Christmas Fun & Visitors...

Today we had a great time decorating Gingerbread Houses with the kids! I think they all got a little sugar overload because every time we turned around the candies were going in their mouths instead of on the house! :)

On Friday we had a wonderful visit from Auntie Janice and Tom, they headed off for Aunt Ruth's 80Th birthday party which is today.

Auntie Janice brought the kids Christmas gifts with her, she brought tons of books which had to be read immediately! :) Thanks again, Cali just loves the books and we read every single one as soon as everyone left.

Jenn, Andy and Alexa dropped by for a visit on Friday night...Jenn is now 4 months pregnant with her next baby, we are so excited for them!

Uncle Chris and Sophie...4 days old

Grandma...

Grandpa...

What a little sweetheart!

Sophie is 1 Week Old!

Sophie is 1 week old already! Greg went back to work yesterday and I had my first day alone with my two girls, everything went amazingly well! We have had our challenges with Cali since bringing home the new baby, she has been acting out and crying a lot. It has been pretty hard to deal with but yesterday she seem to turn a corner and was really good and helpful all day! I cannot even believe how much Cali and Sophie look alike, every time I take a picture I think this could be a picture of Cali when she was just born...it's really amazing and I have to remember how much Greg and his brother Chris look alike and then it makes sense! Sophie is such a good little baby, she is so content for the majority of the time and only really gets fussy when she is trying to work out her bowels. I am so impressed with this little girl, last night she slept in 4 hour spurts....I never expected this to happen so soon because it was probably 3 or more months before Cali did that. Sophie is very alert when she is awake and already noticing Christmas lights and different objects around the rooms. She has even given little smiles since the second day she was home and even if it was just gas, I'll take it! I am so excited to say that I am successfully nursing Sophie, I didn't know if I could so since I can I have been just thrilled! We have our 3rd Midwife appointment at home today, I am looking forward to see if Sophie is gaining weight. The last 2 times she was weighed she had gone from 8lbs 6.5oz to 7lbs 14oz and then to 7lbs 10oz. So hopefully this time her weight will go up. They are concerned that Sophie is not peeing and pooping as much as she should but she seems perfectly fine to me! Some exciting news to report...Sophie's stinky umbilical cord fell off this morning...yay! We just love this little girl to pieces, she is so special and such a wonderful baby! We love you to Cali, just as much as ever...you are both our special little girls!

Welcome to the family Sophie!

Sophie Marie Lehner was born on November 30, 2010 at 1:32pm. Sophie was 10 days over due when I went into the hospital to be induced. The midwife broke my water at 10am and I was hit hard with contractions right away, about 2-3 hours later I decided to get an epidural but by the time it was put in I had 10 mins to wait for it to take effect....Sophie was born 7 minutes later! So all in all I was in labor for 3.5 hours and pushed her out in 7 minutes, not bad but very painful! Sophie weighed 8lbs 6.5ozs and measured 20 inches long. She is so beautiful, looking at her is like looking at Cali when she was born...they have all the same features and even the same hair and eye color! Stephanie was watching Cali for us and they arrived about 2 hours after Sophie was born to welcome her into the world. Thank you so much Steph for everything you do for us and for all the yummy dinners, we are so lucky to have you in our lives!

Proud Nana...thanks for being there for me Mom, I really appreciate you and everything you do for me and my family!

Sophie's first car ride...we left the hospital 4 hours after her birth, the nurses all looked at us with confusion but why stay when we could go home and be comfortable!

Auntie Holly was our first visitor after we arrived home... thanks for being such a wonderful Auntie and sister, Cali really enjoys your visits and is asking to play those games on your phone!!

More visitors, Dad and Jeanie arrived with a cute little outfit for Sophie. Thank you so much for the gift and for the yummy dinner...so good!:)

And one more visitor...Elliott came with his big camera to catch all the shots! Thank you so much for bring home dinner for us, that was just wonderful!

Mommy and Sophie about 7 hours after she was born...I amazingly enough feel pretty good and hope to keep it going!

Sophie's first bath...she is not even 24 hours old yet. Sophie screamed the entire time, I'm sure she will change her mind about baths when she gets used to them!

Sophie is 2 days old and sweet as can be! She slept for 2 and 3 hours at a time last night and has slept most of the day away today. I think it's all thanks to having my milk come in so quickly, I am so pleased and pleasantly surprised that things are going so well!

Aaron brought the kids over for a visit tonight, it's so fun to see how much Lilah loves holding her new little cousin...it's so sweet!

Daddy relaxing with his two girls! Greg was such a big help last night and was able to sooth Sophie to sleep 2 times when I was exhausted, what a wonderful husband and father he is! Love you Greg! :)

Happy Birthday Auntie Holly!

Happy 28th Birthday Steph!

We had a really nice girls lunch out for Stephanie's birthday yesterday....followed by yummy ice cream cake back at their house. Today is Steph's actual birthday, Happy Birthday!

Pregnancy Update...37 weeks & 5 days!

I have just a little over two weeks until my little baby is due, I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. It will probably slow down now since I am no longer able to keep working. I saw my Midwife today and I am measuring 34cm and the baby's heartbeat is about 140 bpm. I have been starting to get some cramping and I am definitely really uncomfortable now! Can't wait to meet you little one.... Holly took these nice pictures for us last weekend, they turn out great! Thanks Holly