Summertime Sofie

Sofie is getting so big!!! I haven't given anyone an update in a while and I can't help but share all the pics of my girlie. Here is a little of what this little 10 month sweetie has been up to.

This is her and her very first outfit she ever wore....wow...what a change!

Sofie FINALLY began crawling a little over 2 weeks ago! Now she is going everywhere, and now she is pulling herself up on tables and even walking around them. She is going to walking solo in no time! Sofie LOVES her toys and loves to play. Right now her favorite toys are her blocks and shapes!

This girlie also LOVES to be in the water! She took her first swim last week! We knew she would love...it was so fun to see her splash around! 

Lookin so cute in her new suit!

Babiators from ELLEN

Swimming!

She loved to splash...

And of course as she loves water she also LOVES bath time! She can be fussy and crying but as soon as you put her in the tub she is hap, hap, happy!

And lastly, our little one loves to eat! So far she has eaten anything we give her and never spits anything out...she even likes a lot of foods I don't. One of our exciting things in the past few weeks is that we discovered she can drink through a straw! Yippee! 

Now she has a sippee with a straw which will make getting rid of her bottles a snap.

We are so blessed to have this girl in our family. I am so blessed to have her as my daughter and to have her father as my husband. He really is the best dad and husband a girl could ask for. 

What a miracle it is to have a family.

A Working mom...a whiney post.

I am a working mom. I work 40, sometimes many more hours a week, take care of my baby, my husband, and my home...and I'm exhausted and a little overwhelmed.  I never wanted to be a working mom. I never pictured myself as a working mom...but I am because I need to be to help support my husband, baby, and other members of my family that need our help. I feel like I should be able to do it all and want to be able to do it all. My house is often a disaster and I don't cook near as many meals as I want to. I want to diet and get in shape, be a better church member, organize my home, do DIY projects, deep clean my home, do more fun things with my family, and countless other things...but I never have enough time or energy to do it all. I want to play more with my baby, get my emergency preparedness ready, coupon (I always wanted to be a mom who saved hundreds with coupons or got free stuff), have a meal calender, scrapbook, and garden...but it's so hard to find the time for it all. Can you tell I feel overwhelmed yet? I work so hard to stay positive, happy, to be a good mom and a good wife. I feel like a let down when my husband has to buy himself dinner because I get stuck at work. I love my job but it tires me out, and it's another place I try so hard to be perfect. I don't really have many girlfriends. I wish I had a best friend I could talk to a lot about girlie things that lived close by, or a group of girlfriends to go out with sometimes or have more girls night....

BUT....I love my family. My husband is amazing and he truly is my very best friend. I have the sweetest daughter in the world and I love her more than I ever knew possible. I'm grateful to be alive, grateful for my home, and all my blessings. I'm grateful for my job, for how lucky I am to have a job I love so much since I do have to work. I really have no reason to whine...but I'm human...and this is one of those days, one of those nights, one of those moments where I wish I weren't a working mom, wished I could stay home with my baby and do so many of those things I won't always have time to do.

I guess today my miracle is that I only feel like how I feel today every little once in a while.

Evolution of Hair

A year ago today I realized my hair was falling out and leaving bald spots...and so began the hair evolution...

 And today....one year later.(sorry I'm in jammies)

Can't wait for the two year evolution! 

I remember a year ago thinking it was going to be the hardest part of the whole fight to shave my head and lose all my hair...thinking back to that night and all the emotions that I was filled with during that time makes me tear up a little even as I write this. But....it wasn't really that bad....honestly. I think Heavenly Father truly blessed me with happiness to get through this evolution.  And come on, how many women can say they got to shave their head and start all over from scratch? lol...

I CAN!

A YEAR....and 7 months!

A year ago today I was diagnosed with cancer. Can you believe it's been a year?  Today all day I thought about what I was doing at certain times of the day exactly a year ago. Right now a year ago I was sitting in the ER waiting room...waiting for the scariest news I never expected.

BUT what an AMAZING year it has been. 

I fought cancer...and I beat it! 

I had a baby and she's the best thing I ever did!

I have an amazing job that I have worked so hard for and am excited to work even harder in.

Me and my hubby in love and So happy!

So more exciting than my year anniversary is Sofie turning 7 months old last week. She is getting SO big and SO FUN!

She is sitting like a champ, loves to eat all kinds of fun things, and really is the Sweetest! Right now my poor baby has croup. It's the first time she's been sick and it truly breaks my heart! I never knew I could love someone so much till she and my hubby came into my life. It's amazing that we are capable of so much love. What a miracle and a blessing that is. Life has changed so much in a year but honestly I wouldn't change a thing. I have learned so much about life, love, and about how Heavenly Father tries us, blesses us, and will always give us everyday miracles.

6 MONTHS OLD

I can hardly believe it has already been 6 months since my sweet Sofie was born! Time really does fly! 

She is growing like crazy and it's hard to believe what a little nugget she was half a year ago! 

Now she is 14 pounds, 5 ounces and

26 inches long!

She is mainly wearing 3-6 month clothes, and size 2 diapers!

She loves to smile, and is the happiest baby I've ever met!

She is getting SO strong! She loves to stand and is doing a pretty good job rolling over and sitting with a little bit of help! She loves to eat all kinds of baby foods/cereal/ and even little puffs now!

And she has 2 teeth coming in!! But has been taking it like a champ! And most of the time is as 

happy as usual!

In her Christmas stocking Santa brought her binkies but a week before Christmas she decided to ditch the binkies and wants nothing but her thumb. I know it will be harder to break down the road but it sure does look sweet! It makes me want to eat her up!

She loves her toys and it's so fun to see her go after them and actually choose favorites! (as you can see above..she likes bling already!)

I always knew I wanted to be a mom but could never have imagined how Wonderful it is and what a sweetie I would be blessed with! I look forward to each and every day I get to spend with my Sofie girl to see what new thing she will do and to get all her sweet smiles! What a true miracle and blessing it is!

Bed Head? Yes, please!

My hair is CRAZY...EVERY morning! It's out of control really ( and quite honestly it doesn't get too much better after I attempt to style it) 

BUT.....a few short months ago....

I had nothing. I am so grateful for every single crazy curl, and every single day 

of BED HEAD I am blessed to have.

The Polka Dot Sweater (and some other fun things)

Time flies....I remember this time last year I was dreading turning 30 (because it's SOO old) but so excited to be pregnant! I had no idea where the year would lead and all that I would go through! A year later I have learned SO much and though most of the time these days my body feels like it's 60 (maybe 70), I am so grateful for this year and all the blessings it has brought into my life! 

So on that note, I would feel sad if I didn't at least share a little bit of the last month!

 In December we took our first trip with Sofie and went to San Francisco to see the 49ers play! 

San Fran has some good and some bad things.

The good: the Niners, Golden Gate Bridge, and it's beautiful!

The bad: The traffic and I'm pretty sure everywhere we went someone was smoking pot (really weird but true!)

This is at the airport waiting for our shuttle that never even came (but that's a story for another day).

Golden Gate Bridge

We drove down Lobard street! It was gorgeous!

In front of the Full House house! I was SO excited! 

The tiniest 49er Fan!

Ready to go to the game! Go Niners! 

Rafa was in Heaven!

Thanks to the headphones, this is how Sofie enjoyed the game!

After the game at Candlestick Park (btw Candlestick is SOOOO Ghetto) 

After the game waiting in traffic.

And then the week after we came back we had our final appearance on EVB Live on Channel 12. We LOVE Tram Mai and all the people there who have treated us so well and made this cute onesie for Sof. It was her first TV appearance :)

 Christmas Eve with our baby girl and family :)

One of my fav pics...our little doll baby with her great big beautiful eyes!

My Papa (and delicious food)

Christmas Day!

With Grandma

And finally New Years in Mexico! :) Oh and P.S.....Has anyone noticed yet that pretty much every picture I am wearing the exact same Polka Dot sweater?! Yeah, my body isn't quite how I'd like it to be so my ward robe is limited (new moms out there know how that goes) but I didn't realize until I got all these pics together that I have worn this sweater all the time! HOW EMBARRASSING. Needless to say for my pre birthday present I went out today and bought a NEW sweater :) 

Rafa eating a tamale (that I helped make!!!!) 

And how Sofie spent New Years Eve. She slept 12 hours! LOVE THIS  BABY!

So though this would have been more interesting in multiple posts, there is my last month in review, and I hope to post more blogs in the future so it's not just a review and I can maybe focus on the day to day blessings in my life, those Everyday miracles that I see so often but don't get to mention...but am VERY grateful for none the less :)