Monday, March 21, 2016

Waiting for Spring...




For posterity's sake, we are currently in the midst of the most bizarre presidential election of our lifetime. Donald Trump is the GOP frontrunner right now. It's insane. Daniel is avidly watching Twitter and the news as more craziness unfolds. It's all extremely negative and wildly depressing. That's the short of it. However, our favorite candidate (who is now out of the running....booo!) stopped by Idaho Falls for a rally. Daniel and Sophie went to the rally with Jason, Kira, and Bella. Daniel and Sophie managed to land themselves in the paper too! And one of our favorite things is to do is to hear Sophie say "Mar-CO Woo-be-Oh!" 

And here are some pictures of what life locked inside away from all the germs and cold of the outside  looks like: 


























Sophie's Hot Date


 My brother came up from Utah for a weekend and did an amazing job entertaining Sophie. He picked her up for their little date and they went to the car wash, Reed's Dairy for ice cream and to see cows, and to the dollar store for some fun outdoor toys. At the dairy Spencer convinced Sophie that she wanted to be a farmer--which doesn't surprise me with how much she loves animals. But I was just so happy he took the time to make Sophie feel special and get some attention.







Parenting Two

Parenting two is proving to be just a little tricky. Often when I need to take care of Emery Sophie sulks off saying, "You make me sad." I'm at least happy that her frustrations seem to be aimed at me and not the baby. She loves her "cute baby" and always wants to see her. Although she does complain that her crying is too loud. She's not wrong. :) I'd be lying if I didn't say Sophie has watched A LOT of TV and sometimes my lap is covered with children and I'm pretty sure my eyes are "just resting." But we will take it for now. We are slowly easing out of survival mode and into some semblance of a normal schedule.

Baby Em looked great at her two week check up. Already almost eight pounds and looking beautiful. She predominantly pulls her head to the right and the doctor said not to worry about it yet, but she's now eight weeks and still does it. It takes a lot of coaxing or just plain physically turning her head to get her to look left. Next week is the two month check up so we will see what doctor says. I got an Ergo carrier for baby and use it quite often. She likes to nap all squished up against me, but we both end up a little sweaty. It's great for going outside (with Daniel's jacket zipped up around us both) and for light housework. It creates a giant blindspot right in front of me so doing any food prep or even pouring a glass of milk for Sophie can prove dangerous. Emery definitely loves being swaddled and rarely naps without being a darling baby burrito. Sophie never did so it's a new thing for me. It does seem to increase nap time so I'm a fan.