Thursday, July 13, 2006

Visit to Portland

Today, Sophia and I went to Portland to visit with the grandmas. After taking a nap the whole way up to Portland (thank you, Sophia), we went to meet my mom at her office. She took us around to meet many of her co-workers who ooed and awed over Sophia (but not me). Then, grandma, Sophia and I, along with several of grandma's co-workers went to lunch.

Sophia enjoyed seeing grandma, and enjoyed all of the attention, but after a while got upset that everyone else was getting food and she was not. (We keep trying to explain that this is why she needs to do a better job of eating her rice cereal!). After lunch, we went back to grandma's office and changed a diaper, then, it was off to continue our journey.

From there, we went to visit grandma Nancy at home. We spent about an hour there and Sophia showed grandma her new "stand-up" trick, and spent a good long while talking to grandma. (I was not sure what she was saying, but grandma seemed to understand). After that, Sophia proudly sat on grandma Nancy's colorful couch and showed her beautiful smile...


...until, that is, she needed to suck on her fingers.

After our visit with grandma Nancy, we headed back South and are now home again. On Monday I return to work, so tomorrow is my last weekday home alone with Sophia. We're going to lunch with a couple of my friends; other than that, I think we'll just try to spend some quality time playing and walking around the neighborhood. These last two months home with Sophia have been great! I would urge any new parent (mom or dad) to take some time off and spend home with your child, if possible. I am certainly lucky to work where I do. I will treasure this time forever.