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So yeah.....a month and a half later and I'm just updating the blog. I suck. It's been a busy month and a half. Sam and I are still house hunting...with no luck. We can't find something we can afford that is in good enough shape to pass the NRHA inspection...plus it has to be in a good neighborhood with enough room in the house for us to grow into. Aside from that, Sam's job on the police department is going really well. He is enjoying it thoroughly and I'm so proud of him. I went back to Wisconsin for almost 2 weeks in April. On April 9th, my sister, her kids, Sophia, and I left Norfolk and drove to Wisconsin. Sophia did soooo well in the car! While home, I got to see lots of friends and family, and Kristin threw a baby shower for me! Awesome! I ended up staying longer than Kristin could, so I flew home with Sophia. We missed our flight home though because of unbelievable traffic. We got put on a later flight that had TWO stops. Thankfully we didn't have to switch planes at all, but it still was a very long day with a baby. We got to Midway at like 9:30 and didn't get to Norfolk until 6pm. Yuck. Sophia didn't cry at all until the very last leg of the flight. She started screaming like crazy as passengers were boarding. I felt horrible. I've been in their shoes where you're wondering, "ok lady, seriously, shut your kid up." Oh well. I tried giving her a bottle, tried nursing her, tried burping her, but had no success. As soon as the plane started moving, she fell right asleep though.

On April 27th our friends Kendal and Mike welcomed their second son into the world....a month early. Little Colin Michael is doing great though and was able to go home right away.

Kristin took me on Thursday to get a pedicure for Mother's Day- and it was fabulous. My toes look great!

Chels and Hori had their baby girl on Saturday, May 2nd!!! Yeah yeah yeah! So excited. Tanner Quinn was born at 5:59 pm and was 20" long and 8lbs 15oz! She is ADORABLE and I can't wait to get home and give her some love. Hopefully I'll make it home this summer for a week and a half to 2 weeks or so.

I recently just had my 24th birthday, woo hoo. It was a low key day. I woke up, got Sophia and myself ready for church. After church we went to Firehouse Subs with a few church goers. We came home and I took like a 45 minute nap, made banana cake with Sam, ordered some photos to put in frames, and made fish for dinner. Sam played the guitar and sang happy birthday to me after we finally got Sophia to bed. I'll post that video on facebook. It's so sweet. Sam also took that day off of work to spend with me :) I got a beautiful necklace from Kristin. Can't wait to wear it! I also got a check from my grandparents for $1000. Kidding, but I won't tell you how much it was for. I got a gift card to Kohl's from my mom....which I spent on the day after my birthday (got 3 tops, a dress, and a dress for Sophia all for under $75!). I also received a family membership to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens and a giftcard to the Limited from Sam's parents. Can't wait to hit up the gardens! Yessss! I'm hoping Sam and I can make it next week on one of his days off if the weather permits.

Sophia has been changing SOOOOOOOO much since the last blog. Here are some new skills and behaviors since then: started "talking" tons, blowing bubbles, putting her hands in her mouth, trying to roll over, grabbing her feet, trying to put her feet in her mouth, tries to walk when you stand her up, is pooping more regularly, weighs close to 13lbs probably, laughs a ton, etc. I'm sure there are more that I'm totally missing. Oh DUH, big one - pretty sure she's starting to TEETHE. Great. She drools a ton, always has her fingers in her mouth, and is getting a rough spot on her bottom gums. I know I personally was hoping she'd get teeth late in her first year lol. She's still in size 1 diapers, but quickly outgrowing them. We're also almost out of o-3 month clothes! Wowie. She's getting longer - 24.5" at our last doctor's visit.

Since there are sooo many pictures to put up, I'm just going to put them all in the next blog.