movement: Still early
Food Craving: Strawberry Cheesequake blizzards
What I miss: Nothing
Sleep: So much better, Sophie is nearly sleeping through the night and I have the comfortable couch to sleep on
What I am looking forward to: Visiting some friends this weekend
Belly Button: In
Symptoms: Slight headaches, tired
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Laundry

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kimberly Payne

I love doing the laundry.

Since our laundry is downstairs I am able to get 3 loads done at one time, which is really nice.  On days when I am doing less laundry there is room for a little someone to get a ride upstairs with the warm fresh laundry.

Although it may not look like it in the picture she really did have a fun time riding up from the laundry room in the basket.

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Trike

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Kimberly Payne

A few months ago Sean took Sophie to Toys R Us and they ended up playing with a trike.  The trike was much too big for her but if she sat on it she could touch the ground and move the trike around.

When christmas came around we knew we didn’t really want to get Sophie much since she doesn’t need anything so we decided to get her the trike that she had played with that day with Sean.

Sean and I found her the other day sitting on her trike watching tv which was really quite cute.

Although she is still pretty little for it she likes to be pushed around the apartment on it as well as pushing it up and down the hallway by herself.

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