Six Months Old!

Can you believe it's been 1/2 a year since Sophia was born?

I can't.

For me it's been a haze of

feedings every three hours,

pumping far more often than is convenient,

diaper changes,

bathtimes,

a nearly-constant layer of spit-up on my clothing,

and spending most of my time indoors and away from public places per doctor's orders. 

Fortunately,

the last couple of months

have also been filled with

lots of cuddling,

smiles,

and laughs.

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Ever since we brought Sophia home from the NICU, we've been looking forward to April as the time we would regain our freedom and would finally be able to go out in public as a family.  But our hopes were dashed yesterday when I took Sophia to her doctor's appointment.

"RSV hit us late," he said.  "And because of the warmer weather we've had, we are seeing bronchitis as well.  There are six kids in the hospital right now from these things."

"When do you think we'll be able to take her out?" I asked.

"End of May," he said.  "Well, maybe the beginning of May," he said, reconsidering his initial prognosis.

I then told him of our plans to go to California in April.  Danny has a conference in San Diego the first week in April, so we thought we'd add a few days to the trip, make a vacation out of it, and introduce Sophia to members of Danny's family that she hasn't met yet.  The doctor asked if we were going by car or plane.  I told him by plane.  He said that an airplane is practically the worst place for germs because the air is just recirculated over and over.  Yikes.  But he also said we could go and just hope for the best. 

We're still going to go to California, but it looks like we'll be driving.

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In other news, Sophia now weighs 12 pounds 11 ounces and is in the 2.88 percentile for her weight. 

She's still in the 27th percentile for her head circumference, but the doctor said that that's just because she has a big brain.  We liked the sound of that. :)

She has nearly grown out of her 0-3 month clothing.  Time to break out the 3-6 month outfits!

Sophia LOVES playing with her toys.  She has greatly developed the skills of holding onto things (including Mommy's and Daddy's glasses!) and bringing them to her mouth. What a big girl!

She also enjoys attempting to drink water from a glass.  Mostly she just succeeds in getting everybody wet, but it's hilarious to watch her try!


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One other piece of exciting news:

Sophia's cousin Perrin was born today!
Congratulations to Dan and Melissa!!

Sophia's First Walk!

The past few weeks in Vernal have been in the high 30's and 40's...

and, while to some of  you that may seem pretty cold, to us it's been a heat wave!

(It got down to -10 degrees farenheit a few times!!)

So, I've been taking advantage of the warmer weather to get out of the house with Sophia

and take some walks around our neighborhood.

A big thank you to Sophia's Grandparents Bokovoy for giving us this awesome stroller/carseat combo:

It's perfect for our long walks!

We have to make sure that Sophia is bundled up because it's not that warm yet...

On our walks we have visited the Field House dinosaur museum:

(we just walked around the outside actually, since Sophia is still not going out to public places)

It took us only 15 minutes to get there from our house!

We also visited the outside of the library from across the street:

It took us 20 minutes to walk there.

My favorite building to walk around is the Uintah County fitness center:

It's only a 10-minute walk away and there is a fun walking path around the building.

We're excited to someday join the fitness center!