Celebrating Sophie!

Well, I found these pacifiers after Loraly gave hers up 3 years ago. So I never got to buy any. Now that I am pregnant again, this was the first thing that came to my mind that I absolutely had to get.

So Sophie has a purple one, pink one, and a clear one now!

THE GIRLS JUST LOOKING CUTE:

A few of the adorable gifts we received for Baby Sophie:

Not only was the box absolutely adorable:

what was inside was even more precious!

BALLERINA SOCKS!

Loraly's Mother's Day Out teacher, Miss Amber made this very sweet door/ name plaque for Sophie:

We love it!

I made these shirts for the girls to wear to the baby shower and to wear to school after Sophie is born. The front says "I'm the big sister" on Loraly's and "I'm the bigger sister" on Madalyn's. I attached bows to the shoulder of the shirts and made a hair bow to match.

They looked adorable in them!

We will make Sophie one to match soon...

Their names were on the back of the shirts also.

34 weeks! and getting huge!

So I went to the doctor Friday for my 34 weeks visit and I gained ANOTHER 5.8 pounds. Wasn't too happy with the nurse--she wrote in my chart that I gained 6 pounds!!

I looked at the scale-I know it said only 5.8!

Oh well, only 6 weeks left!

Convincing?

So Loraly got this new movie yesterday while we were out getting groceries.

She loves it!

She watched it first thing this morning. So I told her that she needed to go play. She just came to me after playing for a few hours, and these were her words--"Mommy, if you let me watch my Mickey movie, I will be your friend..." Of course all this was said in a very persuasive tone of voice. So of course I started laughing and told her how cute she was.

So I repeated her every word--"Loraly, if you let me watch the Mickey movie, I will be your friend..." She then started laughing, hugged me, and said "Oh Mommy, you are soooo cute!"

Of course now she is watching her movie!

I guess I am a push over for cuteness!

Western Day

TODAY IS MY PARENTS 33RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THEM!

Madalyn had western day at school today. So of course we had to get new cowgirl boots. She had some really cute pink ones from a couple years ago but they are too little. She actually picked out white ones with pink lacing. So she wore those, her white horse shirt, jean skirt, and a pink cowgirl hat.

****Notice how I write 'COWGIRL', if and when I say cowboy both girls correct me.****

So when Madalyn came home from school today with her stick horse, Loraly decided that she needed to take a picture with it also. She hasn't been feeling so good the last 2 1/2 days. She came home from Mother's Day Out Tuesday, went to bed at 5:45 pm and slept until 7:15 am Wednesday morning!

THE DRESS and attempting to be creative!

So I am pretty excited because I FINALLY found Sophie a "coming home" dress.

I told a girlfriend of mine that I didn't want white or pink because that is what the other 2 girls had and I wanted something different for each girl. So needless to say after a LOT of searching I found a dress.

Guess what---it is PINK!

But I do have to say that it has green on it also.

This picture shows the beautiful detail this company puts into their clothing. I have bought a few things from them in the past and can't resist going back for special occasions.

The reason we choose it was because it matches her room. Ok---now you are thinking that I am really crazy, right?! What does it matter if it matches her room----well this is why---

These are very special to me.

After my girls get home from the hospital, I take their birth announcement (that I have made and sent out), their first portrait (hospital ones-usually), and their coming home outfit and I frame them. What is really cool about them is the background that I put everything on top of is actually left over wrapping paper from my baby shower. The even COOLER thing is that my mom's best friend, Dale, is the one that has given me the present with the wrapping paper on it that I keep to use. She is so awesome and knew that I did this with Madalyn's, so when I had Loraly she went back to the same store, found the same wrapping paper, and used it because she knew what I would do with it!

I will treasure these forever!


The things that I was trying to be creative with today was the curtains and lamp in the baby's room. I could not find curtains and a lampshade to match the bedding (or at least that I liked!). So I took the old crib bedding and made my own.

See what you think. They may not look all that great so please don't judge! I tried...

Another Doctor's appointment

I had my first 'every 2 week' appointment today. I am 32 weeks pregnant. Can you believe I only have 8 weeks left? Well, probably more like 9 weeks because I am ALWAYS late and still have to be induced! So I only gained 2 pounds, that is 1 pound a week. A lot better that 8 pounds in 4 weeks or 2 pounds a week like last month. So I have been having more contractions. But everything seems to be just fine.

Things I am starting to feel:

tired

busy

can't get everything done that 'needs' to be

excited

curious

a little nervous

My most favorite thing to think about right now is seeing my girls with their new baby sister.

I can't wait to have all my girls here together!

My hobby and The nursery preview

Since having children, I have found my hobby, obsession: birth announcements, birthday invitations, etc. I love coming up with ideas, figuring out wording, and seeing the final product. If you know me, then you know that I LOVE Mickey Mouse. Madalyn never cared much for the character, but Loraly has created an obsession with Minnie Mouse! I am so excited! I finally get to do a Minnie themed birthday party! So far all I have obsessed about are the invitations. So here they are:

Here we are painting the baby's room:

We let the girls kind of "sponge paint" and then we painted over it!
Here is a finished portion of the room:
We still haven't got the room set up otherwise I would post pictures of that also. Hopefully by the end of the weekend we will have it done.

Fun questions about my husband!

1. Who is your man? Mark Kenneth

2. How long have you been together? Married-8 yrs and 2 months, together for about 9 1/2 years

3. How long dated? About 7 1/2 months, and then engaged for 7 1/2 more months

4. How old is your man? 31, 32 on November 15

5. Who eats more? depends---I am 32 weeks pregnant! JK-Mark, he loves to snack ALL DAY

6. Who said "I love you" first? I did, and he said thank God for saying it because he had been wanting to! But too shy!

7. Who is taller? Mark, 6'4"

8. Who sings better? our children!

9. Who is smarter? common sense-me, book smart-Mark

10. Whose temper is worse? that's easy---ME---hey I have red hair and you know what they say about red heads!

11. Who does the laundry? Me, Mark doesn't understand that lights CAN go in with some whites also!

12. Who takes out the garbage? depends on who remembers to!

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me, I don't like to be by the door

14. Who pays the bills? me

15. Who is better with the computer? Me, for the most part

16. Who mows the lawn? both, I really enjoy mowing!

17. Who cooks dinner? both

18. Who drives when you are together? me and when the girls play Barbie's or whatever they ALWAYS put the "mommy" in the drivers seat because they are so used to me driving. I am such a passenger seat driver that it is easier for me just to drive. I get nervous when others drive.

19. Who pays when you go out? whoever gets to it first

20. Who is most stubborn? Mark is but he would say I was

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Mark, probably just to make me be quiet though

22. Whose parents do you see the most? mine, don't ask

23. Who kissed who first? Mark, after seeing each other everyday for almost 2 weeks!

24. Who asked who out? Mark, I would never ask someone out!

25. Who proposed? Mark, once again I would never!

26. Who is more sensitive? we both are on different subjects

27. Who has more friends? me, Mark is what I like to call a "troll"

28. Who has more siblings? we both have 3 kids in our families and we are about to have 3 ourselves, he is oldest and I am youngest

29. Who wears the pants in the family? that is funny-probably me most of the time, except when it is really important

I dare everyone to answer these questions, it is really fun getting to see the differences in other people and their relationships!

Lindsay