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 :)

Inside a PUMPKIN

I saw these cute posts on PINTEREST....

I thought, "Hey, that looks so cute!" I bet my baby would look adorable inside a Pumpkin!

We tried it....

It was supposed to look like this

     So cute right? or maybe like this?  

But of course our photo shoot looked like this

and like this....

and our best shoot of the night (the only one she wasn't crying in but looks like she may have baby expletives going through her head)...

After jumping around trying to make her happy and putting her in and out of the pumpkin, after lots of tears from our little Sofie, we finally gave up. Well, till next year. :)

And even though our little girlie smiles all the time and is the happiest, easiest baby around, I will always treasure these sad pumpkin photos of my miracle baby.

Time flies.....

Oh my goodness! I have not blogged in over a month and so much has happened.....

I'll try to give a short re-cap.

First, started back to work mid October! It has been hard to leave Sofie but she is in great hands with her Grandma's and I am so blessed to work 3 12's so I get 4 days off to be a full time mom! I have enjoyed my job but it has been an exhausting few weeks and my house has suffered the consequences but I'm sure it will get easier as I get more energy with time :)

Next came the 49er Football Game with my sweet Hubby. I really do love him so much! We had a blast watching them beat the Cardinals! Go Niners!

Another milestone over the past month was Sofie turning 3 months! This girlie has been growing like crazy and is FINALLY in 0-3 month clothes! She loves her feet, oatmeal (I know we started her young but she was ALWAYS hungry..and she loves it), sitting in her BUMBO, and smiling :) She is simply the greatest thing! A true blessing each and every day!

Then of course was Halloween! Me and Rafa both worked but I picked up Sofie and took her to my Grandparents so I could at least show her off in her little Strawberry costume!

Gotta love that sideways smile!

Then this past weekend we went to Schnepf Farm with my mom and neice and nephew! It was Sofie's first time in her new high tech stroller (Thank you Ellen) and it was a lot of fun! Though Sofie got scared when the Train Conductor blew the whistle and cried most of the remainder of the ride. She may be a scaredy cat like her mom!

So that is the quick overview of the month...I will soon have another Halloween post of a TERRIBLE but HILARIOUS photo shoot we attempted with Sofie and another one for the Light the Night Lymphoma walk but for now this is a good update!

I am feeling better and better everyday, and the Dr said that after 2 more PET scans, and as long as they both come back negative they will officially say I am in remission. Can't wait for that! I have been truly humbled this month with how blessed I am. I could not ask for a better life than the one I have been given and I realize that everyday I get to live is a miracle and that I truly want to take the time to do what I can to be grateful for every moment. 

Being Two Months Old

I can't believe I am already 2 months old!

Here are a few things about me and what I am up to these days! 

- I am already 8# 11 oz  and 21 inches long, which puts me in the 5th percentile for my weight and height. I know I'm tiny but eventually I will catch up to all the other babies my age, and even if I don't, being tiny is ok with me :)

- I am still wearing newborn clothes but hope to be in all my cute 0-3 month clothes soon! Sometimes it stinks to have a closet full of clothes I can't fit into! (I hear mom say that all the time too!)

- I like to play with toys now but it's a little hard to get a good hold of things still.

- I am getting better at sleeping at night but mom and dad say they wish I'd sleep a little more and wake up a little less.

- I get the hiccups several times a day and they can make me SO mad! But I've realized as soon as I get mad mommy always picks me up and cuddles me....interesting :)

- I am getting good at holding my head up and even figured out how to roll from my tummy to my back a couple times!

Lastly, I LOVE to go out! I love riding in the car, riding in shopping carts, or just being held walking around the house or the mall. 

My Aunt Jackie came to visit this past week and her, mommy and I went shopping on my 2 month birthday! We decided it would be fun to take pics of me with all the 2's we found!

I LOVE my binkie!

There is my mommy!

 That night was Abuelita's birthday! She is my daddy's mom and only speaks spanish so I don't call her Grandma, I call her Abuelita :) We celebrated her birthday and my 2nd month birthday! Everyone ate cake but mommy said I'm still too young for cake. 

Abuelita loves to give me lots of kisses!

 I can't wait to get bigger but mommy already says I am growing too fast! I don't plan to slow down anytime soon though...sorry mommy :) 

 I can't stay 2 months FOREVER!

Time will pass, and I'll grow big but I will always be my family's Milagrita (as my Abuelita says it) 

or Little Miracle.