family pics

Nana with Abbie & Sophie

Matt, Sophie, Paula & Abbie

Here's a picture of our family of four with a very tired mom!

Hello Abbie!

Hello everyone,In case you haven't heard, Abigail Elise Vergne was born on Monday January 21 at 1:03 AM (about 3 days early) at Baptist Hospital in Nashville after two hours of labor. She was 8 lbs even. She has strawberry blonde hair. Sophie saw her for the first time this morning, and the first thing she said was, "I love my baby sister!" We are all doing well.

Come on, baby!

Well, as you can see from our countdown, we are getting very close to having our 2nd little girl and her Mama is ready! I was glad that she wasn't born earlier this week, because I caught the wonderful (insert sarcasm here) stomach bug from Sophie. It's not a great way to end your pregnancy especially when you've had a pretty good pregnancy the rest of the time. During that time, I lost 7 pounds but I think I've probably already gained it back. It's not a pleasant way to lose weight. Thankfully, as soon as I knew that I was becoming ill, I was able to call my mom and see if she could take Sophie for a while. Sophie stayed over there for 2 nights until I could get over the bug.

I went to the doctor on Thursday and she said that I had made very good progress. She also said that she wouldn't be surprised if I go into labor this weekend. Well, we've got our suitcases packed and we're ready so come on baby! Of course, I know that it is going to be very tiring for several weeks after she's born but I haven't been sleeping that great anyway. Matt said the other day, "I bet Sophie really wonders if her baby sister is ever going to come because we've been talking about her for so long!" Nine months is a long time but especially to a 2 year old! The whole pregnancy has gone pretty quickly until these last couple of weeks.

Please keep us in your prayers that we have a healthy baby soon! (I know that God ultimately knows the best timing and I really am so glad that she didn't come when Sophie or I were sick but it would be great if she would arrive soon.)

Recent "Funnies" on Sophie

Sometimes, your child just says the funniest things. We need to do a better job of writing down some of the things that Sophie says and funny stories that happen because I know that I'll forget. Anyway, here are a couple of cute stories that I wanted to share.

One day, after Sophie had missed school due to the stomach bug, she wakes up from her afternoon nap and tells her Daddy, "I'm ready to go to school." He told her that school was over. Sophie said "All my kids are home with their mommies and their daddies. Miss Katy is home with her boys." (I think it's cute how Sophie referred to the kids as her kids.)

Then, another day we were trying to get Sophie to take a nap. (I mentioned earlier that this is something we've struggled with more recently.) Anyways, Matt went in to check on her after a while and she was playing with her cell phone. He wanted to try to get it away from her b/c it's kind of hard to take a nap if you've got a cell phone to play with. Sophie said that she was talking to Mimi. Sophie asked Matt if he wanted to talk to Mimi and after listening for a moment he said, "Oh, Mimi, you think that Sophie needs to take a nap." Then, Sophie gets the phone back and talks to Mimi again, pretends to listen, and says, "Oh, Mimi said that Sophie not need to take a nap." Then, Sophie said, "I talking to Paw-paw Tom." Matt asks to talk to him and then he says, "Oh, Paw-paw Tom, you think that Sophie needs to take a nap. Oh, OK." Then, Sophie says, "I talk to Paw-paw Tom." Then, she pretends to listen for a moment and says, "Oh, Paw-paw Tom says that Sophie not need to take a nap." We got such a kick out of this because Sophie knew how to act her little part very well. We thought she was pretty clever!

8 Things about Sophie

I was tagged by Kathy B. to tell some things about Sophie so here goes!

1. Sophie loves to talk! She talks on her play cell phone, to her babies, to mama and daddy, and anyone else who will listen. She talks from the moment she wakes up until she goes to bed. =)

2. Sophie likes to ask a lot of questions and is very curious about people and things in general.

3. It is wonderful to be around Sophie when she really gets to laughing. She is just too cute and it's contagious!

4. Sophie is a great "little mama" and teacher to all of her dolls and stuffed animals. She tends to be kind of bossy at times!

5. Sophie has a great imagination that makes our daily life interesting.

6. Sophie enjoys going to the zoo to see animals and seeing animals from a distance but at close range, she's usually afraid of them. She feels the same way about Santa Claus.

7. Sophie has a great personality overall and a wonderful smile.

8. Sophie loves going to "school" (her Mother's Day Out) and she likes to be "on the go" in general. She's a very social being.

I tag Nathan, Camden, & Joshua!

Family Outings

Here's Sophie playing with her Little People dollhouse.
She still treats her big plastic giraffe as one of her "babies".
She enjoys asking us what we got for Christmas using
her Wiggles microphone on the other side of her!

Sophie is playing with some of her Potato Heads at
the new table and chairs she received for Christmas
from Mimi and Paw-paw Tom.

Well, I haven't had the chance to post in a while for various reasons. I tried to post a few days ago and it didn't work so anyway, here goes. A little over a week ago, we got to go on a couple of fun outings. A week ago on Saturday, we went to the Discovery House in Murfreesboro which is like a children's museum. Sophie & Paula had been but it was Matt's first time to go. Sophie's favorite things were the play grocery area and the area with the playhouse and baby dolls. We all had a good time (we didn't really get any great pictures though). Afterwards, we went to lunch and we just knew that Sophie would go to sleep on the way home because she was getting cranky during lunch. Also, it takes about 30 minutes or so to drive back from Murfreesboro. However, Sophie proved us wrong. Every time that she would appear to almost be asleep, she would ask us a question. What a smart girl. Anyways, I think she may be growing out of her nap and it makes me kind of sad. There were about 3 days that week where all of a sudden, she just wouldn't take a nap! I was hoping she would keep taking a nap at least for a couple of months.

Then, this past Monday, Paula & Sophie visited the Nashville Zoo with Nana after Sophie got out of school. It was a great day to go because it was about 70 degrees in January! Sophie enjoyed seeing some of the animals and playing on the playground.

Indoor Fun!

Here's Sophie with her new tunnel system that we set up on New Year's Day. It's huge! Sophie's on the move in one of the tunnels

This week, it has been very COLD here. We even got to see some beautiful snow flurries yesterday when Sophie got up from her nap! On New Year's Day, after we got our Christmas stuff put away, Matt put together Sophie's new tunnel system and she had a lot of fun! It was a great day for it because it was so cold outside and a couple of places that we thought about going were closed anyway. Sophie enjoyed taking her dolls in the tunnel with her. However, if you are 9 months pregnant I do not advise trying to climb into one of the bigger tents or houses with your child. Sophie wanted me to get in the tunnels with her and I told her that I wouldn't fit but I said that I could get into one of the "house" tents with her and read her a couple of books. Well, it was HILARIOUS!! The doors to the tent did not open as wide and were not as tall as I had thought. So, I had to go in with my legs first and then turn sideways. Sophie was just looking at me in surprise. Once I got into the tent, I totally cracked up and Sophie did too. We just sat there and laughed for a few minutes. Hope you have a happy 2008!