This week in the Atchley home 04/07 - 04/13

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Now that Sophia can say her first name appropriately she walks around saying it all the time. "Sophia, Sophia, uh, Sophia." And then sometimes she will say "So-pia." It is pretty sweet to hear her running around the house chanting this.

Sophia is trying to be a mini-mama to Phoebe. She shushes her and tells her to be quiet when she is crying and tells her to not touch all sorts of things around the house. She hears me "bossing" Phoebe around all day so why can't she, I am sure she is thinking.

We are also dealing with Sophia trying to feed Phoebe. Mostly wanting to feed her the baby food from the spoon, but I can't quite trust her enough to not slop it everywhere or jam the spoon too far into Phoebe's mouth because she doesn't know better. She also wants to feed Phoebe her Goldfish and pretzels and other small food items. Obviously making me nervous since Phoebe has no teeth and can only really handle half a Goldfish and no pretzels. Although we have progressed to Cheerios this week and she even got to sample some beef Stragonoff and 5 spice chicken breasts. She is looking to be like her big sister---loves food and not picky!

Sophia's bangs are starting to get wavy, another sign she will most likely have curly hair. They were also getting too long. Not wanting to pay a ridiculous $10 or more to simply have her bangs cut again I attempted it myself. Getting an almost 2 year old to sit still and look up at me while I come at her face with big scissors is really difficult! At least at the hair salon she had a sucker and a kid's show. In the end I got her bangs cut and they look pretty good. Maybe I can keep this up until BJ I and decide to grow her hair out.

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Sophia has gone from hitting too much to hugging Phoebe too much. She is still hitting occasionally but hugs on Phoebe whenever she can no matter where Phoebe is. If she is on the ground then it seems Sophia is laying or sitting on her, if she is standing then Sophia might as well be pulling her down. Sometimes it is a neck hug and then she is just straight up being strangled. It's been hard letting Sophia know I am proud of her for being nice and that while she is doing a sweet thing she has to let go for being too rough. Most of the time she hugs her it ends up with Phoebe crying or yelling at Sophia.

The last couple months whenever I have been changing Sophia's poopy diapers I have been commenting that they are "gross" or "stinky". The "gross" comment has mostly been for Sophia's sake since she began to have a hand that was wandering South during these diaper changes, and I did not want to have to wipe a nasty poopy hand too. For the last few weeks she has been saying "gross" when I change her diaper, whether it is poop or pee. She has also begun to try and help us wipe herself. Anything will do, a wipe, her blanket, her pants, or any other nearby material. Fortunately, BJ and I have been able to block all attempts, but this is just another sign to us that she is getting ready for potty training.

Sophia had another cat food snack this week. I was at Granny's house tending to Phoebe when I finally see Sophia with crumbs of something around her mouth. I took her hand for her to show me what she was doing, and I was led to the kitchen and found cat food all over the floor. BLECH!

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BJ broke the fun light toy we bought at the circus. It was under a blanket and he was walking in the living room when we all heard a crunch. I immeadiately knew what it was and he had to whisk it away before Sophia could see what happened. I was upset because I saw $10 down the drain but BJ reassured me Sophia got her $10 worth of play out of it.

Phoebe can now transfer from furniture to furniture with no problem. She can also get down from a standing position without falling. She is very slow, but direct and therefore avoids many bumps to the noggin.

I had my CT scan. The radiologist let me look at the screen when she was done and explained to me what she saw. My left sinus cavity is half full of fluid and my right sinus cavity had fluid lining the entire thing, a thin layer, but still there. My septum looked pretty crooked to me but my doctor can be the one to tell me what he thinks and the angle. Hope it isn't as bad as I THINK it looks. He told me once he saw the films we would call me with a plan of action basically. Well, his office called and said he has looked at them and wants to meet with me for a CT film review. It's got me all worked up now thinking he is seeing something more that he wants to actually sit down and talk with me and can't just call me on the phone. grumble grumble........

While getting my scan done I had the girls stay with a friend they had never been with before. Phoebe is so mama clingy and cries when I am gone even with her daddy and granny. Luckily, both girls did beautifully and I think hardly noticed I was gone. It gives me hope to be able to leave them with non-family babysitters. However, I did feel sorry for my friend---in the 2 1/2 hours she had the girls she had to change 3 of their poops. Sophia was still on antibiotics and they both had blueberries the day before. I can only imagine what little gifts she found.

We all enjoyed a morning at the mall looking for Sophia birthday gifts and getting a much needed new diaper bag for mama. We found a wonderful baby sling bag at Pottery Barn kids, and I am loving my new purchase. No luck on the Sophia gifts yet.

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BJ went to Oklahoma this weekend. Saturday the girls and I went to the park and ended up being there for 2 hours. I had only intended a short visit but being the friendly chatter bug that I am, as well as Sophia being a social butterfly, we met another mom and little girl there. From information I gathered during our conversation I was strongly prompted to exchange numbers. Right before we left this other mom was telling me as they were walking up her daughter saw Sophia and commented that she looked nice and hoped that they could be friends. I told her I guess her daughter got her wish!

The park had its price. We all ended up sunburned on our faces and Phoebe on her ankles as well. The days of summer and playing outside are definitely here---and so is the sunscreen!

I managed to get to church on time with the girls all by myself, and not forget anything in the diaper bag or my Primary stuff! Yet somehow that doesn't always happen when it is the 4 of us. Hmmmm. Anyway, BJ came home Sunday afternoon while we were still at church and set up a bed frame for Sophia's mattress to go on. She noticed the change but didn't have a huge reaction. Maybe because the mattress and sheets were all the same, only a little higher now!