Life as Three!

It's hard to believe Sophia is already 12 days old! Time is already flying by! Our 12 days have been filled with many "firsts" for all three of us! Upon coming home we slowly introduced Bandit to our new little Sophia. He has done so well with her. He is very curious about her every sound, and enjoys following us from room to room with her. He even gets up for all of the night time feedings just to sit near us!

We took Sophia to her first doctor's appointment when she was 3 days old. Dr. Midah told us that she had lost more weight than recommended, and told us to begin supplementing her feedings with formula. We've been sticking to a tight feeding schedule to get her weight up! The bottle feeding is much easier on mom now that dad can help too!


We experienced our first night of no sleep last week as well. :) We tried everything we knew! We fed her, we changed her, we burped her, we sang to her, we went on a car ride, we rocked her, we tried everything! But sleep was not on Sophia's agenda that night. Just crying. All night. Around 2am Matt and I finally decided we would take shifts staying up with her. I must say, pulling an all-nighter when you are younger, with friends and having fun is much different than an all-nighter with an infant who is crying non-stop! We were emotionally as well as sleep deprived and took every offer family made to come sit with her while we took naps the next week! Needless to say, Sophia slept like a log the next night, and we were able to catch some z's as well!


We've been enjoying every minute with Sophia. We've been able to spend the past two weeks relaxing as a family of three! We are learning so much about her and she is adjusting so well. She is such a content little girl. Only fussy when she's hungry or needs her diaper changed! We feel so blessed to have this new addition to our family.



As you can see, Sophia has also been enjoying her time at home, and is becoming quite relaxed herself!

On Monday we took Sophia for her newborn pictures! Our photographer, Amanda McClellan, was so patient and so good with Sophia through the whole session!