And her name will be.....

Hello friends and family!! So here is the big reveal...our next baby girl will be named Olivia.

This was not a big secret, or a big debate in our family...we have been calling her Olivia/Livi/Liv since we found that we were having a girl. We just didn't announce it in case we might have changed our minds. But this past weekend I made the name sign for her wall...so now it is set in stone (paper and glue).

Also we have started using her name more regularly so that Sophia can hear it and get used to it, hopefully. She "knows" there is a baby in Mommy's tummy...but she also thinks there is one in hers. So I guess we shall see how this goes :)

We have not decided on a middle name yet...and just like Sophia, we probably will not know until we are in the midst of labor, or we meet her :)

I will post pictures of the nursery (YEAH!!! It's all done) soon!

Love and kisses

The N.C. Zoo

Sunday morning we were up and getting ready to head out to church. I checked the weather to see what it was suppose to be, and it said high 80's to low 90's...cloudy and low-humidity. Well, you can't really ask for better weather that that around here right now. So we decided to do a make up Zoo trip. We had originally planned to go last weekend since we could not go home for the 4th. But Sophia was so so so so sick...that we spent the entire 4 day weekend and a couple more days stuck inside. Anyway the zoo was so much fun!! Sophia LOVED all the animals and would wave hello and blow them kisses as she said goodbye to them. I was still a tad warm and quite swollen by the time all was said and done. I did get quite a few sympathy glances and some comments about how miserable I must be, or how sorry people felt for me. I guess I look like I am about to pop! I had a great time and I am glad we got to do this with Sophia before her little sister arrives!! Only 6 or 7 weeks left!!

Sophia hanging over the rail...wanting to hug the alligator...can you see it's head sticking out of the water?

We are not sure what she was doing here...she kept looking down and smiling and singing to herself.

Sophia with Andrew and the elephant sculpture.

Sophia and the two elephants.

love and kisses.

Sophia's Big Girl Room

Since we are getting the nursery together for our youngest daughter....we needed to get Soph's room all ready for her! Sophia has been out of her crib for a couple months, and doing an amazing job in her big girl bed!! She had no problems with the adjustment, I think it is due to the fact that her big girl bed is ADORABLE (pink leather!).

Anyway, we have been working hard to get her room all set up...so I thought I would share the finished product! enjoy!

I will try and get pictures of the nursery up soon...it's almost done!!

kisses and love!