I did it!!!!

Well I finally got out all by myself! Sofia, Emily and I went to our friends house this morning for a play date. It was awesome!!!! To get up, and go somewhere and see friends was great (Thank you Whitney!) We then went to Walgreens to pick up some essentials and it went pretty well- Sofia even got to get bubbles for being such a good girl:)
Then the real test- I took them both to lunch by myself! I have to admit while driving to the restaurant I thought to myself, "Am I completely nuts!" I let Sofia pick the restaurant- of course she picked Chiles, her new favorite. We sat down and I immediately ordered, and told the waitress that we were on a time limit. The chips and salsa came out and we were having a great time just talking and eating. Then Emily started to cry- no big deal I put on my nursing shawl and Emily got to eat too. Then Sofia said that she had to "Wee Wee!" No big deal I put Emily in the car seat, grabbed my purse and off we went to the potty (please see previous post on public bathroom issues:). Then we came back finished our meal, got in the car and drove home for nap. It was a wonderful lunch, and everything went smoothly! Sofia you are a wonderful little girl, and a big helper- I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Introducing the Mad Hatter

Emily Louise Smith AKA the Mad Hatter was born Monday April 5th at 9:59 am. She weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces, and was 20 inches long. It has almost been a week and all of us are doing great, and so in love with our newest family member! She is a GREAT baby!!!! She is tolerant of everything. She eats A LOT, and I think we have seen her eyes open for all of 20 minutes since last Monday. But when they are open she really looks around. We are having a lot of fun, it's busy but a blast.


Going to the hospital on Monday morning.


It's a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


She's here- notice the beaming Mommy!!!!!!!!


Isn't she beautiful!!!!!


Little Emmy Lou with her eyes open.


Going home to meet the big sister.


The two sisters meeting at last!


Sofia holding her sister for the first time.


Mimi and Sofia giving Emily a bath


Sofia loving her sister


Sofia taking care of Emily


Going on our first walk


Mommy, Sofia and Emily watching Alice in Wonderland with, Sofia's Alice doll, and Emily's Mad Hatter.


"I just love her Mommy!"

Big Sister Class

We are all getting ready for the Mad Hatter's arrival. Sofia took her big sister class last weekend at the hospital that I will deliver at. She didn't get to do the tour, and she won't be able to come up and see the baby (H1N1 still). The entire class was comical from beginning to end. My mom and I were laughing so hard I thought I might have the baby! The lady who taught the class talked a lot, and didn't always have the most age appropriate stories. Sofia met a very nice friend (that she is still talking about), and the two of them made their own fun.
The other funny thing that happened at big sister class is when we went to learn how to change the baby's diaper, there was poop in it!!!!! I wasn't quite expecting that (and neither was the instructor!). Apparently they put deli mustard in the diaper area, and you get a big surprise- more like a bio hazard if you thought it was real poop like I did!
Here are a couple of pictures from that day:


Sofia got to wear her big sister special outfit, and go to Chick-fil-A before hand. A real treat!







She's official!

Dentist

Sofia went for her first dental visit. We absolutely love our dentist, he is GREAT! So I wanted to get her in early to see him. If she has any genetics from my side for her teeth, she is in trouble. However he assures me that her teeth look great. She was scared at first, but because he is so great, he put her right at ease. In fact she has been telling everyone that she went to the dentist and he made her a hand balloon, and she got to hold "Mr. Thirsty!"

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

My sister got engaged last night, to a great guy. His name is Christopher and we all just adore him. They are going to have a wonderful life together. We are so excited for them both. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Princess Fun

So all of you know how much Sofia loves princesses. She loves everything that has to do with them. She even will tell you when she grows up she is going to be a princess. So here she is having some princess fun:


Disney on Ice with Mommy. For Valentine's day (I know a long time ago:) my friend Jenn and I took our girls to Disney on Ice. We had a BLAST!!!!!!!!!


Lining up Princesses, this is almost a daily ritual.


Katie and Sofia dressing up like princesses at play group.


Mommy and Sofia playing princesses in her castle, a morning ritual.


Playing a game with Cinderella

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

We have had a lot going on around here the last two weeks, hence the non-posting. There is only one way to describe it all......