9 Month Checkup

I took Sophie to the doctor for her 9 month checkup this week. She's 28.25 inches and 18.4 pounds. She's a little thing...although she doesn't really look like it in these pictures. :-P





Aiden @ 9 months
22lbs 3oz
30in

She's actually lost a little weight, but she has been sick. I think we are finally getting over all this nastiness. After Aiden & Sophie got sick, they passed it on to me. Nice. I still have a cough, but that's always the last to go. ;-)




omg, I love those pigtails!

Sophie seems to be suffering from a little separation anxiety. She just bawls when I drop her off at school in the morning and at night, when I try to put her in bed, she grabs my finger and holds on for dear life.



We're trying to reinforce good behavior with Aiden, so Ashley made up a chart a few weeks ago. Aiden got to put a sticker on it after he brushed his teeth at night. It was a ploy to try and get through that particular task without too much complaining and whining. So far it's worked. He collected 10 stickers and we bought him a new toy - a Cars car. I made a new chart with more squares - we're including morning and evening teeth brushing. :-)

Valentine's Day is coming up and I've been baking up a storm. I have an order for 3 1/2 dozen cupcakes, another for 4 dozen cupcakes, a dozen chocolate chip cookies and a dozen sugar cookies. After all that, I have an order for 3 dozen cupcakes next weekend. It's crazy, but I'm not complaining. Here are a few things I've been experimenting with, along with some cupcakes I made for a friend's birthday.


chocolate stout cupcakes w/ganache filling & bailey's frosting


iced sugar cookies


more sugar cookies


ganache covered sugar cookies & cupcakes

More to come.

Here's a cute video of Sophie crawling and messing around.