Sophie at home enjoying all the creature comforts

Sophie is doing great and mom and dad are enjoying watching as she becomes more engaging by the day. We enjoyed a wonderful mother's day....Briana's first! Sophie has enjoyed meeting all of her cat and dog brothers and sisters.......only ones left are the horses. Dogs and cats seem to be curious and everyone has been very gentle especially Ellie. Mom and dad are still trying to convince Sophie that night is the time for sleeping but overall we are all adjusting quite well.

Preparing to Go Home

Sophie and Briana came home on Friday, 9 May 2008. Mom and baby are doing great and we are enjoying every moment of this experience. We are slowly calling friends and family and are thankful for all of the support we are receiving. By the way the nurses couldn't stop commenting on how cute Sophie's little outfit was...thanks Bia.

Introducing Sophia Ruth Stolley

I have the wonderful pleasure of posting the announcement of the birth of our daughter Sophia Ruth Stolley; born 7 May 08 at 02:19 AM. Ms. Sophia weighed in at 8 lbs 4 ozs and rated a 9.9 on the APGAR. Mother and baby are both healthy and well and spending much needed time together. Briana and I are truly humbled by this amazing gift of life that we have recieved and look forward to all of you meeting her in the coming weeks. In the mean time please keep mother and daughter in your thoughts and prayers as we approach this coming Mother's Day. Thanks to everyone for all of your love, support, email, packages and love.

Happily smitten,

Briana & Oliver

Sophie's Bathroom

Here is the bathroom. Thanks to all for towels and accessories!

Sophie's Room

So everyone's been asking... here it is! Notice bead board and crown moulding... this is what took so long. Thanks to moms for crib and changing table, and to countless others for bedding, decorations... and can you believe all those clothes???

35 Weeks

We had a doctor's appointment yesterday. I gained 3 lbs in the last two weeks. They estimate (which can be off 1 lb or so in either direction) that Sophie is 5.5 pounds with about 4 weeks to go. She is head down, so not breech- which hopefully shouldn't change. There are no signs of her coming early (bummer!) so it looks like I might continue to be uncomfortable for a while yet.
My back has been hurting a bit at work as I keep getting bigger, and I'm not sleeping very well, but for the most part, I'm feeling fine. I'm just tired of being pregnant- its impossible to tie my shoes, and I waddle and move really slowly. Pictures of our Virginia shower to follow soon!

Baby Shower Cincinnati Style

We are so sorry we haven't posted in so long! I know some people were worried- but everything with is fine with all of us, baby included. I am feeling VERY pregnant these days and definately looking forward to moving past this stage and actually meeting Miss Sophie face to face. We were in Cincinnati this past weekend just in time for a huge blizzard in Ohio. On Friday, the drive- normally 7 hours- took about 13. I was scheduled to take a nationwide ethics exam on Saturday, but it was cancelled. We have great timing don't we? But the snow didn't stop us from enjoying the incredible baby shower for me given by Jennifer Green and Annabel Stolley. Jen's house looked amazing, and the food was fabulous. It really was such an honor and I so appreciate the shower- and all the amazing gifts from everyone. We can't wait to put all the wonderful things- and clothes- to good use when Sophie arrives. Hope you all enjoy these pictures!