First Halloween

Every year Andrew's work has a Halloween night (not actually on Halloween), where all the kids of the employees come dressed up in their costumes and go trick-or-treating from office to office. I was not going to take Sophia because they do not make Halloween costumes small enough for a 1 month old. But 30 minutes before the festivities started Sophia received in the mail an adorable little pumpkin hat from my Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim. Needless to say we put on that hat and went and joined Andrew at work. She was quite the precious little pumpkin!! :)

Sophia and her Daddy Family picture :)

(note to self...do not wear this sweater again...yikes)

Bath time for Sophie :)

Yesterday we gave Sophia her first real bath. She was not thrilled with this process, but she got through it and now she's clean and smells pretty!

Sophie Lou Update :)

This past week my sister Alison and her husband Andy flew in to meet Sophia. We had a really nice time visiting, hanging out and pretty much just staring at Sophia all day. Ali and Andy were a huge help, they went to the grocery store, bought dinner, helped with the baby. It was nice to have two more sets of hands in the house. Well, we had two more sets until Alison flew off the front of her razor scooter and cut up her hand, knees, legs and face :( Over all though it was a pain free, nice weekend!!

Sophie and her favorite snuggle partner :) (mine too)

Sophie and her favorite Aunt Alison

(look Mom...Sophie isnt crying and neither is Alison)

Nap time with Mom.

Awake time with Mom

Sophia's First week home :)

Sophia and her Daddy

Sophia and her Daddy #2

Family Portrait on Sophia's 1 week Birthday!!

Baby Pictures :)

Here are some pictures of Sophia's first couple days.

She is an abso0lute joy and Andrew and I are just enjoying her

and our first days together as a family :)

We will post more pictures soon!!

XOXOX

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Psalm 127:3

Sophia Louise Bains

Introducing our little girl....she was born on Saturday September 22nd at 11:50 p.m.

She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz. and was 20 inches long. Sophia is doing fantastic; she is amazing. Andrew and I are overwhelmed at the sight of this precious, perfect gift!

This is her "mug shot" from the hospital. She is 1 day old here. We will post many more pictures and stories when time allows!!!

Thank you so much for all the beautiful cards, calls, flowers, well wishes and prayers!!

XOXOXO

Where is the baby??

Hello everyone...I thought I would post another update to keep everyone in the loop. I promise that we are not holding out on you...our baby girl has not decided to make her debut quite yet. Which I have to tell you is driving me nuts because I am a very punctual person and she apparently is not :)

I did go to the Dr. today and they did the non-stress test, to make sure she is doing OK. The good news is that she is just as happy as a little clam in there. Her heart beat is nice and strong, she moves consistently, she is just fine. That being said...the new update is that they are going to let her stay in there till Monday now. YEP...that's right...that will make her...11 days late!!! So needless to say, Andrew and are fervently praying that she will come sooner than that- but it doesn't look like its going to be in the next couple of days :(

So anyway we promise we will let everyone know as soon as she comes...but now we know for sure that the latest day will be Monday the 24th (our apt. is for 7 a.m.)

Please continue to keep us in your prayers and pray for a happy, healthy (not too huge) baby :)

Bains Family Update

Hello everyone...I'm sorry it has been so long since my last post. Things were a tad crazy around here for a while. For now everything is back to "normal" at least for a tiny bit longer. Then who knows what will happen :) Here is what has been going on with us! Andrew is almost 100% better!!! He is still under Dr.'s orders to eat soft food after our little emergency room visit last week. Oh, yes...he had some bleeding that led to an emergency room visit at 1:30 a.m., then an ambulance ride to another hospital, more ER visits and then a final day long admittance into the hospital for observation. Needless to say we are so grateful that he has healed and is almost fully recovered (Praise the Lord). He has been back at work for over a week now, I'm still not sure if he would recommend getting your tonsils out :) As for me, I am quite grateful that my stint as a nurse has come to an end. I had no idea how emotionally draining it would be to see the man I love in so much pain. I felt so helpless and frustrated by it. It's only by God's grace that I didn't have a complete breakdown...or go into labor ;) Speaking of labor...out little girl is due any day now. Her official due date is this Saturday; September 15th. I went to the Dr.'s office yesterday Sept. 11th and while I have started to dilate it it looks like it might be a while. I was told that if she is late they would induce me next Friday (the 21st). While I was a tad disappointed that I was not further along, I am excited that we will be able to hold our little girl by next Friday at the latest!!! We promise we will post pictures as soon as we have them. :) Thank you all for your prayers and sweet emails and cards!! We cherish your love and support!

Andrew's Surgery

"Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.

Psalm 106:1

Andrew had his tonsillectomy this morning and now he is home resting. Everything from

the pre-op through to the surgery through post-op went so smoothly and perfectly!! We are so grateful for such a smooth procedure. The doctor said that everything went fine and that there were no complications :) The recovery time is from 7-10 days, Andrew is in bed and will be in a lot of pain for at leasta week. So far he has been a fantastic patient. He has been drinking his fluids and trying to eat some food. Sue (Andrew's mom) flew into town yesterday to help me take care of him, and tolook after me. Since we are full term on Friday :) My doctor said our daughter has turned upside down and is beginning to drop, so she is looking to be right on time (about 3 weeks to go)! We are so excited to finally meet our little girl, but she has promised her Dad that she will wait until he is feeling better, or at least off drugs before she makes her entrance :)

Anyway that's the update, please continue to pray for Andrew as the pain in suppose to get much worse before it gets better :) Thank you as usual for all your love, prayers and support.

I will keep you posted :)

North Carolina Baby Shower :)

Saturday I was given a shower by my girlfriends here in N.C.! It was such a wonderful morning, all these gals are from our church Sunday school class. They have become such great friends and a wonderful support team.

While the ladies were having the shower, the husbands were all out doing things together. Andrew and I are so overwhelmed by the love and support that we (and our little girl) have been given. It is truly a gift from the Lord.