Merry Christmas

I wanted to take Sofia to the mall and get pics done with Santa. However, it's getting too close to Christmas time and I've seen the long line. Maybe next year I'll go earlier. This year Santa (with a real beard and his own hair) came to Chick Fil A by our house! No line! So here she is asleep in Santa's arms :-)

Man! Wish I would have brought my good camera! This is a super sweet pic!
The ladies in the background finally calmed their girls down. They were screaming both times their mom's tried to get them to take pics with Santa. They weren't having it.
Merry Christmas!!!

Meet Sofia Guiselle Brady

Sofia (6 days old)
She smiled at me when she was only 2 days old. She has one precious dimple and I love kissing it when she smiles.

Sneak Peek at Sofia's newborn pics (by Jennifer Cusimano)
http://jennifercusimano.com/blog/2011/10/sofia-houston-newborn-photographer/

I've been so busy with our newborn and school. I'll have to upload pics of Sofia and her nursery later.
Her daddy and I love her so much! We're enjoying watching her grow everyday and the many faces she makes. She's a funny girl.

40 weeks, 6 days and still waiting



Here's a pic of me and late Sofia yesterday evening. Eric and I went to the movies and saw "Courageous" (great movie and highly recommend it). Hopefully you make your debut tonight Missy :-)

I found letters for Sofia's name to look like they're hanging from her tree.

She's late for an important date! :-)

This is a pic of me yesterday, 10/11/11, Sofia's due date.
Is she here? No...Miss Thang is gonna be late. Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. This is teaching me that I need to quit being late to things, not cool.
I have to admit, I've been late to a lot of things (school classes, work, showers, birthdays, dinners, lunches, weddings, airport trips, dates, church...jeez I'm terrible). This experience will def. change that :-) No more excuses (my biggest excuse has been my thick hair, it takes forever to dry!).
So when will she make her debut? This week, this weekend, on her Tia Angie's & Mimi's bday, 10/20/11? I hope not that long...but it's whenever God has it planned. Oh and of course I'm learning about patience.
Whenever you're good and ready Miss Sofia, I'm sure it'll be a fabulous appearance. I'm gonna teach you about punctuality since I've been a terrible role model about that:-)
And to everyone who's ever had to wait on me (especially my poor husband) I'M SORRY!!!

37 weeks

Project Nursery: Still working on the decor

I'm getting an idea of how I want her changing table/dresser decorated. I found a cute birdhouse and a pair of owl bookends. I have another idea for the decor on top with the birdhouse but for the time being her diaper cake and jewelry box are sitting there.

STUFF...cute little canvas bag I found at TJ Maxx for her toys and stuff :-)

4 years ago...

Four years ago, on September 20th,  I met Mr. Eric Scott Brady!
I didn't know I was going out to meet my future husband :-)
It's been a great four years of just me and E!
Now our lives will change in less than 3 weeks with Sofia's arrival. We're ready to meet our newest family member and see what new adventures come our way.
My favorite memory is seeing Eric smile at me for the first time. I thought to myself, wow, what a handsome guy with such a great smile. My second favorite memory is hearing him laugh at Outback :-)
Made him L.O.L.
Can't wait to see Sofia's smile and hear her L.O.L.
Te amo Eric.

I love making you laugh. Makes me happy.

WOW! 36 weeks

Look at that belly! It's amazing how big she's gotten. Next week I'm full term...come on Sofia! :-)

My sisters (Sofia's tias-to-be) surprised me by coming over on a FRIDAY night and helping me with her nursery. Aw! Come back!!! I still have more for you to do :-) Heehee

Project Nursery: Sofia's tree

I decided to go with neutral colored walls for Sofia's nursery. It makes the pink and whites stand out.
I'm not done with her nursery yet but here's a peek at her crib bedding and cherry blossom tree :-)




"Above average"

I'm now 33 weeks pregnant and Sofia should be coming in 7 weeks! We met with Rachel Honeyman this past Saturday and she took some maternity pics. It was so HOT! I'm hotter than ever! I'm so hot I can't sleep at night! But it will all be worth it when Miss Sofia gets here.

Here she is, Sofia Guiselle Brady. This is a 3-D ultrasound pic of her yesterday. The weird little face looking thing by her nose is her fist. She kept putting her hands by her face. You can see her forehead, eye, CHEEK, nose and lips.
The doctor gave us an approximate weight for her at this point. This is what he said: "Five and a half pounds! Above Average!" Whoa baby! And he also said she takes after her dad because she has long legs.
Can't wait to hold you!
Love you so much - Mama & Daddy

7 month belly!

This picture was taken back in April when I was at Pea in the Pod clothes shopping. They told me to try on my clothes with the 7 month belly. Time has really gone by fast!

Baby Showers!

July 23, 2011
A couple's dinner baby shower :-)
I'm used to going to baby showers where only women attend. I have to say I'm so happy we had a couple's baby shower. It was awesome sharing this special occassion with Eric, my baby daddy :-)

One of the games at our shower was to see who could collect the most necklaces. If you heard someone say "Sofia" or you made em say it, then you could steal their necklace.
Go Eric!

My co-workers from BOA Private Bank. Love these ladies!

UHD classmates! Go ACCOUNTING...not!

Eric obviously won the game. He practically has everyone's necklace.

Touching the belly a.k.a. the Baby:-)

We both had such a wonderful time! Thank you to all those that made it happen and attended!

Another game played: guess the belly size. Fun times!

Our 2nd baby shower was at our house on August 14th.
Here's Tia Angie. Thank you for being a hostess!

Tia Lesley - thank you for the cookies!

Thank you Prenatal Vitamins for helping my hair get longer :-) Love it!

Me, Sofia and my mami. Not sure what her grandma name will be yet so in the meantime she's just mami.

Thank you Nonna for this beautiful sleepy time candy bar :-)

Snack bar! Thanks Ang, Ma & Les

Karlita!

Thanks for taking pics D!

Sofia's cousin Grace

Cookies by Cookie Craze
Thanks for making awesome cookies Angie Menough!

If you're interested in her cookies, contact her at cookiecraze@live.com

Nana & Cousin Lane

Steph, Ang and Jessica

Eric was at this shower as well. I wouldn't have had it any other way! I LOVED sharing all this with him and he loved it too!

What are you looking at Eric?

Oh...I see

Tia Amy

With Nonna

Nonna, Emily & Lisa

Here's Tia Lydia

Chloe Grace!

When I first met Chloe she was only a month old. Mama fell asleep so Chloe and I hung out till 3 am (that's when she fell asleep). She's such a sweet little girl.

Crystal & Karla

Thank you Reyes family for the beautiful balloons!

Lucila & Ben Reyes

Mel

Mimi

Writing us messages on the diapers. Why? So when one of us changes Sofia's dirty diaper we can read it and smile :-)

Playing the game, guess how big belly is

Silvana! Can't wait for Sofia to meet her spanish speaking buddy, Mica!

The grandmas

Someone guessed way off!

Who will win?

Pretty blondes!

Tia Lydia won!

Bianca won the necklace game

Great-grandmas

We both loved the cake! Thank y'all!



Presents!

So CUTE!

A yellow BIKINI! Too funny!

Daddy says NO...hahaha!





Thank you for helping with shower Tia Angie! Sofia LOVES you!

I'm so happy my husband was with me! Love you!