It's been a long time since I've written but have been dealing with kidney stones for weeks now. I finally had to have lithrioscopy last Friday to bust up a quarter sized stone in my right kidney. Apparently, Sophia wasn't the only thing growing inside me during those nine months. It's taken some time to recover but with Eric's love and help and a lot of love and support from my family, I think we've turned the corner. All the while, little Sophia has gone from being a newborn to a full blown infant, turning four months old last Wednesday. She's doing so wonderful. We were having a hard time keeping her asleep at night, not because she was hungry, but because she would pull a Houdini in the middle of the night and get out of her swaddle. Her hands would be in her face and she would be awake in minutes. Eric and I found ourselves getting up atleast 10 times a night to reswaddle her. So we broke down and bought "The Miracle Blanket". We are here to say it is indeed a miracle. She goes to bed anywhere between seven and eight, taking her "dinner" bottle around seven. Then Eric gives her a bottle around ten or so with a little cereal in the bottle and she sleeps like an angel until seven in the morning. She's a really good sleeper because she not only sleeps well at night but takes a great morning nap, a good mid day nap and then a cat nap in the late day. Boy is she busy during her wake hours though. She's had it with just lying on her back on her play mat. She wants to sit up and be able to look around. She's becoming very observant and smiling all the while. Just this morning we put her in her saucer and her little toes actually touched! Now that she's not just dangling there, she really loves it! She's growing up so fast. She went to the doctor last Thursday, a day after turning four months old and weighed 18.5 pounds and measured 25 1/2 inches! Here are some recent pictures of our sweet little girl!
