My Pride and Glory!

I heart crafts, and always have. When I was little, my mom always did fun little crafts with us. My favorite, at the moment, is by far scrapbooking. Tina has oodles of scrapbook supplies, and we all enjoy doing it. On the weekends, I would go over there and work on my books; little by little the pages filled up.
The first one I finished, was Sophie's 12 month baby book. It goes from my pregnancy all the way to 12 months. I kept a journal throughout my pregnancy, and after she was born. Each month I would right her milestones, how our family was adapting, and how much I loved her. For each month I made a two page spread, with a journal, my favorite picture, and then random pictures from throughout that particular month. I love it!
The next book I worked on was Sophie's 2008 book. It was just all the other random pictures I took throughout her first year... and boy were there a lot. I haven't finished it yet, these are just the pages that are done.
I'll put the whole scrapbook up in a slideshow on the side of the page. I'm also working on our wedding album.. finally. So once I get around to finishing that, I'll post it as well.

Duckie Park

(Last post of the day, I promise)
We have gotten into the grove of spending our weekends at Grandma Tina's. Its a good way for Sophie to spend time with Grandma, she LOVES Grandma. Its also a way for Denny and I to spend "me" time. I'll scrapbook randomly, while Denny plays on the computer. Sophie doesn't mind, because she can just follow Grandma all over the apartment. ANYWAYS!
Yesterday we (I) decided we would go to the Duckie Park. We took some bread for the ducks, but the stupid seagulls had invaded the pond. Sophie was fascinated by the feathered blobs that waddles around honking at everything. (the strange black thing lurking in the background of the picture is Emo Aspen, Denny's little sister)
This particular duck was super fat. It was also the only duck that would get close to us, all the other ones ran away. It was picky when it came to the pieces of bread it would eat, which we found odd. That just makes me wonder how on earth it got so big?
Denny came up with a bright idea.

Denny - "We should put Sophie's feet in the water."
Me - "Um, no."
Denny - "Why not?"
Me - "Its freezing."
Denny - "Pfft, no its not."
Me - "Why don't you put YOUR feet in the water?"
Denny - "OKAY!"

I should have known better. That man thinks everything is a challenge. He made his way onto a rock and proudly stuck his feet right into the ice water. Sophie then decided that she too wanted to join in.
After the park we went out for a snack (Denny's bribe to come to the park). First it was Dairy Queen, but they weren't open. So we went to Burger Stop. I was given a banana slip, minus the banana. And a large fat man came in the store to yell at an elderly woman who worked there. We found out the large fat man was a supervisor. Denny got the name and number of their superior, so we can complain. Maybe we will get free food, hopefully this time they remember my banana.

All Girls Love Shoes

I've slowly but surely been packing up all of our things, getting ready to move. The other day I decided to tackle the closet. I pulled out the shoe racks, and started packing. Sophie saw my shoes and she was off. Thankfully, she was only interested in the flats.

She threw on about 5 different pairs and walked all around the room. Every now and again a shoe would fall off her tiny foot, and she would look angrily at it. What a silly girl.

Easter

I know Easter happened last week, but I'm a slacker. :) I only got two pictures of Sophie in her Easter dress, and they were taken during a tantrum. And I forgot the flash... Oh well.
Here is the super cute Easter bag Grandma Tina bought Sophie. It was filled with all kinds of goodies.
There were two adorable cookies in the bag. One was Dora, and the other was her best friend Boots.
And here is poor Boots after Sophie got it opened.
We also went to an Easter egg hunt early Saturday. There were LOADS of people there, and it lasted all of 1 minute 38 seconds... GAY! I was pissed. But on the way home, Denny pulled into the park. We played for a few minutes, and I felt better. Stupid egg hunt.

Too Good To Be True

Tuesday Night:
8:10 Bath time
8:30 Hand off to Denny, he dresses her and reads books
8:45 Denny exits her room alone, with a smile on his face
12:00 We go to bed
5:00 I wake up and think my child suffocated
5:05 I tip toe into Sophie's room to confirm she is still breathing
5:15 I go back to bed
6:30 I wake up from a nightmare
6:31 I wake Denny up and make him snuggle me
7:00 we get up to shower
7:40 Denny leaves for work, and I go back to bed
8:30 Sophie wakes

... Sophie slept nearly 12 straight hours... and didn't wake up once. I was so giddy, if someone could have popped me - bubbles would have burst everywhere! On top of that, she took a 2 1/2 hour nap... inconceivable! I tried not to get my hopes up, but couldn't help it...

Then last night came...

8:30 she fell asleep while Denny read books to her.
9:00 she wakes up angrily.
9:02 I console her while she lays in her crib.
9:15 I give in and nurse her.
9:25 I bring her in our bed.
9:30 she sleeps, I move her to her crib.
9:31 she wakes up even more pissed than the last time
9:40 Denny goes in to console her
9:45 I go nurse her once more
10:02 the monster is finally asleep

12:20 she wakes, I bring her in our bed
2:30 she cries, I nurse
4:50 she cries, I pretend I'm asleep
7:00 the insane child pops awake
7:40 Denny leaves for work while I hide under the blankets and Sophie watches tv

8:30 she falls asleep on my face, yes my face
10:00 she pops awake once more

3:40 (now) she has yet to actually take her nap, which normally happens between 12 and 1... tonight will not be fun.