Uncle Frank's 35th birthday

Last Sunday we celebrated Uncle Frank's birthday with Auntie Sarah, Cousin Emily and Grandma and Grandpa Tees. Sophia's is sitting up on her own now and her new favorite thing is clapping. She claps when music is playing and claps when there's no music playing too!

Grandma Tees made us a yummy chicken and pasta dinner!

The birthday boy!

Sharing smiles with Grandpa

Sophia spent some floor time with Grandma and Grandpa

Auntie Sarah made an amazing birthday cake(she's very creative like that)!!

Uncle Frank was REALLY happy to turn 35!(or maybe it was Auntie Sarah's cake he was really excited about)

Sophia's Doc visit and bath time!

This picture is from our Urgent Care visit last Sunday where we had a 5 hour wait. Sophia was in good spirits in her tennis outfit! She's finally getting better now and has slept 9 hours 2 nights in a row. We're on a roll!!

Sophia had her first bath this week in a "big girl" bath tub. She got a lot of bath toys for Christmas so we decided to try them out. She loves splashing around in the water but hasn't quite figured out how to "play" with the toys. She thinks everything is edible!

Sophia Lillian turns 6 months!! 1/19/09

We cannot believe how much Sophia is growing and developing. At the moment she's teething so she's had a few sleepless nights lately. Today we also found out she has "croup" which is basically a cough that sounds like a seal! Poor baby is in such good spirits considering she's so sick. She's a VERY happy baby overall and we are so blessed to have her in our life.

Sophia's Second shot at food 1/9/09!

OK so we were more successful the second time and Sophia was much happier with us(we found out she didn't like the rice mixed with formula...picky lil' thing!). She was actually lunging at the spoon this time so we think that means she likes it...ha! She's a bit happier in these photos:) We hope Sophia had as much fun as her mommy and daddy did...can't wait 'til we move on to fun foods(rice cereal doesn't look all that appetizing!)

Sophia's First food 1/9/09!

Today was a big milestone for Miss Sophia! We fed her rice cereal. She'd been acting ravenous lately so we knew it was time. We assumed she'd eat it all up but it was quite the opposite(she gave us lots of "what are you trying to do to me" looks followed by lots of gagging...haaa). Nana came over and provided Sophia with entertainment, Daddy manned the video camera and I scooped in the food:) Here are some pictures we got!

Going back to work!

I haven't updated our blog in a long time(I guess I have an excuse with a newborn). After 4.5 months off work with Sophia...I'm finally heading back to work! These have been the most cherished months of my life and we've enjoyed every minute of the journey. We've been lucky enough to take some road trips so our little Sophia has been up and down California already! Now we're off to celebrate Sophia's first Turkey Day in Las Vegas!

Sophia Lillian Tees born 7/19/08

 

 

 

 

Our beautiful sweet pea was born at 8:51pm on Saturday July 19th weighing in at 7pounds2oz and 20 inches long!It was my last day of work the day before and I felt so great I thought for sure it would be another week at least. Sophia had other plans!
I woke up at 1:45am with the beginning of labor pains. Felt like bad cramps in my lower back so I wasn't really sure what was going on. I woke Brian up at 3:15am with contractions 15 minutes apart. I continued to labor at home until 3:30pm on Saturday. Well, actually at 10:30am Brian and I made a trip to The Coffee Bean AND a trip to Sears to take advantage of the last day of their appliance sale and then to El Pollo Loco until finally making it back home around 1:30pm(in full labor at this point). All the while we were running errands Brian was making notes of how far apart my contractions were. When we got home Grandma Paola had arrived and contractions were 7 minutes aparts. They quickly went to 4 minutes apart and Brian and Grandma insisted it was hospital time! We took Coldwater Canyon over to Cedars Sinai...not a labor friendly canyon road if anyone is taking notes!! Too many twists and turns!!
When we arrived at the hospital at 4:30pm(after 13 hours of labor at home and Sears etc) I was dilated to 6cm. The nurses were very impressed and informed me I must have a very high pain tolerance and suggested on the next baby I try and get to the hospital earlier!! I then progressed very quickly to 7cm and the moved us all to a giant room with all windows and a view. I started pushing at 8:20 and at 8:51 our beautiful baby girl was in our arms. The entire experience felt like a miracle. Having held this baby in my tummy for 9 months was an amazing experience but holding her in our arms is a feeling we could never imagine. We had lots of visitors in the hospital on the night she was born, Grandma/Grandpa Tees, Frank and Sarah and Emily Tees, Grandma/Grandpa Paola and my good friend Marta from work who walked with me nearly every day of my pregnancy! The next day in the hospital Marta came back with goodies and Becka came with a pink plant and yummy chocolate:) Our good friends Kelly and Ryan visited...poor Ryan has a phobia of hospitals and had to lay down on the floor of our hospital room!
Sophia is truly a blessing and Brian and I just stare at her in awe! We've cried so many happy tears together this week. She's sleeping a lot and eating a lot...and pooping a lot of course(ha!). We are in love:)