3 Days of Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We are doing the 3 days of Christmas, because we have celebrated Christmas at 3 different places, 3 different states! (yes...with a newborn!)One week after Sophie was born, we celebrated Christmas with our family of 4! We wanted to keep our tradition of doing our own Christmas before we visit our families. It was really special! It was especially fun this year, because Olivia enjoyed her presents a little more than last year.
Sophie, on the other hand...just went with the flow!Olivia was pretty easy! She LOVED her blanket that I made her and she LOVED her Elmo slippers!Her third favorite gift was her CamelBack. She could have her sippee cup in her hand, and still want mine and BJ's CamelBack. So we got her one she could have! Sophie was also easy...she just got a new toy! A tradition that BJ and I started our first year of marriage was that we would go to Walmart or Target together and split up in the store to shop for each other's stocking stuffers! We have done this every year since then. This year, we thought it would be fun to still split up but with the kids. So, because I was pregnant, I took Sophie and we shopped for BJ and Olivia. BJ took Olivia in the shopping cart and shopped for me and Sophie! It was really fun, especially because we always seem to see eachother and try to see what each other have in their baskets!

Tomorrows 2nd day of Christmas: Oklahoma!

Welcome, Sophie Jo!

Christmas came a little early to the Sanders family!!

Little Sister, Sophie Jo, came into the world Monday, December 12 at 7:51 am
Big Sister Olivia was excited to meet Sophie, but was VERY excited to receive her gift that Sophie gave her...BIG BIRD!!
Olivia loves her!Sophie weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches longWe aren't really sure yet, but I have been saying she is going to be a lot like BJ! I even said that when she was in my tummy. She has just been a lot calmer than Olivia. Michelle would call BJ melancholy...and I think she may be too! Olivia and daddy playing in the hallway! So cute!! Family walk! Olivia is already such a big helper! It was actually really funny! She was wanting to push really fast, so BJ and I were "slowing it down" on each side to make it safer!!

We love our family of four! Thanks for all of your prayers! Please continue to pray for my fast recovery and Sophie's bilirubin. It's a little high, so we are monitoring it.

Waiting until Christmas!

Sorry Facebook friends, this is going to be a lot like our album that we just uploaded; but we have friends and family not on Facebook, so we are putting the same pictures up!!We are now in the waiting process! It seems like we have everything taken care of...the house is decorated for Christmas, all of our presents are bought and wrapped, our house is clean, our hospital bags are packed, etc. We are just waiting now for Sophie to make her grand entrance! So in the mean time, we are taking some fun family pictures! Olivia is starting to like the idea of Sophie! She tries to say her name and it comes out Sissy...which definitely works! We have been trying to prepare her by saying, "Whose car seat is this?, Whose bed is this? Whose closet is this?, etc." and she she answers Sophie. Well the latest question is, "Who is coming to see you next week?" and she answers "SISSY!" So we think that she is getting excited!!

She is already a really good helper! She LOVES, LOVES caring for her babies. And she treats them all equal (except Elmo might get a little more attention!) If one baby needs to be fed, she feeds all of them, if one baby needs to lay down to take a nap, they all lay down! It's really sweet! Jam mama got me this Hallmark singing penguin thing, and Olivia loves to press it and dance to it. She has even taught Elmo how to dance to it!

Like I mentioned earlier, if one baby has to be fed, they all eat! She started with the monkey and worked her way down the line! I think she'll be really great with Sophie!

Again, feeding ALLLLL her babies! And dada has to read to all of them too! He's so great with Olivia! And to think...he used to say he wouldn't know how to raise girls!! And to end with just a sweet picture of our baby girl! She sure is setting the bar high for Sophie!