Four Months...

We drove the longest distance I've ever driven, this past weekend, to our new home in Holly Springs, NC. Yup, we're finally here and getting settled as fast as possible. Of course the 25+ hour drive has Sophie not so happy about sitting down, EVER, right now. She was fantastic the entire drive up until about the last two hours. At that point, she wanted nothing more than to be out of her seat!! Luckily, Grumps and Memaw were to the rescue!! Grumps carried her all around and made funny sounds while Memaw fed, played and rocked her to sleep. It's always nice to have helping hands so THANKS AGAIN!!

Sophie turned four months old this week. She weighs 14.5 lbs [according to my scale] and is much more aware of her surroundings. She can grab her toys pretty well and LOVES to chew on things. We're awaiting a tooth in the next couple weeks, heck, maybe days. Oh, and she actually giggled at us a couple days ago. It's rare on a day-to-day basis but is so freaking hilarious! Mike and I were so proud and could hardly stop laughing ourselves.

Sophie keeping herself occupied on the road trip...


Sporting her new head-band...


And for the peeps that didn't get to see Sophie's "professional portrait debut", her are a few of our fav's...









Courtesy of Shari Henson Photography

We hope everyone is having a great weekend! Love, from afar!!

Three months....

Our little peanut is now 3 [plus] months old and is already developing quite a personality. She's awake for more hours during the day, only taking two or three naps. She sleeps much longer at nighttime and is quite the happy camper when waking up. She smiles all the time and has discovered her voice-box. Boy, are we going to have a talker on our hands. She loves to be center of attention and likes to join in conversations. She also got her first jumper a couple days ago. She was having so much fun bouncing around checking out all the neat toys.

Sophie's talking face...


Jumper in action...




We've learned just recently that Sophie is waiting patiently for real food. She watches us at mealtime and stares at our food. We let her taste apple sauce several days ago and it was so funny watching her flail her arms around. She was so excited and seemed to really like this new flavor. Guess we'll see in a few short months how she'll react to actual baby food. To be continued...

So...as most know we sold our house and closed last week. We are completely moved out and are now living at Extended Stay America. Fun times...let me tell you. Anywho - we leave Lubbock on May 22nd to drive the many hours to North Carolina. We're pretty excited to move into our new home and think we will love the community. I am still trying to prepare myself for the "goodbyes" as it's going to be incredibly hard to leave our families. Grandma Becky...look out...here come The Leary's!!

Here's a picture of our new home...


Happy Mother's Day!! Love, love, love!!