Sophie and her BiG Brothers!

Dylan and Ethan were thrilled to meet their baby sister.  They have been so good with her. They can not wait to bring her home.  Ethan tells her that he loves her every 5 minutes and sits right next to Sophie and I when he visits. Dylan wants to hold her and make sure she is ok.

Sophie is very lucky to have such sweet brothers. I know that she will be well taken care of with them two around.

The BiG DaY! Sophie is HeRe

Sophie finally graced us with her presents early Monday morning at 12:50 AM.  Long story short, I started having contractions early Sunday morning at 4 AM, of course they were not consistent enough to send me to the hospital.  So we went to eat lunch at my moms and went to our neice, Karlee's birthday party at Putt-Putt Fun House in the afternoon.
I was having contractions off and on all day, not feeling good, but I did not want to stay at home in bed. Finally around 5:30 the contractions started coming every 10 minutes, and by the time we got home around 6:30, the contractions were 6-7 minutes apart.

If you know me, I had false labor with Ethan and been having false labor with Sophie, so I did not call the doctor and kept on doing stuff around the house just in case it was the real thing. Finally, my family convinced me to go to the hospital.

When I arrived I was in pain and the contractions were getting closer together. I was 100% effaced and dilated to 5cm. This was around 8:00.  So of course it was the real thing and they did not send me home.  I dilated really fast and by the time I got my epiduarl, I was dilated between 6 and 7.  After I got my epidural, it was not to long before I was 9 cm, and then the pushing began. I pushed for 2hrs before Sophie was born.

We thought the pushing part would go by really fast, since it did with Ethan and Sophie is my 3rd baby, but it did not. She was facing to the side instead of face down, so it took longer. But it was probably a good thing so I did not develop another hematoma. 

She had the cord wrapped around her neck when she was delievered and was casper white with dark drown hair. Yeah! Dark hair just like her Mommy. She looked just like her big brother Ethan, but not as loud as him.

The boys were really excited to finally meet their Little Sister. They did really good waiting at the hospital for her to be delivered. They both had the biggest smile on their face. Ethan kept asking if we could take her home with us and all Dylan wanted to do was hold her.




Our first family picture with Sophie!

Dylan is the best big brother ever! I can already tell that he is going to spoil his little sister and watch over her like a hawk! Boys you better watch out!

Jeramy is just thrilled to be a daddy of a baby girl! Hope he knows how much his life is about to change!  Lots of PINK!

Dr. Davis was awesome through my entire delivery. She stayed after to make sure I was going to be ok and not develop another hematoma. Thanks, Dr. Davis for taking care of me and Sophie!

Before-n-After Sophie's Room

Here are some before and after pictures of Sophie's room. This was Ethan's room.

Jeramy painted this on the wall before he started painting.

Of course Big Brother, Ethan had to help paint his sister's room. He was telling me that he was painting his best friend Addison from school, Dylan, Daddy, Me, and my best friends, Ms. Kelli, and Mrs. Burke.

I know I probably should not have been painting but I could not resist. I had to HELP!

Ethan playing with the blue painting tape and eating a Popsicle. He loves to be a HELPER!

Sophie's room  is finally complete

Sophie's garment bag with her Little Sister outfit. I made the door hanger for the hospital and to hang her bows on.

My mom made Sophie's bedding and diaper stacker. She also made the curtains!

I told Jeramy maybe now that Sophie's room is complete that maybe she will finally come into our world!

Some Gifts for Sophie

We have received some wonderful gifts from family and friends for Sophie! Thanks everybody for your love, support, and gifts for our daughter!

Sophie's infant car seat and stroller. Of course Ethan had to check it out and make sure it was safe before she arrives.
He put his horse, Phillip inside to take a nap.

Ethan was to funny when he was trying to sit in the infant car seat. Jeramy and I were in the kitchen and we hear him calling for HELP! We go in the livingroom and see that he is sitting in the car seat and about to fall off the couch.

Sophie's Bedding

My wonderful MOM is making Sophie's bedding. We were going to do Zebra Pint and Pink, but when we went to High Fashion Fabric we found this fabric instead, Paisley Print and Black and White Poke-A-Dots. The top part is soft fleece and the back is made out of satin. She also made the bed skirt, curtains, and a diaper stacker to match.  It is going to look awesome in her PINK room.

My mom also made this diaper cake for my shower. So girly and cute!

Sophie Update!!! 8mths

I went to the doctor today, Friday, June 25. Everything is going good. Dr. Davis said I'm dilated 1cm and my cervix is starting to thin out. So now its just a waiting game until she is here. I have been having cramping and more braxton hicks each day. At the last doctors appointment I lost 2lbs; however, at this appointment I gained 5lbs. Total so far is 26lbs, she said that was really good.

I can't imagine being any bigger, especially since it is so HOT outside. Hopefully Sophie will be here within the next week. I will keep our family blog updated and of course we will text or call everybody when I go to the hospital.

Please keep us in your prayers each night. I had a easy time delivering Ethan, but afterwards I had major complications. Dr. Davis said not to worry and that I will be fine, but it is always scary.

  

We celebrated Dylan's 11th b-day at the pool, and I was not going to buy a maternity bathing suit.  Luckily my bathing suit from last summer still fits!

Baby Update!

I went to the dr on Friday, May 14. I'm now 30 weeks, in my 7th month. Everything is going good. I start going to the dr every two weeks now. In 6 wks I will start going every week.  I asked her what is the possibililty that Sophie will come early since both the boys were early....And of course she could not give me a exact answer. All babies will come when they are ready. 
Sophie is kicking all the time and lets me know if she does not like me sitting in a certain position. She is reacting to voices, especially to her brothers and her daddy.  It's neat to see my stomach shake and move all around.  Hard to believe that I have a little person in there.

7mths

I can't wait to meet her and introduce her to everybody!