4 Weeks, already?

Well, Sophie has been a part of our family for four weeks already.  The time has gone by quickly.  I don't know if it has gone by quickly because of all the snow we have  gotten or because of the sleep deprived fog we have been walking around in.  Sophie has gotten better about napping in her crib during the day, but at night it  is another story.  We normally start her bed time routine around 6:30pm.  Usually,  she is down for the night by 11:30pm.  Last night, she didn't go to bed until 2:30am. The good thing is she is not screaming like she was before.  She usually falls  asleep and sleeps for 30 to 45 minutes before she gets up and does it all over again.  Chris and I are hanging in there and trying not to let the sleeplessness  effect our attitude.  If we do happen to snap at each other, we try to quickly  apologize and get our attitude in check.  Like I said, we are hanging in other and  trying to enjoy each season of Sophie's life because we are truly blessed to have  her in our lives.  Some of Sophie's milestones for the week: *Fell asleep on her own for nap. *Stayed awake for 1.5 hours--during the day. *Outgrown her newborn clothing--this has made Mommy very sad--she's growing too fast! *Had to move the strap up in car seat--again, this made Mommy sad--I'm talking like  she is our last child, but good Lord willing we will be blessed with a few more  children. *Once she goes down for the night she will sleep 3 to 4 hours before she wants  to eat again. *Took a bath for the first time in the bath tub without crying the whole time. Josiah's milestones for the week: *Sophie was crying during dinner time.  Josiah took his fingers and put them  in his ears--we have no idea where he learned to do this, but he knew he didn't want to hear her crying anymore! *We ventured out after the snow storm. Chris was driving and his tires spun a  little bit.  Josiah was in the back seat saying, "Whoa! Whoa!" *When you ask him a question, he pauses and says, "Hmmmm.." while he taps his  finger on his cheek. *He ate a hot dog for the first time. *He has climbed the stairs by himself--we need to do a better job at closing the  gates. *He has learned how to blow out candles. *He can point to  some of the letters when we ask him to find a letter. *We have gotten our new double stroller and have been taking "walks" in the house.  I was checking on Josiah to see how he was doing.  When I walked in to the front  of the stroller, I found him with an arm bent behind his head and one  of his legs  man crossed just chillin' in his stroller.  *I checked on him one night after he had gone to bed.  I found him with both of  his arms bent behind his head with his lion laying on top of his chest.  *He went on his first play date this week and went to a cool play place with Daddy.   He will be starting swimming lessons in March.  We are trying to make sure he has  time each week with other children his age. Hope you have enjoyed the update on Josiah and Sophie.  I'll try to add some  pictures sometime this weekend.