Well I wish I could say that this was the best Mother’s Day ever, but the reality is that Finn got the flu Saturday night so I slept on his floor and by the time morning came all I really wanted to do was nap. Which I did. For 3 hours. After that, everyone was feeling much better and we headed down to the bay. We had a great family day together. Finn’s still a little under the weather, but hopefully he’s on the mend.
Mother’s Day 2012:
Miss Sophia turned 7 months old today. She’s rolled over a couple times, but really just likes to lay around and have people hold her. She’s working on sitting and can almost do it by herself. Still the happiest, easiest baby and I’m hoping it doesn’t change!
Finn is such a great big brother - he loves to help. Look at Sophia’s face, like “really mom, how long do we have to let him do this??”
Well Sophia started at Little Steps last week and it was a bit of a rough start. She was a little sick from our trip, and it took her a few days to adjust to all the new faces and surroundings. Her teacher called me at 3 in the afternoon on the first day to tell me she’d been crying nearly all day. Poor baby. She’s doing much better now. Today they told me she just wants to sleep or eat all the time. She is seriously the happiest and the laziest baby I’ve ever met.
Finnster is doing great. He’s hilarious. He has successfully transitioned into his big boy bed, although he tries every trick in the book to avoid going to bed. We were just laying in his bed and he wanted to get up for the 18th time and I told him no. He said, “but mom, I have to turn off the bathroom light, otherwise the batteries will die”. We’ve given up trying to get him down for naps on the weekends because it’s pretty much pointless. Sunday he fell asleep on the couch at 5:30 and was out cold. We moved him to his bed and he slept until this morning - no dinner and in his clothes from the park. Little man was tired!
Last weekend was the March of Dimes March for Babies. I was so sad to miss it, but Noah and Finn walked and represented Team Santoro. As you can tell from Finn’s face in this picture, he was in a stellar mood. Apparently Noah had to carry him for all 3 miles because he refused to ride in the wagon or walk. Good times.
Sophia and I went to Minneapolis this weekend for Amy’s bachelorette party. My mom came and took care of Sophia so the big girls could party. We had an awesome weekend and Sophia is the best little traveler. She is a HUGE flirt and made lots of friends on the plane…
Aaron watched Sophia for a couple hours on Friday - this is what she looked like when we got back. And her diaper might have been on backwards. Ha!
Little girl in the big city:
With the bride-to-be…only 1 more month!!!
Hi Grandma! Thanks for watching me all weekend. Love you - xo
Lots of big changes over here lately for the Finnster - he is officially potty trained, he is now sleeping in a big boy bed and he moved up a class at school. So many changes and he’s been handling it pretty well. He did spend the better part of the weekend in time out. But other than that, things are looking up
And this girl…she’s either sleeping, or has this look on her face. Tongue out all the time. Drool everywhere all the time.
You have been on this earth half a year! You are absolutely perfect in every way and make our family so much better. You eat like a champ, you sleep through the night, and we love you to pieces.
Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. We spent ours with all of the Santoros - we flew to DC, then drove to Noah’s parent’s farm in Pennsylvania. There were 7 kids under the age of 7 and it was crazy! We all had such a great time. Here are a bunch of pics from the long weekend…
Party in the tub:
Baby girl hanging at the farm:
The farmhouse:
Daddy’s girl - she absolutely adores Noah (could that bib be any more enormous?? she has got to be teething, she soaks through a bib every hour):
The kids drove this tractor all weekend long. We didn’t think Finn would be a fan, but he jumped right on and drove it himself. They all LOVED it! Here’s Audrey and Parker:
Papa, Finn and Gus:
Dying Easter eggs - the kids did so great decorating all the eggs:
Waiting to head out to the hunt!
Reese, way too cute…
Our attempt at getting a decent Easter pic of both kids. Not very successful.
Ann Barton, a dear family friend, made this quilt for Sophia. She’s made one for every Santoro grandchild. We have one for Finn and Jackson. They are beautiful.
Getting in some good grandma time:
Cousin Audrey was so sweet:
And to top it off, both kids were awesome on the flights. Cheers to a fabulous trip!!
Woo hoo, it’s the weekend!! I have today off for Cesar Chavez day. Love it. I’m heading to Finn’s school this afternoon for an Easter celebration - should be fun. He has pretty much given up his naps on the weekends. But last Saturday he couldn’t fight it any more and crashed out on the couch. For 3 hours.
He’d had a busy afternoon of cleaning his bike:
Miss Sophia has regular photo shoots with her nanny. She sends me pictures all the time, I love it. Sophia’s starting at Finn’s school on May 1 so only another month with Mackensey. We’re going to miss her so much, she has been amazing.
Wow, it has been awhile. My parents came to town and Noah and I got away for a weekend in Mammoth. We got 4 feet of snow while we were there. It was ridiculous but so much fun to get away. We were both very ready to see Finn and Sophia by the end of the weekend. THANK YOU Mom and Dad for coming to visit and for letting us get away.
Sophia is eating like a champ - she polishes off her morning and evening rice cereal no problem. I remember being so proud when Finn would eat three bites of food in one sitting. Not gonna be a problem with this girl. We’re all finally getting some good sleep and Noah and I are starting to have a social life once again. Kinda nice
Here are a bunch of pics from the weekend. I didn’t take a single picture during our trip. But I know everyone just really wants to see F & S anyways. Here ya go!
Snuggle bug:
Standard trip to Sea World - Finn loves maps:
Fresh and clean from the bath:
Sophia wearing a dress my mom made YEARS ago:
Finn is in love with all things Mickey Mouse!
Just reading the Sunday morning paper:
And at the beach with grandma on her last day here. Life is good!
Sophia’s coming up on 5 months old this week, and had her first taste of baby food today. Â Good ole rice cereal. Finn was such a proud big brother helping me feed her. Check it out:
