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n my previous post I mentioned our crazy trip to get to Atlanta to spend some time with Lolly and Pops at their beach condo in Panama City Beach, Fl. Unfortunately, due to weather, we could not fly in Pops plane from Atlanta PCB and had to drive instead. Sophi was an excellent car traveler and slept over half of the 5 or so hour car ride down!
Sophi had her first taste (literally) of the beach, Lolly's favorite place to be (and mommy's too!) and LOVED it. She loved playing with the sand in her hands and could not get enough of the water. Unfortunately, it was too cold to really play in the water at the beach, or the pool for that matter, but what little water time Sophi got she LOVED! We will be signing up for swimming classes very soon to get more water time!
We ate a lot of good food, watched some good movies, and relaxed which was much needed for Josh and I. Sophi got a lot of attention from Lolly and Pops which she truly enjoyed. She also got to spend some time with her Great Aunt Gigi which was super fun!
Friday night, after making the drive back from the beach to Atlanta earlier that day, Sophi got sick. She woke up every hour Friday night. Her nose would not stop running, she couldn't breath and kept coughing constantly. We took her temp when she woke up early Saturday morning and sure enough she had a fever too! We were flying back to Pasadena that evening and had no choice but to take our poor little sick baby on the cross country plane ride back home.
We changed planes in Dallas, TX again and 10 minutes after boarding the plane we were told they were having mechanical difficulties. Twenty minutes later we were told we would have do de-board the plane so they could turn the power off and back on. After de-boarding the plane and waiting in the terminal another 20 minutes we were told we could re-board the plane. The only person with a smile on their face through this whole ordeal was our little sick Sophi! Once we arrived in our seats for the second time and finally took off, heading for home, Sophi feel asleep on her mommy and slept the whole way! What a trooper!!!
Saturday night was another rough night with little sleep (not to mention the three hour time change we were all adjusting too!) and our little girl only seemed to get worse as the day went on Sunday. I called the doctor Monday morning and was told I needed to bring her in. We found out that not only did Sophi have the cold virus that was causing a lot of her symptoms, she also had an ear infection in not one, but BOTH of her ears! Poor baby!! Not much you can do for a cold but fortunately they could give her antibiotics for her ears!
I am happy to report that today she is starting to feel a little better and becoming her old self again. It has been a rough couple of days but I have so enjoyed having a cuddly baby again. Cherish the moments even when the are tough!!
And even though it ended on a bad note, we so enjoyed our time with Lolly and Pops! Thank you for letting us spend our spring break with you at the beach!! Looking forward to spending more time with you soon!
Wow! We have had quite the week this past week! As mentioned in my previous post, Josh and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary last Friday. We had such a fun day together as a family. We ate a picnic lunch and hung out the park that afternoon which was so much fun! The weather was great and Sophi loved feeling the grass on her hands and knees! 
That night Josh and I celebrated with a nice dinner out, just the two of us, at one of our favorite restaurants here in Pasadena(thanks Megan for babysitting!).
The next morning I got up extremely early for a Saturday to participate in my first ever triathlon with my friend and former co-worker Renee. Before you call me crazy let me clarify by saying it was a sprint triathlon which means we ran 3 miles, biked 9 miles and swam 150 meters in that order. The great thing was it was at the Rose Bowl, just minutes from our house. Sophi and Josh came to cheer us on at the end and it was so nice to see their smiling faces as we completed the race! Renee and I had so much fun and feel confident there will be more triathlon action in our future.
The craziest part of that day for us was not the triathlon but rather the cross country trip we began an hour and a half after I finished the race. Sophi, Josh and I headed to Atlanta to spend our Spring Break with my parents (and all the other crazy college kids) down in Panama City Beach, FL. I will write more about our time there in next few days.
Needless to say it was a very a long day for me and us as a family, traveling across 3 time zones, changing planes in Dallas, TX where it was snowing, waiting on the tarmac 45 minutes while they deiced the plane (this is March right?!) and finally arriving in Atlanta at 12:30am all with a 6 month old!
Our day of travel home yesterday was just as eventful, if not more so, and we are all still trying to recover from it. This is when we are sad to live so far away from our family, because traveling to see them is just so hard! We miss you Lolly and Pops! Looking forward to seeing you in May!
So the final stage of our three part Christmas adventure took us to Atlanta to celebrate with my parents and Ashley, Graham and Evie! We had so much fun watching the girls unwrap all their gifts!! Sophi started to interact with Evie a little more than at Thanksgiving. Evie, however, was was not to happy with, what she still considered, lack of interaction and decided she would just eat Sophi instead!
We love having them together and can't wait to watch them grow into good friends! We still miss living close to Ashley and Graham and look forward to the day that changes!
We came back to Pasadena to celebrate New Years with my parents and experience the Tournament of Roses Parade. It was so neat to see the street outside our house fill up with people camping out New Year's Eve so they could watch the parade on New Years day. Fortunately, Dad bought us tickets in the grandstands so we did not have to spend the night outside!! We LOVED the parade! Sophi slept through most of it but what she did see we think she really enjoyed!
The next day we went to see the floats up close. All of them are made out of organic materials, it is pretty incredible!
Monday, Dad treated us to a special day and took us all to Disneyland!! We all had so much fun. Sophi got to meet Mickey and found her favorite ride, "It's a small World" which was still decorated for Christmas and looked so cute! Josh and I loved riding Space Mountain (my favorite ride at Disney World) but our favorite part of the day was getting to watch our little girl experience all the "magic of Disney."
Josh started teaching and classes on Tuesday and mom and dad went home on Wednesday. It's back to the real world for us. I am already looking forward to next Christmas, my favorite time of the year!
Sophi turns 4 months on Monday so stay tuned for her monthly update!
Sophi had her first taste (literally) of the beach, Lolly's favorite place to be (and mommy's too!) and LOVED it. She loved playing with the sand in her hands and could not get enough of the water. Unfortunately, it was too cold to really play in the water at the beach, or the pool for that matter, but what little water time Sophi got she LOVED! We will be signing up for swimming classes very soon to get more water time!
We ate a lot of good food, watched some good movies, and relaxed which was much needed for Josh and I. Sophi got a lot of attention from Lolly and Pops which she truly enjoyed. She also got to spend some time with her Great Aunt Gigi which was super fun!
Friday night, after making the drive back from the beach to Atlanta earlier that day, Sophi got sick. She woke up every hour Friday night. Her nose would not stop running, she couldn't breath and kept coughing constantly. We took her temp when she woke up early Saturday morning and sure enough she had a fever too! We were flying back to Pasadena that evening and had no choice but to take our poor little sick baby on the cross country plane ride back home.
And even though it ended on a bad note, we so enjoyed our time with Lolly and Pops! Thank you for letting us spend our spring break with you at the beach!! Looking forward to spending more time with you soon!
