Life with Baby Sophia

2 Weeks have come and gone so quickly. My parents left this morning to go back to Montreal after a whirlwind 2 weeks of looking after the twins, us and the house while we were giving birth to Sophia and getting used to being a family of five.
Thanks mom and dad for all your hard work.

The whole family has been spending day and night cuddling sweet Sophia. Which is just what Sophia loves. Snuggles and cuddling 24/7. She sleeps most of the day and is starting to be a little more awake with each passing day. I love when she opens both eyes and stares into my eyes. Heavenly. :) What I wonder is how a baby who sleeps most of the time is making her own mama sleep deprived. Oh ya, it's because she can't sleep unless she is ON her mama's chest! My twin girls were never like this. I would feed them, make sure they had clean diapers and would swaddle them in a blanket and put them down in a bassinet together and they would fall asleep on their own and wake up about 2 hours later for their next feed. So I was totally prepared to wake every few hours to feed but not ready to have a baby ON me all night long. I'm scared that I will be so sleepy that I'll suffocate the baby so I've worked things out that I sleep on the couch in the living room. Which I hope will not be a long term solution.

I love holding/nursing Sophia all day long but it also comes with huge feelings of guilt. I feel like I've been neglecting Alex and Rachel. The baby and the kids have such different wants/needs right now and I feel torn. To be on the couch with the baby OR to be outside riding bikes and stuff with the girls. How can I clone myself so I can be BOTH? I know it's only been 2 weeks and we will work out a routine/schedule that will work for everyone.

So we are sleep deprived but extremely happy.
We love baby Sophia and can't stop kissing those chubby cheeks.

Gorgeous Pic

My friend, Kaili, took this picture of my girls and her son on the weekend and I loved it and wanted to share it with you bloggers.

Sophia's Here!

So here we are at about 5:30am on Tuesday morning ready to go to the hospital to meet our baby Sophia. I know we don't look it here but we were so excited. After all those weeks/months of waiting for her we couldn't believe that it was only a matter of hours now until we would see her.

At 8:20am on June 10th we got to finally meet Sophia Isabella! We heard her strong cries as the doctor pulled her out and everyone in the operating room couldn't believe how big she was...including us! She weighed in at 8lbs 14ozs and her agpar score was 9 and 9. She is just beautiful and melts our hearts.

We feel so blessed. It's just indescribable the feeling of thanks that we feel that Sophia is here safe and sound and healthy. The girls have been amazing big sisters and are so incredibly proud of their sister. Rachel and Alex keep thanking me for giving them a baby sister. Heart can just melt when I see all three of my girls interact. The girls get excited when Sophia finally is awake and has both her eyes open. Rachel tells her funny jokes to try and keep her eyes open longer and Alex rushes over with her favorite toys to show her. So cute.

Just Hanging Out

So here we are the day before my scheduled C-Section. My parents have arrived from Montreal safe and sound. My mom made me delicious Udon soup for lunch and is in the midst of making me homemade dumpling soup in a beef broth that she lovingly prepared from bones. Just hanging out and enjoying my 2 kids before our life is forever changed with the arrival of the new baby. Above is picture that Alex took of us. Notice how Harabogi (Grandpa) doesn't know where to put his arm because of my gigantic size!
A picture that Rachel took of us. Yes, I know that the shirt no longer covers my whole belly and that I have a triple chin. But still very happy...which is the most important thing.
This weekend was really rough for me. I was really sick. Not feeling well at all. I haven't complained of back pain throughout the pregnancy but all of a sudden for the last 3 days, the back pain has been real bad. In addition to extreme heartburn, nausea, 'loose stools', etc... But oddly enough I feel so much better today.
So I am leaving my two kiddies in the care of their very able grandparents while I go have this baby tomorrow. As you can see from yesterday afternoon's pictures while I was sick upstairs they did a fantastic duo job. I'm just teasing you know, they are in very loving hands and they are very excited to spend time with their grandparents.