My Baby Sprinkle!

So I know I haven't blogged much about this pregnancy.  It's true what they say... with the second child you're so busy with the first that that pregnancy flies by and it's harder to find a moment to take it all in. Overall, this pregnancy has been pretty good to me.  It's been so different from the first in a lot of ways- namely boy hormones have been much better to my face (thank you baby! knock on wood).  I got a lot more nausea this go around in the first trimester and I've had sciatic nerve pain in my lower back (likely from picking up Sophia so much).  But overall I can't complain.  This little guy has been good to his mama and I was so excited when my best friends, Kelsey and Maggie offered to throw the little guy a sprinkle.

with the hostesses

Now, I should say it was supposed to be a sprinkle but it felt way more like a shower on my little boy.  I felt so loved by all my friends and family there and it was such a good feeling to walk away and feel like we were prepared for round 2 and he finally had some outfits to hang in his closet!  I got so many thoughtful gifts and I was so glad to celebrate my baby with my favorite ladies! 

with all my neighbor ladies- the 2 on the right next to me, Amy and Jaime are also expecting girls within weeks of me! Love these ladies!

Alpha Chis- love my sisters

Maggie and Kelsey did a good job on everything and I loved how they tried to incorporate his aviation themed nursery into the decor!  Too bad we didn't have a name they could use in the decoration... dadda still hasn't decided!  At the time we were down to James, Jackson or William.  Trey's only had 5 months to decide but looks like I may be heading to the hospital before a decision is made.  At least he'll be a well dressed no name baby thanks so all my friends and family! ;)

Last Call Wedding Season

It's weird how you go through cycles in life where you feel like you're going to a wedding every other weekend for a few years.  Then that changes to baby showers.  Then you start getting invited to birthday parties every week, etc. etc.  Well, Trey and I are definitely in the baby shower/birthday invite phase but 2 of our best friends finally tied the knot last month and within 3 weeks of each other.  It was a jam packed January but so much fun.

First up- Heath and Lisa.  Trey and Heath were in Beta together at UGA and we were thrilled for him and his new wife, Lisa who he met at Charleston Law School.  They got married the weekend after NYE in Charleston and the weekend was so much fun.  We got to stay in this cute bed and breakfast and it was so fun seeing all our friends all weekend and celebrating Heath and Lisa - although I was definitely feeling pregnant and the tiredness kicked in for sure keeping watch over Sophia while dadda tended to his groomsman duties.

Next wedding though it was Trey's turn to run after Sophia because I was in a double wedding for my friend Puja who got married the end of January.  Puja is by far the best friend I walked away from law school with.  She is one of the most sincere people I know and is as beautiful inside and out.  So lucky to have her as a great friend and I couldn't have been happier for her and her new husband- another friend of ours from law school, Brian.

She was the most stunning bride and it was so fun being a part of an Indian wedding and their Catholic wedding at night.  It was a busy day but I was so honored to be a part of the festivities and everything about the wedding turned out beautiful!  They did both ceremonies at the Biltmore downtown and it was such a pretty venue.  Sophia got to come to the Indian ceremony in the morning and then we had my parents watch her for the night one so mama and dadda could kick back, relax and get our dancing shoes on.  What a fun day celebrating an amazing couple and great friends!

On the Thursday before the wedding all the girls got together for a Mehndi party- sorta like a hen party where Puja got her henna and all her friends and family got to partake.  It was so neat!

Christmas & NYE 2015

Recap Recap Recap...

Hard to believe as I write this I'm staring down the barrel at the end of the line to pregnancy #2.  I'm about 3 weeks from my due date or should I say scheduled C-Section, one week from Sophia's 2nd birthday and I feel like time is flying by!  So much to do and so little time.  I know this blogging thing won't last for me but I made a promise that I'd try to at least blog through Sophia's 2nd birthday and hopefully through baby boy's 1st year.  So here I go again.

Christmas - if I can remember details, was wonderful this year!  Trey and I had so much fun watching Sophia open gifts on Christmas morning and while we knew she didn't really understand why she was getting all these presents, she was so excited to open them all.

Her favorite was one I knew she'd love- affectionately she calls "Woof woof."  Everyone was laughing at me for buying it, because it's not the real thing but around here might be as close as she's going to get ;)  It barks, walks, wags it's tail and has become Sophia's best friend.  She just loves Woof woof.

She's also become a little mama lately so we bought her a baby set that included a mini pack n play, a jogging stroller and a high chair.  She's been having so much fun playing with all her baby dolls and putting them all their new spots.  It's fun seeing Sophia dress up her dolls, give them milk, try to feed them with her mini spoons, etc.  I get a glimpse of what I think she'll be like when baby boy gets here and I think she's going to be a pretty amazing big sister.

Aside from that, she got lots of books, Minnie Mouse singing books (of course- Child is obsessed with Minnie these days and makes us watch an episode a day.  She loves the end especially when they all get up and do the Hot Dog Dance... I think Dada likes that part too and they have fun dancing together).

Anyway, Christmas was a blast!  We went to my parent's house that night and celebrated with all the Magid cousins and family and Sophia had fun marching around with all her cousins and opening more toys over there.  Her favorite of the night was a new tricycle from Abuela and Grandfather (whom she affectionately calls "Grankow" or something that sounds like Krakow" haha

Next up - we loaded up the car the day after Christmas and headed to see Mimi and Dadaw in Wilmington.  We had a great time celebrating Christmas with Trey's side of the family at the Musser gathering and they were all so sweet by throwing me a mini little shower for baby boy.  He definitely got love showered on him all Christmas season.

Sophia got some fun puzzles, tea set and her favorite- a Scooter from Mimi and Dadaw.  Child didn't know what to do with everything when we got home.  Our house has definitely become toddler friendly and there are toys everywhere!

We wrapped up the holidays in Atlanta and celebrated NYE at our house.  It was special because it's the first time in I can't remember that all my brothers were in town.  Ryan couldn't make it for Christmas but he finally made it down for NYE and we got to meet my sweet niece Fiona.  Sophia loved her and she's such a doll!  I'm glad to have another girl on the Magid side for her to play with.  

NYE was fun and low key.  We all went to Orient Express for dinner hibachi style then came back to our place for a party with the kids.  I couldn't believe how late all the older cousins stayed up but Sophia went down pretty easy and allowed mama and dadda to have fun with all the adults.  I was glad to spend the night ringing in the new year with my family and we all celebrated in the morning with brunch before everyone had to fly home.  Sophia had so much fun hanging out and playing with her cousins and it made me excited for summer when we can hopefully see everyone again!

Sophia loved that Alex and Jon spent the night and got to watch Minnie Mouse with them in the morning and steal their clothes.  She was quite the little ham.