Ok...this is my first attempt at being better about updating our blog! Our subscription to the girls baby website is expiring in a few days so rather than pay for another year Erik has decided to create a website where I can share pictures, etc. Since I'm not sure when (or if!) that will happen I'll try to keep this updated for now :) I think I'll even point our old website to this blog instead of the old site.

As you all probably know by now, we welcomed Sophie Catherine on May 29th at 1:47am! She was 8lbs 5oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Since then she's been growing like a weed!! At her 3 week appoinment she was 9lbs 10oz! We have another appt when she's 2 months old so I'm anxious to see how big she is then.

Sophie was lucky enough to have lots of visitors in the hospital. On her first day of life she got to meet her Nana Denise, Papa Dave, Grandma Cathy, Grandpa Dave, Auntie Tricia, Uncle David, Great Grandma Rose, Great Grandpa Pat, plus her honorary aunties...Chrissy, Amanda & Lacey (and Carson!) Plus Uncle Nate and Miss Vera too!

Addison absolutely loves her baby sister...and lovingly calls her 'cry baby' which makes us laugh every day. She's been very helpful at home by getting diapers, burp cloths, pacifiers and anything else we need. She loves to hold Sophie too! She's really adjusted pretty well considering that her entire world has been turned upside down.

Yesterday marked Sophie's 1 month birthday! It's hard to believe that it's already been that long...we're enjoying every moment (even the crazy ones!) and Sophie is even letting her mama get a decent amount of sleep at night!

Here are a few more shots of our first month...

3 days old

2 weeks old

Happy Father's Day...although Addison might leave out the "Happy" part ;)

A rare family shot

1 month old!!

Our two favorite girls :)

I'll be back soon with more pictures from Sophie's fabulous newborn photo shoot!

Guess who's 2??

On March 26th little Miss Addison turned 2! It's so hard to believe that she's been part of our lives for 2 years now....of course, we can't imagine life without her :)

On her birthday we started out the day by trying to get a halfway decent picture of her in her 'Birthday Girl' t-shirt. This is no small feat these days since Addison never seems to be still unless she's sleeping, and even then she's all over the place! After 16 pictures (literally) I got this shot of her and Sampson.



Since it was a nice day we headed up to the park after naptime.







After the park Addison insisted on helping me make her birthday cake :)

Next we were off to dinner at The Rock for Addison's favorite....pizza!!! Or 'pi-a' as she calls it since she hasn't quite mastered the z sound :)

After dinner Addison got to open presents with us, Grandma & Grandpa D'Ambrosio, Auntie Tricia and Uncle David.

Next up...cake!











We had a great time celebrating and we still can't believe our baby girl is 2!!

Halfway there!

Yesterday marked the 20th week of this pregnancy, which means we're halfway there!! We had another OB appointment and ultrasound yesterday and things are looking great. Baby #2 was measuring in the 61st percentile for length and was about 13 oz. My belly sure looks like it's carrying more than 13 oz. but I guess I have to take the doctor's word for it :)

We also got the fun news that baby #2 is another GIRL!! We're absolutely thrilled and we know that Addison will have so much fun growing up with a little sister. We've yet to settle on a name but we have it narrowed down to about 4 or 5 we really like (this week!). Hopefully we'll be able to pick one (aka...agree on one) soon.

Here's a shot of the little miss:

Oh, how times have changed...

Here's our happy 9 month old with Santa in December of 2007...

And our *not* so happy 21 month old with Santa last week. I know that we'll laugh at this picture for years to come :) And we'll probably have to break it out at her wedding one day!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

It's been a while....

I realize I haven't been the best about updating this blog....and I'm going to go ahead and blame it on this pregnancy :) Things have been much tougher this time around as far as morning sickness goes and lately I've been so exhausted that any free time I get while Addison naps is usually spent napping myself which leaves little time for blogging!!

Speaking of this pregnancy things are moving right along...I'll be 14 weeks tomorrow and my next doctor's visit is on Christmas Eve. We had an ultrasound and screening test done on Nov. 25th so we got another sneak peek at our little turkey. Everything looks great and he/she is quite the mover! I haven't felt anything yet but I'm sure that will be here before I know it. I can't wait! My due date is currently set at June 9 and the next big day for us to look forward to is January 20th - hopefully we'll be able to find out the sex that day. We're both kind of feeling 'boy' this time around - and Erik SWEARS he saw some little boy parts during our last ultrasound but I guess we'll have to wait and see :)

After our screening appointment we made a quick stop at Wendy's for lunch (I've been craving chicken nuggets this whole pregnancy!) and then we hit the road for Camp Sherman, OR where we were spending Thanksgiving with the Opsahls.

We made great time on the drive and arrived at the house just before 7. Addison and Sampson ran around like maniacs for a few hours and then we all hit the sack for a very restful night.

Wednesday we relaxed around the house while we waited for Allie and Jordan to arrive after a long drive from San Francisco. During the day Addison got some guitar lessons from her Papa and got to visit Nana's horse Chloe. She had such a great time!

Allie and Jordan got in late Wednesday night and it was fun for the family to catch up....we don't get everyone in the same place very often.

Thursday the boys went up to the pit to go shooting while the girls got things ready for dinner. We had a great dinner and even better conversation - the perfect Thanksgiving! Friday we ventured into Bend for lunch at Red Robin and a little Black Friday shopping but we didn't come home with too much loot.

Saturday we had a nice family breakfast and then we headed back home so we could spend Sunday getting our tree and getting the house decorated for Christmas.

What a great weekend :)