A few pictures

Alert and awake

Damn I am cute

First Bath

Pix from big day out

I got dressed, and put on a little makeup. Amazing!




The girls

Sophia's first walk.




"mommy" Jordan-she didn't want to let her go. I know who to call for help when Steven's out of town.




Addison
Big boy (Andy) holding little baby

Big day...

We had a big day yesterday, Friday the 17th. I let Steven talk me into taking Sophia out for a walk. I haven't wanted her to go anywhere but to the doctor's until she's 4 weeks old, but I was starting to go a little stir crazy since I hadn't left the house in over a week either. Another reason I didn't want to take her outside is because the allergens in this area are always so high. The temperature has been so nice here, so I finally let her go outside. We went for a nice walk around the neighborhood, and she slept the entire time.

The fun didn't stop there...we went to my dad's house too! It was poker night, and as always they had a house full of people. As you all know I'm a germ freak so I let people hold her, but I had the hand sanitizer out squirting it into anyone's hands who wanted to hold her. Everyone keeps saying that I'm going to have a bubble child...I'll try and gear down on the craziness when she gets a little older. She's just too little right now, and too susceptible to germs. The ring tone on my cell right now is a Matchbox Twenty song, Unwell, "I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell". So true!

The big day out helped us with a successful nights sleep! She went down at 10:30pm, without crying, and didn't start to fuss until 4:15am. Almost 6 hours of sleep!!! It was amazing! Maybe getting out a bit is the key to our sleeping success.

Stay tuned as Steven will post pictures of our big day when he returns from the store today.

Thanks Katie, and Jess, for the constant kind and encouraging words.

Much love to all our family and friends!

I'm alive

Hello everyone, it's me, Chelsea, the girl from the land of the living dead. I've had several people ask where are the pictures of me and Sophia together (Kistina!), and just wanted you all to know that I'll let Steven post some pix when the bags under my eyes are no longer the size of Texas. For those of you who know me, I don't do well on little sleep, and little sleep is what I've been getting. I knew that's what I signed up for when I got pregnant, I just had no idea how difficult it would be. For the first time in my life I'm not napping because I end up feeling more groggy and grouchy, and poor Steven gets the brunt of my grouchiness.

Steven has been a HUGE help! I'm so thankful for a husband who wants to be involved in his child's life. I don't know how single mothers, or mothers w/o supportive husbands manage all this on their own.

I have a lot of emails and phone calls that I need to return, and promise I'll get back to you all someday soon.

I also have thank you cards, and announcements to send out. Hopefully I'll get those out next week. In the meantime, I want to thank everyone for all of your support. Thank you to all of you for the wonderful dinners, gifts for Sophia, cards, phone calls, and good thoughts you have sent our way. It has meant the world to us, and has kept me going through these past 3 weeks.

It's feeding time again, so I must go.

Thank you once again to our sweet friends and family for all of your love and support!

xoxo
Chels

Busy week!

Uncle Aaron Feeding

Aunt Lexie

tickle me

Grandpa visits me for the first time and brings a new PIG stuffed animal

Sorry Papaw that they lost OU all the way

Lucky Guy two of my girls want my attention

Tired Sooner

I am getting bigger each day

It has been a fun week so far! Sophia is discovering how her hands work, and is not happy when they are in gloves. She has been eating like crazy, and she has been a little fussy. She is finding contentment in rocking in her swing lately. Chelsea and I are working together well as a team. She does all the work and I do nothing. No I am kidding, I have taken over Nana's duties in the AM and trying to live up to her standards of cooking! The key word is trying. I am learning about what certain cries mean which is not an easy task.
Papaw bought her a OU outfit, and a blanket so we had to wear it during the game. Grandpa got to see her for the first time this week and that was a special moment for us all. Aunt Lexie and uncle Aaron came over and Aron ask to feed her.
Stay tuned for some videos. Steven Bacon Spielberg is working on them.

Chelsea and I celebrated our Fourth Wedding Anniversary

At Dinner

Her new Pendant

Mommy and Daddy

God blessed us with the best present anyone could ask for, our healthy Sophia. Thursday night nana babysat for us, so we could go out to a wonderful restaurant for dinner. If anyone knows Chelsea, she loves Sea Bass and it was on the do not eat list during pregnancy. Well the fish was moved back to endangered list, so she did not get to have it for dinner. However, she did get a diamond and sapphire pendent, the birth stone of Sophia. Yes I am a whipped man!

Thank you nana!

Nana, thank you for all your support and love these past few weeks. You helped make this new addition to our life much easier. You dove right in and helped us get through a tough time. Do not worry we won't let Sophia forget her nana!




Please watch the video of my nana we all love her so much. Please turn your sound up to hear the video.
We will see you soon!

2 Week Doctor Visit was today! See all my visitors that have come to see me!

Na Na says I should be on TV, look at my pose!

Damn I am cute in blue or green, yellow or any color

Pa Paw and Grandma

Na Na and Grandma Share me

Making faces at Pa Paw

Terry Visits me

Katie comes to see me

Aunt Kelly spoiling me...I can get used to that

We had our 2nd Dr. visit today and got clean bill of health. She is now 8lbs 6 oz. and 21.25 inches long. She is growing at a good pace, eating like crazy and the Dr. said I am very healthy. We have to take her to the hospital for a her final screening after we take Na Na to the airport. That goodbye will for sure have tears for us all.