Monday 8/22 - First day alone - Mom and Sonia!

Monday, my parents headed home and Sonia and I had the chance to spend our first day together - just the 2 of us.

We had a pretty relaxed day as Sonia is still struggling with jet lag and the time change and all the new surroundings. We had breakfast, Sonia had a bath, listened / sang to silly kid's songs, played with her toys, had lunch, took naps (I needed the nap too!), played some more, skyped with Grandma and Grandpa, took a stroller walk in the neighborhood, played some more, and "read" books together. Overall, it was a great day. (Now if only the night would get better as she slept from 8-9pm, then was up until 9pm - 2am, slept 2am - 4am, was up 4am - 5am, and is now still sleeping (at 7am). The last 2 days she slept until 10-11am in this final stretch and then took an afternoon nap to further catch up. I figured I'd get my blog updated and a few work emails sent before going back to bed as well.)

Unfortunately, Sonia really hates baths! You would have thought I was torturing her to hear her screams during her quick 5 minute bath. She does love the part that comes after once she's dry with lotion and hair brushing. It's just the wet part that is horrible. I love baths so am hoping that this changes in time. Any tips are welcome!

Sonia really began to crawl distances. She is now crawling and following me from room to room. We also had some fun with a game I call "fetch for babies with puffs" where she hands me her little container of puffs, I open it and give her one, then slide the container across the floor. She giggles and crawls to get it and bring it back where I then open and give her another puff. She did this a dozen or so times in fits of gigggles! Very cute!

After the crawling game, she then decided to crawl over to my kitchen table and pull herself up to standing and walk around the table moving from chair to table leg to chair, etc. The rest of the night she pulled herself up on anything she could get to - kitchen cabinets, chairs, tables, toys, etc.

I guess my days of her staying where I "put her" are about done! :o)

(Note: I also added posts below to catch up on the trip and welcome home.)