Sophie's first gifts!

I am so excited to receive a few gifts for Sophie! It is starting to become so real. We ordered her bedding online yesterday so as soon as that comes I can start decorating finally!

My friend from church made me some personalized burp clothes with Sophie's name on them! Of course I was thrilled to get these! I absolutely love personalized things! My sister bought Sophie some sweet pajamas this weekend while she and my niece were out shopping. They are just precious! My mom and I were out running errands yesterday and I told her about this pink and black zebra outfit that I had been wanting at Old Navy for quite some time and now that we found out the baby was a girl I could finally buy it! So she took me over there and bought it for Sophie! It is so precious and will look great on her!

Saying goodbye to Paul...

Yesterday we went up to the funeral home and said our last goodbyes to Paul. Madalyn walked in bravely, walked around looking at the pictures, saw Paul one last time, and then watched the video for a few minutes and was ready to leave. When we got in the car Loraly asked if this was Paul's new home. Madalyn told her that this is just where his body is but the real Paul is in heaven with God and Jesus. She just amazes me!

Madalyn and I attended Paul's funeral service today. It was hard seeing his parents, grandparents, and brothers. It is so real yet so hard not to just expect Paul to come running up to Madalyn to play, color, or just talk.

The service was nice. Instead of having a preacher speak, both of his BRAVE parents spoke. They are awesome! (to say the least). They showed a slide show of pictures displaying Paul's life. There were quite a few of Madalyn and Paul. She had a really hard time with that. She starting burying her little head into my chest but still not taking her eyes off the screen. Paul's mom, Leigh had some really nice words to say to Madalyn. I tried not to listen because that is between Madalyn and her... Paul's grandpa came up and hugged Madalyn and told her that their little buddy was gone now. Talk about heart breaking! I think all the people around us in line couldn't handle hearing that one either!

I know she misses and will continue to miss her friend Paul.