Mommy becomes Mom

Yesterday Sophia started to call me "Mom". I am no longer "Mama" and I am occasionally "Mommy". "Mom" has become the new name. It makes me feel so old!!!!

I Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

Sophia has started to say "I sorry" now, which is really cute. It started off where we had her say it to James when she pushed him down. Now, she says she is "sorry" while she is doing the pushing...or kicking...or bumping. Luckily when she does push, kick, bump into James, she does is softly. It's funny to (and sweet) because she says "I sorry, sorry sorry. Sorry Brother!". She even said "I sorry Mommy" to me when I tripped over her. It was my fault but she still felt compelled to say "I sorry".

James on the other hand has entered a "I don't like to nap long" stage and the past three days only wants to nap in the afternoon for 20 minutes. Except for today when he napped for almost 1 1/2...until the phone rang. Ugh!!! The 1 day when the phone rings!! Anyway, he has also started to throw fits...which is really kind of cute when he does it. He spreads his feet apart and then lays his head down on the floor between them and cries. It is pathetic, I know, and I am probably the only one who thinks it is even remotely cute but he is my little boy. At some point I will have to take a picture of it to remember.

Sick Week and Sophia's 2nd Birthday

The kids and I have been sick for the past 9 days. We basically have been quarantined to the house until today (although James is still staying in). It all started on the Saturday we had Christian's Memorial service. Sophia woke up with an ear infection, double pink eye, and fever. James had it by the end of the day. On Tuesday, Sophia fell on her face to the hardwood floor and busted her lip. Luckily she did not need stitches (it was close though by Jim's calculations). She did require a Hello Kitty bandaid (I included a picture of it below). Then somewhere along the way Sophia got strep throat and then I got strep throat on Thursday. Now James has a new bacterial infection on top of this lovely virus that they both caught and it has settled into his ears and lungs - poor guy. He is one big green machine!! Jim and Suzanne changed his antibiotic today to something really strong so hopefully that will work. His cough sounds HORRIBLE!! Sophia has developed a deep, dry cough this afternoon. Ahh, illness. Hopefully Jim does not get it all because tomorrow he is having his knee scoped. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of the kids while they have been sick.

To catch up on Sophia, she had a lovely birthday despite everything else that was going on. She had a great birthday party on the 14th with lots of good food, family and friends. She also got lots of fun, new toys (Thanks Everyone!!) Jim and I got her a princess robe and an apron. She loves them both. She got to have two birthday cakes (one for the party and one on her actual birthday). I made them both and it was so much fun!

Sophia and her Godparents - Beck and Len. Sophia is practicing her modeling pose.