Daddy Daycare

I have been alone with Sofia many mornings and when Michelle is on a jog or at the grocery, but I have yet to baby sit for a long period of time.  Not that I was nervous to do so, but the need has yet to arise.  Saturday, Michelle had a baby shower, so Daddy was on duty.  When I envision babysitting, I picture Disney movies (partly because I love them) sweets and basically causing havoc throughout the house.  With it being your own and with Sofia not really doing a lot yet, none of the "Daddy Daycare" moments transpired.  What did happen though was hours of quality time with my daughter.  We did "tummy time" until her frustration rose to crying.  I filmed her dancing to "Shake your booty" a daddy song which is completely innocent and has only one refrain "Shake your Booty." Then we cuddled on the couch until she fell asleep.  Sounds like a lot of fun and a long process but all this fun took about 15 minutes.  So with mommy not coming back for another 2:45 minutes (she was due back after 3 hours), what were we to do?  I'll tell you what we did... nothing! You know you truly love someone when you can sit in complete silence and be happy.  Well although or relationship is a little one sided right now, every minute that passed by was amazing, to have my daughter be... with her Daddy!  - Justin

magic number 5

Thinking back over my exercise routine while pregnant and now post pregnancy, the number 5 keeps coming up. I typically ran 5 miles throughout the pregnancy, until the last few weeks where I was only able to do 3-4 miles. I had my first run post Sofia at the 5 week mark. (I was shocked that my doctor released me to exercise at my 4 week check up following a C-section, but was delighted none the less.) And now Sofia is almost 10 weeks and since my first run 5 weeks ago, I am back up to 5 miles! Its amazing how quickly your body remembers and bounces back. Those first 2 weeks were very slow and I felt so out of shape, but as the weight continues to fall off, and my pace and mileage increase, it just feels right.

Justin and I have decided to run a mini marathon on April 15th, so we have just started training for that. Splurging on the BOB stroller was the best thing we could have done. It has easily logged 50 miles already. There are very few days during the week where Justin and I are able to run together, but when we get the chance we always take it! Last night was our first run as a family of 3. I loved every second of it, no Ipods, a happy/sleeping baby and great conversation as we ran in 60 degree weather in February! I am looking forward to many more of these moments.

On a completely different note, Sofia turned 2 months last week! She is changing so much everyday. It feels like everytime I blink, she is doing something new or making some sort of new sound. Justin and I can't get enough of her noises and at least once a day I record her sounds and send them to Justin. That proud daddy then proceeds to share them with all of the women in his office. One of his employees told me that he will go up to her when she seems upset/frustrated and will say, "your in a bad mood, hold on I have something for you", and proceed to play Sofia's sounds for her! Too much. Yesterday for Valentines Day, Sofia and I surprised daddy at work. It was the first time I have taken her up there and he was so excited to show her off. We had the best time and have decided to make this a weekly thing!

Yes Jesus Loves Me!

I am a HORRIBLE singer.  One day Michelle told me I was decent and I took that as amunition to fire of a song whenever I felt like it.  Some people think they sound good in their own head, not me, even in my own head I know I suck! Well we all sing to Sofia.  When she was in the womb, I would make up some silly song about how excited we were to meet her.  Michelle used to, and still does, sing along to her favorite Christian song.  Even Gloria, will sing to Sof in Spanish.  So... we all sing to her.  Well yesterday we downloaded the words to "Yes Jesus Loves Me," and last night I sang those words to our daughter.  Now I may have felt that Sofia looked at and recognized me before, and I know she does, but last night as I sang "Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so," my daughter gazed at me with recognition and Love!  So this morning in my Saturday morning alone time with her, I sang her the same phrases and again she was glued to my every word! and I like to think it was not for my HORRIBLE singing but for the words in the Song... Yes Jesus loves me!

Our first date night

Well, it took us 7 weeks, but last Saturday, Justin and I had our first date night. Now that may sound like a long time but we have done plenty of things with other couples, just hadn't seemed to make time for the most important people! We have had plenty of meals out since Sofia was born and have been blessed with people bringing us food for the first few weeks, along with our very own gourmet chef (thanks to Glo) so a nice meal didn't seem necessary. We decided to go see a movie, something we both love to do and did ALOT during pregnancy. Sofia was left in great hands with my momma and plenty of milk, so I was a free woman for a few hours. We were deciding between a few movies (Man on a ledge which we heard was awesome from Justin's parents, Girl with a dragon tattoo which I have heard from many is a MUST see and from just as many it is too disturbing to watch, and  Haywire which we knew nothing about but thought looked good). We ruled out Girl with the dragon tattoo until it comes out on video so I can fast forward if need be and decided to go out on a limb and see Haywire. (Note to self: never see a movie again without hearing from multiple people first that it is worth it). It was AWFUL! Poor acting, horrible background music, bad plot, a just plain bad movie. Movies are entirely too expensive now a days to take a chance on seeing a bad one.  The movie was a matinee and we were out by 8:00 and easily could have sat down to dinner, yet we ended up picking up Chick-fil-A drive though and heading home.
When I think back on our date night, it sounds like it deserves a D/C- at best. However, I would definitely give it an A. While the movie was terrible and the food was fast, I absolutely loved cuddling up with my hubby in the dark theater. There is something about holding hands, sneaking kisses and snuggling for 2+ hours that makes me feel like a teenager. Afterwards, we strolled around just talking and holding hands, followed by Justin asking me to dance in the middle of the mall. It was so sweet, I just love that he doesn't get embarrassed EVER. Taking dinner home was the perfect ending to our night as we were both eager to get home to love on Sofia and snuggle up on the couch with our family of three.