Things Can Change in the Blink of an Eye

 

It's been a slow week as far as pictures go. But I did manage to snap a few of Sophia dressed up to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday on Wednesday. I was super busy on Monday with dropping off our items at Just Between Friends, but it was well worth it. I made $262 (and that was mostly clothes). I didn't sell all of my items, so I'm going to put the remaining items in the Grapevine sale, plus all of our baby equipment. I've decided to put all of the money made at these sales into Sophia's savings account. So don't worry friends and family, the gifts you've given us will still be used for Sophia.

It's funny how quickly your life can change in an instant. A couple of weeks ago, Russell finally went to the Dr. for an ingrown hair that just needed to be removed on his neck (his dr. had recently retired, so he went to my dr. for the first time). The Dr. heard a murmur and referred Russell to a cardiologist. So, this past Wed., Russell went to the cardiologist and was told he had a defective valve (it's missing one of the parts, it's a genetic thing). So basically, he's going to have to have open heart surgery. We don't know when yet because his blood pressure was so high (180/100), they want to get that under control before they even talk about when. The Dr. did say it could be as early as a couple of months or as long as a year or 2. All I can say is THANK GOD (and no, I'm not using his name in vain, I really mean thank God), for that ingrown hair and for his Dr. retiring. Russell had been going to his Dr. since he was a kid and was never told he might have a heart issue. So now we're just waiting to see when his surgery will be.

On a lighter note, I wanteed to document a couple of things about Sophia (and most of you have already heard this if you're on facebook, but I print this out so I want it in the book).

The other morning she was throwing a fit because she didn't want to wear the outfit I'd picked out, and she said "Mom, my eyes are watering" and I said "No, honey, you're crying". Then later that same day, she was throwing another fit on the way home and she said"mom, my face is wet" and I said "Yes, Sophia, you've been crying". She just cracks me up.

She's REALLY into dress up and baby stuff right now. She's eating really good. She loves peaches, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, apples. She's not a big fan of veggies at home but she'll at least try them. At school, she loves peas and green beans. She'll at least try everything on her plate. She's starting to want to pick our her own outfits and loves the color pink. She only want to wear her Tinkerbell underwear. And last night she told me she wants pink hair.  She LOVES all things princess and Tinkerbell. She loves playing games like Red Light, Green Light or racing.