Sophilicious and Pelly Bean: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween 2010!

This halloween was super fantastic for Sophie! Last week, Sophie went to a holiday party as Belle and had a great time making cookies, getting candy and hanging out with lots of kids (see blog below). This weekend, Sophie went to another party at the Edwards' house. She met lots of new kids as well as got to play with two little ones she knew. To this party, she dressed as Snow White. She had fun eating lots of yummy food, playing with a pinata (ok, she decided not to hit it, but she did watch it getting hit and had fun fetching some candy amongst the other little kids), and she got to show off her new baby sister, who was dressed as a lady bug.

From 2010-10-31

Tonight was Halloween. All day, Sophie asked when she could go trick-or-treating. Initially, Mommy distracted her by a trip to the park, then Daddy distracted her with a trip to see Grandma and Grandpa. Once the sun was mostly down (around 6:15pm), Daddy and Sophie went trick-or-treating and Mommy maintained the homestead and the sleeping baby. Sophie decided to go out tonight as Belle. She had a great time walking the neighborhood and even helped Mommy later hand out candy while sitting under blankets on our front stoop. By 8pm, Sophie was ready for bed, which is a bit early for her.

Penny missed the trick-or-treating, but she was awake for some of yesterday's party. So, in effect, she did get to experience Halloween this year too.

On a completely different matter,Penny smiled at Mommy twice today while awake. It was a beautiful thing and Mommy hopes to catch it with the camera soon. Even smiling, she still looks like Sophie did as a baby. :)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween Celebrations and Penny's First Month

This past weekend, Sophie was very busy! She went to her music class on Saturday and then went shopping with Mommy for the first time since Penny was born. The following day, she went to a Halloween party AND to a music/magic show, featuring crazy Davy and Norman McBride. Sophie went as Belle, but plans to go as Snow White for actual Halloween.

From 2010-10-21

Mommy has begun to get busier too. She is now out and about taking Penny to doctor's appointments all by herself and picking up Sophie at school. Initially, Sophie was a little disappointed by Grandpa not picking her up anymore, but Mommy took her out for cookies one day at Panera and to the playground the next, which remedied the situation.

Yesterday, Penny and Mommy had their first non-medical outting. They went to the mall where Mommy tried in vain to get her an infant pumpkin costume. However, we were quite successful in finding Sophie some more clothes and in starting (however minutely) our Chanukah shopping.

From 2010-10-21

Today was Penny's 1 month doctor's visit (her one month birthday was yesterday). Below are her stats:

Weight: 9 pounds, 3 ounces
Head: 37.75 cm
Length: 21.75 in

This makes Penny 50th percentile for length and between 25th and 50th percentile for her weight and head circumference.

From 2010-10-21

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Week 3 in the life of S and P

Sophie has had a pretty eventful week. Over the weekend, she got her flu shot and then got to see the Barnum and Bailey Circus. Apparently, the circus was far too loud this year, so both Daddy and Sophie decided it was time to come home at intermission. However, Sophie said she really enjoyed the popcorn, the silly dogs and the painting elephant.

This past week, Mommy and Penny have been home, alone in the house. It is mostly going well. Because Mommy still cannot do very much, Grandpa has been picking Sophie up from pre-school each day. Sophie has been enjoying it and despite spending only a few minutes a day with him, always states she had fun with Grandpa when she comes home. Sophie has also made some changes at school. She now has some regular friends in her class that she plays with every day. She also has started taking spanish class on tuesdays and a music class on thursdays. However, she has yet to be inclined to tell Mommy or Daddy what she has learned in either class.

This coming weekend, Sophie will attend a super fun halloween party at her friends', Evan and Lauren, home. Mommy looks forward to taking many pictures. Penny will also be in attendance, but likely not in costume since apparently newborn costumes are hard to come by.

Penny has done great this week. Her features have been filling out and now when she makes the right face, she has a double chin. She has taken well to feeding and now has a feeding pattern. Unfortunately, she also has a standard fussy period, and it generally starts between 8-10pm and ends somewhere between 12:30-2:30am. This wouldn't be so bad if babies slept more than 3 hours at a time. As a result, since during the day, Penny takes two naps, Mommy generally uses one of them to catch up on the lost night time sleep. Daddy has started to occasionally take the train to work to catch up on some of the sleep he loses. As far as we can tell, Sophie is sleeping through all the noise, thanks to some insulating Daddy did of the door-ways two weeks ago.

From 2010-10-22

Monday, October 11, 2010

Naomi comes to play

This past weekend, Sophie got to see her cousin Naomi. Both girls were very happy most of the time and it was very cute to see them play together. First, they both sat down at Sophie's coloring table and quietly colored together, then they played musical instruments. There was also lots of dress-up play and dancing. Naomi even got to play at Sophie's "little playground" (the playground associated with her future elementary school). Unfortunately, Naomi did not see a lot of new cousin Penny since she was actually sleeping most of the time! Luckily, Aunt Allison did get one opportunity for holding her newest niece, but it was so short-lived, we did not get photographic evidence. See cute photos of Naomi and Sophie below!

From 2010-10-11

The girls playing dress-up

From 2010-10-11

The girls at Sophie's "little playground"

Penny had her 2 week appointment today, and is doing great. She now weighs 8 pounds and likes to pee on daddy after getting weighed!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Penny's first week home

Penny is currently 1 week and 2 days old. She has been in her home for 5 days. Upon arriving at home, her kitties sniffed her and then ignored her, her Hunter sniffed her and then ignored her, her Roxie growled and barked at her. By that afternoon, we had a dog trainer in the house and Roxie has since been disabused of the notion that Penny is growl-worthy. Currently, Roxie is the only animal that actually shows concern if Penny is crying. Go figure! The animals definitely missed Mommy - but the dogs did give her the royal sniff down to check if I cheated on them.

From 2010-10-04

Sophie has had a few opportunities to hold her baby sister and seems to really delight in it. She also has "read" Penny a few stories. I think she can't wait until Penny is old enough to actually play with.

From 2010-10-04

Sophie is adjusting well to the new baby in the house except she is very tired. Penny is a bit fussy and especially so at night, so Sophie suffered through it the first few days. She seemed less tired yesterday, so we hope that our various devices for keeping Penny quieter plus Sophie's room more sound-proofed are working.

From 2010-10-04

Penny had her first post-hospital pediatrician appointment on Monday. Her stats were:
weight: 7 pounds 5.5 ounces (she lost some weight since birth...we've been slowly getting it back on her)
length: 20.5 inches
head circumferences: 35.5 centimeters

So, she's almost the same as the day she was born.

Fun facts about Penny:
-she smells like flowers (Sophie smelled like cookies);
-her feet are fairly ticklish (Sophie had ticklish cheeks and a neck);
-she likes to suck her fingers and fist (this is just like Sophie);
-she sleeps through most noises (Sophie was a fairly light sleeper);
-she has a super intense stare (she shares this also with Sophie).