Oops.
I've been wanting to blog about our cruise we took in March, but haven't made it over to my brother's house to get all the pictures. (Aaron lost his phone at the end of the cruise and it had all of our pictures. So sad.)
So until then, here's a little of what we've been up to!
I started a permanent babysitting job a few weeks ago. From now on I will be watching a sweet, tiny two month old little boy twice a week while his mama is at work. He is absolutely precious. Talk about having baby fever. Surprisingly, juggling Sophia and the baby has been much easier than I thought it would.
I think Sophie's independence has doubled in the few short weeks we've had the baby with us. Not only has she wanted to help with baby, but also with a lot of other things.
She loves to pat the baby and say " 's ok, baby. 's ok." She loves to give him his paci any time he makes a noise, get his diapers and wipes out for diaper changes, and likes to help hold his bottle. She also calls him "honey" and constantly says "hi baby." Adorable. We're working on whispering and not touching the baby's face, head, or hands. We'll get there!
Mixing up some biscuit dough.
Mashing some avocados for lunch.
She's even been given two chores. Dusting the TV stand, and holding the dust pan while mama sweeps. She loves it! I still need to make some sort of sticker chart though. Or maybe not? She doesn't seem to need any convincing to help out.
Loves climbing and exploring. But also requires a "hand" (if you could only hear her little voice ask for our hand.. CUTE) when walking.
She's also really into switching out her shoes (constantly. Maybe I should move them to a higher drawer...) and bringing us clothes she would like to wear. Here she is wearing her swim towel/dress and her winter tights. So fashionable. My mom says it's payback time for all my "outfits" and "hair styles" I had while growing up.Oh dear...
We've also been having major sharing issues. This picture says it all. Our good friends Tish and Josiah were in town this past month, so we got to spend a lot of time with them. It was great! We also found out that although Sophia knows how to ask to share, she does not like sharing with other little kids. Have to work on that too...
I wish I could say that sharing is our only problem, but I'm afraid we're really starting to enter the "terrible two's." I mean, I don't even know what to do most times!
The screeching, squealing, screaming, running away from us, looking everywhere but our eyes when we ask her to look at us.The list could go on a on.
She has also started to push her limits (and ours).
Like see how far she can lean off the couch before falling.
Or standing on something before it tips.
Or how far she can push her bowl off her tray before it spills.
This morning, she spilled her plate of eggs and ran away. Aaron asked her to come back and clean then up and she just stopped and looked at him. Then heard the music I had playing, and did all her best dance moves and jumps looking right at Aaron. We both had to cover our faces to laugh. this kind of stuff happens all the time. Maybe we're the ones who just need to learn how to handle/discipline her. Ha..
I also took on another small babysitting job. Just for three weeks though. It's been great for Sophia! We get to see this sweet little eight month old twice a week on the days we don't have the baby boy. But only for a couple hours.
Mom's birthday was last week. Love this picture. Sophie love hers Nana!
Speaking of Nana... My mom got Sophia this purse at a garage sale. It's her newest obsession.
And one more, because it's too cute not to remember. Breakfast on the porch this morning. Ha! I showed Aaron these pictures and his words were "well, she is her mother's daughter!" Not sure if he meant I have terrible morning hair, or I'm a terrible morning person... heh. Probably both.
