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Sophia went to church for the very first time yesterday. As you can see, she needed a nap after a long morning.

5 Weeks

Today Sophia is 5 weeks old. Boy does time fly. Our family has been blessed to have both of the Grandmas here over the past few weeks helping with the move in, baby and all the household chores. This made recovering from my c-section easier. Thank you!!! We are now adjusting to just the 3 of us.
Sophia is healthy and well. At her two week check up she had gained a pound. That was very good. We don't go back to the doctor until next month. I can't wait to see how much she has grown. The other day I went to put her in her car seat and the straps had to be loosened. I couldn't believe it.
We love her so much and continue to feel blessed that she is in our lives everyday.


Here are some pics of her over the last few weeks.


Here she is at 5 weeks. She loves to sleep with her arms up. Try swaddling her. At just a few days old she managed to get her arm out of her sleeper sleeve and out of the swaddle blanket. We were very impressed with our little Houdini.

Sophia Renee

Here are some pics of our new little bundle of JOY!!!
Aug. 8th, 2007
7 lbs. 11 ounces
20.5 in.

Same Dress, Different Shower

You all know that when you get to the end of your pregnancy not a lot fits. In the following pics (38 weeks pregnant) you will see me in the same dress for the Baby Shower my co-workers gave me.

We feel very grateful and thankful to have received a second baby shower a week later that my very good friends/co-works gave me. It was a joint baby shower with one of my other co-workers Adrian that just became a father not to long ago. I want to give a big Hug and THANK YOU to Denise, Sheri, Cora and all of the others that helped that I am unaware of. It was such a special evening ( the weather was amazing with low humidity, not typical of a July day in VA), the food was great, and the games were a lot of fun. We feel so blessed to have received so many wonderful gifts from so many special people. We are definatley feeling well perpared and ready for Sophia now.

Sheri, myself, and Rob

Denise and I

Here we are enjoying the FOOD!

"Two Little Girls to Love... Mikayla and Sophia"

Adrian and I cutting the cake

Eunita playing a game? :)

Thank You for all of the gifts!

Sophia's Shower

Two of my very best friends that I've only met within this last year of living here, Alyssa and Amelia, gave me a baby shower. We ate some good food and played some fun games ( candy bar dirty diaper game and guess how big my belly is.) We are very grateful and thankful for all of the gifts Sophia received and all the time and hard work Alyssa and Amelia put in to make it such a special day.

Alyssa and Amelia with her sons

Emily, Jessica and Jessica

Jamie, me, Chandra, and Alyssa

Sophia's Blanket

Knowing that I would soon be a mother, I decided I wanted to learn how to sew. You know become a little more domestic. So I bought a sewing machine a couple of months ago and my mother-in-law on one of her visits to us taught me how to make a simple baby blanket. I know, 27 years old and just learning how to sew. I feel it's never to late to learn anything new. Here is one of my finished products. A simple blanket for Sophia, made with lots of love by her mother.