Friday, February 27, 2009





Okay me explain...I started to seriously potty train Sofia today (after reading MckMama's post and tips on the issue- www.mycharmingkids.net). Her advice is to let the kids play without a diaper and to give them lots to drink. When they start to show signs that they have to go...bring them to the potty. So that was my mission.

However, I have also been wanting to update myblog with pics and videos more frequently, so I thought that today would be a good day to video Sofia doing her instrument puzzle. So I broke out the camera and she did the puzzle. Halfway through it she gets excited about the piano piece because we recently set up "a piano"(a huge keyboard that I've had at school for 5 years) in the living room. So when she gets back from the piano we finish that puzzle. She gets excited about the xylophone because she has one and goes get it out of her instrument box. Great! End of video. So after I stop recording, I watched the video while Sofia played with her instruments. It came out great, I was excited!!!

Then, when I looked up, I saw something rolling around near her feet. I realizedthat she had POOPED on the floor!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! How could I not notice this???// I ran her up to the bathroom, cleaned her up and then cleaned up the mess on the floor!! All was fine- and we continued to play. I called my husband and mom and told them both what happened, and they laughed. I didn't think much else of it. And then it dawned on me, that maybe the poop happened during the video!!!!!! Oh my gosh!! I looked back at the recording and sure enough, there it is sitting on the ground, right before she goes for her xylophone. How could I have missed this in real life, and then when I played the video back???????? WOW!!!



Anyway, the good news is that she later peed on the potty and was very proud of herself. I promise that I will never use this video to embarass my child when she is older, but for now, I think it is fair game!!

Thursday, February 26, 2009








Monday morning Sofia had a little accident and banged her mouth as she fell out of her highchair. Felipe brought her up to me and I rocked her and soothed her. Then we realized that she was bleeding pretty badly from the mouth. She continued to bleed for about half an hour. After calling the pediatrician (and getting no call back, twice!), we decided to take her to the E.R. because we thought she might need a stitch or two. Come to find out, the ends of the cut were tapered nicely and it should heal just fine. She didn't quite want to eat anything for a day or two, but she's been storing up for days like these!! She's fine now, and as you can see, she enjoyed reading with me in the E.R. (no i'm not picking my nose, I was just scratching it) and then loved the snow with her papa! Notice how thick and unruly her hair is. It looks like Suri Cruise meets cousin it. I'm thinking about a hair cut soon, but I just want it to get a little longer first.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day





I would like to take a moment and say that I love my darling husband. He doesn't really believe in Valentine's Day, but went out of his way to make it a special day for me. I really appreciate everything you do for me on regular days, too my darling. It's just that it is really nice to see what ideas you come up with on these special days. You're getting better and better every year and I love you! The other photos are of my silly blueberry-faced, scrunchy trouble making-faced, pretty little valentine's day (terror filled demon while at the mall with my mommy) - faced, almost one and a half year old girl!!


Everyone else in my family needs to step it up and update your blogs. I think we should aim for one post a week. I am getting bored!!! You know it's bad when I am posting more than all of you!!!