Father's Day

Dean (holding Sophie, born March 28th) and his cousin Greg (holding Dominic, born May 14th), two proud fathers celebrating their first Father's Day. We had a great picnic at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria and introduced Sophie to most of her Vancouver Island relatives.

Four generations

Today Sophia met her great grandmother Louise! She has now met two of her four great grandmothers and will meet one more on Father's Day. What a lucky baby to have such a loving family!

She's reading already!

We got Sophie a baby book called "Black & White" and she loves reading it! The other night, she was particularly interested in the chair picture. She gets so excited sometimes that she starts eating the book, high praise indeed!

Tummy Time

Sophie's gaining a lot of head control these days and can even hold her head up during tummy time. It's exciting to see how fast she develops!

Random Sophie close-up

In case you thought she was an angel

This is what Sophie looks like when she's hungry. Whether she's just a mite peckish or really quite hungry, she screams as if we're torturing her. Lest you think I was neglecting her while I snapped this shot, know that I was heating up her bottle, a process that takes several minutes. Several extremely long minutes if you have a screaming baby on your hands!

We left the fitness class early today...

Becoming a mother changes your life immensely. I knew this going in, but still find it humourous when I find myself doing seemingly bizarre things as a matter of course. For example, after my "Mom & Baby" fitness class today, I found myself emailing the instructor to apologize for the mess Sophie had left behind. We'd had a diaper blowout that penetrated Sophie's clothing and got onto a pillow and bouncy chair. Prior to this, I'd never written an email stating, "I'm sorry to have left feces in your business establishment." Life as a mom, eh?