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SOPHIA MARIE WAS BORN JANUARY 12

8LBS 2.5OZ,21 IN

Lets see... a little bit about myself. I am happily married to the man God has sent to me. We were married on July 1, 2006. Yup! God has blessed me with someone who I adore, and he adores me as well. We were together 4 years the day before our wedding. Before getting married, we always talked about having children and our time has come very fast!!

Birth Story

Well, well, well, what can I say. Life is BEAUTIFUL!!! It all started on January 11 at about 11:00pm. Josh and I went to bed for the night. Around 11:15pm or so, I felt lower abdominal cramping and automatically brushed it off as BH. I tried to go back to sleep and suceeded for about 10 minutes. I then woke up itching. Yeah, really weird. So I thought that maybe it was the detergent I had used for the sheets (I had just changed them that day). I got up and got two other blankets to put over me so that I could sleep on top of the comforter. Well, that helped. I slept for about an hour and a half. I woke up again to the same pain, so I went to the bathroom. I came back to the room, got in the bed AGAIN and tried to go back to sleep. Next thing I know, I was on all fours in pain. My husband jumped up and immediately asked me what was wrong. I told him I couldn't talk at the moment and he jumped up. After my contraction was over, he convinced me to walk around to see if they would go away or if they would get worse. Well to our suprise, he timed them, and they were coming EVERY 2 MINUTES!!!! I couldn't believe it. Boy they were painful, but as soon as they were over, I was fine! Josh called the doctor and she said to bring me in right away because they were coming so soon. Well, I got dressed, he FRANTICALLY got dressed and we got in the car. This had to be about 2:40am. Well, we pull out of the driveway and hubby suddenly remembers that he doesn't have his wallet! OMG. Tell me about the worst time to try to find your wallet.... Well, after about 5 minutes, he finds it, and we're rolling. He's a cop and he wanted to have his badge just in case he got pulled over because he drives pretty fast! (MIND YOU THE HOSPITAL IS 30 MINUTES AWAY) Lovely Hubby then figures out that the car we took was OUT OF GAS!!! I just laugh when I think about it. So we leave the house at 2:48am. All I know is that I looked at the clock when we got to the hospital and it was 3:16am. I don't know how he got there so fast. So we get checked in and I'm at 3 cm. They look after me for about 1 1/2 hours and I move to 4. The nurse told me we were stayin! YIPEE!!! I had my epidural shortly after that, and Sophia Marie arrived at 8:04pm January 12th. Only 24 minutes of pushing! It was the easiest labor and delivery ever! I wanted to kiss the person who came up with the epidural! Hubby and I slept and watched movies all day. I promise, I would do it all over again and not change anything!!!

January 24, 2008--Well, little Miss Muffin is now 12 days old! Wow, it's hard to believe that those 12 days went by so fast. She had her 2 week checkup yesterday. I was shocked to find out that she now weighs 9lbs and 6oz! She's also 21 1/2 inches long now! It's amazing that she's growing so fast! I guess Mommy's "golden milk" is doing it's job! She is truly a delight to have around. Her Daddy and I couldn't be more proud (and tired). I posted some pics from her visit yesterday! She's changing so much!

February 1, 2008--Well, little Miss Sophia will be 3 weeks on tomorrow! What can I say... SHE CHANGES SO MUCH!! She looks totally different to me from the pictures above. Her color is coming in and she looks more and more like my Husband's side of the family. It's so funny. Every time my Mom comes over, she says that she looks more and more different. She had her first bath yesterday and slept for 5 hours straight! Needless to say...she'll be having her baths at night now!! Besides that, she has her good days and her bad days. Some nights she sleeps, and others are very hard! I am in love with my daughter and I wouldn't change anything! TTYL!!

3 weeks!!!

February 9, 2008--She's one month old today!! I can't believe it!! She is growing sooo fast. She has a doc appt. on Monday, so we'll see how much she weighs! I'm truly thinking at least 11 lbs. Hubby and I actually went on a date for the first time since she's been here. It was hard. My Mom had her and she said whe was fussy. I got a little worried and couldn't really enjoy the basketball game. When I got to my Mom's house, Sophia was sooooo happy to seem me! I was so happy! I breastfed her, and when she was done, she just looked at me for the longest time. It made me feel soooooo good. We got home and she slept from 12-5:30am. Woke up to eat and went back to sleep from 7-10. We both slept soooo good! Too bad Daddy had to get up to go to work. He couldn't really enjoy her sleeping. Well, i'll post a pic of her.

February 22, 2008-- We've met the six week mark!!!!! Yipee!!! I had my appt. and all is clear! Doctor said that i'm doing great! Sophia is also doing wonderful. She's smiling and actually trying to coo! It's hilarious! She acts like she's about 3 months! Everybody says that she's so advanced for her age. I'm so in love with her!!! I never knew that love could be so strong! Well--enough about my googling, i'll post some pics.

March 11, 2008--Well Sophia is now 2 months old now! Time is going by so quickly! She has had a little bit of a problem with spitting up, and her Daddy and I seem to think that it's indegestion or acid reflux. So....we've taken her to our chiropracter who is WONDERFUL!! He says that within a few visits, we'll se a drastic change in her spitting up. And Sophia LOVED it! Especially being held upside down! Here are the pics!!

Sophia's Day at the Chiropracter! 2 months old!

March 18, 2008--Well Sophia is now 8 1/2 weeks! She will be 9 weeks on Saturday. Time is going by so quickly! Sophia had her 2 month checkup yesterday and now weighs 14 lbs! She's also 23 inches long. It's hard to believe how big she's geting. We are dealing with her eczema. We are truly praying that it will pass soon! Her doctor prescribed some medication and we have seen a difference overnight. The eczema really effects how she acts. Poor baby! She will be dedicated on next Sunday. So exciting!!

March 24, 2008 -- Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Sophia and I did. We were a little bummed cause Daddy had to work! ARGH!! Any hoo, we visited my Parents church. My Dad preached a good message! Sophia loved it! She laughed at my little sister during the worship and slept during the whole message! Needless to say, she got passed to about 4 people during the message. First my Sisters Jennifer and Christina, My Mom and then my Brother Andrew. She loved it. Hence the picture of her sleep with her mouth open. Now that's the life! lol. By the way...her eczema is clearing up very nicely. She is a MUCH MUCH MUCH happier baby now that she isn't itching. She laughs and coos and tries to talk to just about EVERYBODY!!

March 31, 2008--Sophia was dedicated to the Lord yesterday! It was such an exciting and emotional time! We are so glad to be able to be her parents. We want her to grow up loving the Lord and letting Him lead her life. After the dedication we had dinner at our house. SOOOO much fun! My Sister and her Fiance are the Godparents. Love them soo much! Below are some pics.

April 8, 2008--Check out my new ears! I got some bling!!!!!!!

April 24, 2008---SOPHIA'S TEETHING! PLEASE PRAY FOR US! LOL. I'll post some pics real soon!

GOTTA LOVE THE BUMBO SEAT!!!!!!!!!!

4 months old at my Auntie's Highschool Graduation!

June 2, 2008--

Hello all! Update time! it's been awhile since i've updated, so let's get started. Sophia is AMAZING!!!!!!! She will be 5 months on the 12th. Time goes by so fast! I can't wait for her to wake up most mornings because she lights up my day! She is truly her Mama's child. She STARES at me everywhere I go. She constantly wants to either be on me or close by where she can see me. I love it! She loves her Daddy too! He loves to take her for walks and spends so much time with her when he's off of work. As a matter of fact, they are both asleep on the couch right now. So cute! She had her first little cold about a week ago. I gave her water with crushed echinecea (all natural of course!) Her cold dried up within 2 days. Awesome! She has an appt. in two days. We can't wait to see how much she weighs because she is soooo heavy now! It's hard just carrying her in her car seat! I think it's time to move up to the next size. She loves to be sung to and actually rocks back and forth when you sing to her! So cute! She's also turning over now. I thank everyone for their prayers with her eczema. It is doing really good now! She breaks out in little red bumps behind her ears and on her chest when she gets too hot, so we have to make sure that we don't overdress her. Other than that, she's doing awesome. She's still exclusively breastfed, well besides a little bit of my baked potatoe when I eat it. She loooooooooves it! She has officially ditched the pacifier. She's now a "right hand first two fingers" girl! It's so funny. She can be screaming, but find her fingers and be so happy! Well, that's all for now. I'll add a pic of her below. Toodles!

August 5, 2008

Wow! It's been awhile! Our family is doing great. Sophia is definately keeping us busy! She will be 7 months on the 12th, and she's very very active. She sits up now and actually tries to crawl! Her words are DaDa and Nnnnnaaaa! We haven't quite figured out what that one is yet. lol. She's actually teething, and loves to make bubbles. She is truly our little angel from God. We can't imagine life without her! Here are a few pics from her day at the pool. She LOOOOVED the water. Giggled the whole time!