Happy Thanksgiving!

Mug Shot

I'm sure Sofia's face will change but it is so hard to imagine in what way. Who will she look like? Right now I think she looks like Dan's side of the family, more specifically, I think she looks most like Dan's mom.
For the time being I have given in to this overwhelming desire to capture every moment with Sofia, which means many more solo Sofia pictures to come. She is truly the light in my life.

Captain's Log

Date: Sunday
Time: Late...or very, very early.
Location: Bed
Notes: Baby is well fed. Gastrointestinal tract is in check = clean diaper. It's the middle of the night. She's wide-eyed. She doesn't appear sleepy. Hmm, middle of the night, not sleepy...I'm sure this won't be the last time this happens.

3 Days Old

This is our big day of "firsts".
We are going home today which means many things:
Sofia will not wear a "Property of St. Johns" tee shirt.
Sofia will ride in an elevator.
Sofia will go outside for the first time.
Sofia will ride in her car seat in a car.
Sofia gets to meet her first dog Molly and Cat Corbu.
I could go on and on...but the bottom line is that we had a great "First" day home.

Three Days Old At Home

Our little angel!

Details

It's always the little things: the whole package is amazing but when I look at the details I am even more entranced. My body made this little person, with finger nails the size of pinheads and barely formed eyelashes. This little being incubated for nine months and then voila - was delivered with all of the same pieces and parts that I have...just smaller. (Okay, MUCH smaller.)

20 Minutes Old

After they finished stitching me up from the C-section they moved us to this temporary room. This was where I nursed Sofia for the first time and where Max met his little sister for the first time. She was around 20 minutes old!

Newly Added...

Welcome to the family Sofia Sage!
Details:
8lbs 6oz
20" long
light brown hair
30 hours of labor
cesarean section

Happy Halloween

After a month of thinking we were going to wear big fish bowls around our bellies we found easier options…the nun and the bun. Purely meant to be ironic and funny, we had a lot of laughs! Molly was content in her batman costume, though Dan hated that I dressed her up, quoting Kevin and Bean, “now we know why dogs bite their owners”.