Why a Little Girl Needs Her Daddy

Sophia has discovered a few magic words.

"Will you play with me please, mommy?" always sweetly followed up with "You want to?"

As unimpressive as that statement seems, when uttered from the mouth of your adorably wonderful two year old (staring up at you with big, innocent doe like eyes) what other choice do you have but to play!

As a result I spend a good amount of time with Sophia reading books, coloring, painting, building towers out of blocks, playing tea party with innumerable baby dolls etc, etc.

Now granted Patrick has spent his fair share of time at tea parties or reading "Big Girls Use the Potty" but when posed with the question "Do you want to play with me, puhlease, Daddy?" He often takes a different approach.

Below are a few examples of Daddy''s version of "playing".

(A Word to Either of the Grandma's Reading This: He usually catches her ..... Usually)



One Happy Little Girl!

A Few Pics from Our Christmas 2007

Sophia and Grandma Campos before Christmas Eve Mass


Enjoying some sun on Christmas Day



Opening Gifts with Grandpa and Grandma Nelson


Santa's Little Helper Attempting to Free Her Dolls


Mirror, Mirror on the Wall


Looks like someone was a good girl this year!

34 Week (Almost) Update

Not much to report after this Dr. visit expect that both babies are doing great and although their growth has slowed a little, they are still getting bigger. Baby A now weighs 4.5lbs and Baby B (the chubby one) is at 5lbs. I've been having mild contractions for a few days now but that seems normal considering the combined weight of both babies. We could go tomorrow or still be waiting 3-4 more weeks. It's anyone's guess at this point! We're still working on names and have narrowed it down to three or four top contenders for each gender but hopefully we still have some time to decide. It's bad enough to have to come up with one name but eight names (two male/female first names and two male/female middle names) that work well with each other and our last name has been interesting. How do the parents of sextuplets ever decide?

32 week update

Just a quick update from yesterday's Dr. visit....

Both babies are doing great and are growing amazingly fast. Baby A is now a little over 4 lbs and Baby B is nearly 4.5 lbs. Both were "practice breathing" during the u/s which apparently indicates that their lungs are developing well. If they're born early, hopefully all that "practicing" will pay off and we'll avoid NICU time.

We have weekly visits from here until they're born to closely track their growth but we've been blessed thus far! Thanks for all your continued prayers and well wishes.

Twin Baby Belly! (yikes)

Pic of me & Sophia at today's twin group meetup. Poor baby, hardly has a lap to sit on :)

Sophia has come to the conclusion that all babies come in pairs. We've been talking a lot with her recently about the fact that TWO babies are coming to live with us, we've been to several twin group meetings where she's observed doubles crawling everywhere and we've given her a few sets of twin dolls which she carts everywhere (although truth be told she prefers the girl twin over the boy). I think she may be starting to wonder just where HER twin ran off to... I'll leave it up to Patrick to explain that one.

Excuse me...Are those my daughter's pants?

For those of you who have children this post will come as no surprise. In fact, I bet most of you will be thinking ... "You think That's bad, just wait", but for me everyday with Sophia is a learning experience.

So. For some reason I thought it would be "OK" to stop and pick up a *few* much needed items at the grocery store on our way home. Mind you, it's almost 2pm (an hour past Sophia's nap time), she hasn't eaten, she's in a grouchy mood etc etc. Yet SOMEHOW I convince myself that she'll be fine because this particular store has those(monstrous 100lb) ride in cars attached to the front of the shopping carts.

(Parents-to-be... start weight training now)

Anyhow things are going just peachy when three minutes into our shopping excursion Sophia decides she no longer enjoys being in the shopping cart car. Albeit she gives me plenty of fair warning by loudly announcing "THIS CAR IS YUCKY" over fifty times in row but I do as any good mother would do and ignore her. Figuring that she'll have to take action herself she attempts to wiggle her way out of the lap seat belt and almost succeeds when the belt catches her around the neck and begins to choke her. As composed as can be, I free her from her noose, sit her (kicking and scratching) back in the car, fasten and TIGHTEN the belt and continue shopping. At this point she is LIVID ..... but.... peculiarly quiet. Smugly, I figure I must have won the battle, finish my shopping and head to the check out line. It isn't until I'm in line, having set all my groceries onto the conveyor belt that I notice something missing. It seems that my lovely daughter has managed to remove not only her pants but also her diaper and is now proudly sitting half nude in the cart/car. Appropriately when questioned as to the whereabouts of said items she innocently replies "I lost them". And she doesn't even attempt to hide her smirk!

So yea...life with a toddler is nothing if not interesting. I can only imagine how "interesting" things will get once two more are added to the mix.

Thanks MOPS!

(Yummmm, Lasagna)

Since moving to NM I've joined what seems like each and every "MOM" groups in the city. I'm a member of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), LC Twin Support Group, LC Moms Meetup, two non affiliated playgroups and a SAHM Cooking Club. Sophia and I have been busy networking! As a result of this enthusiasm, we've made lots of good friends and have been offered plenty of help and support with our upcoming arrivals. One such perk being frozen meals! Who'd thought having a freezer full of food (just waiting to be defrosted..yumm) would seem like such a godsend but having a couple of weeks post-babies without thinking about dinner is invaluable! Courtesy of several wonderful ladies at MOPS, we have almost a freezer full of dinners and more on the way. Many thanks!