Sophia Meets Her Dad, The Movie

Here is when I first formally met Sophia. What struck me so deeply about this experience was how she held my finger. About 1:30 in, the nurse rolls her away from me and when Sophia rolls back, she actually reaches out with an open hand, to grab my finger. To this day, she finds comfort in simply holding my finger.

Sophia Meets Her Dad

~ Matt

Sophia Meets Nana Movie

Here you go!

Sophia Meets Nana Movie

First of Many Videos

This one is a tear jerker. It's the first time Mom met Sophia. It's 2 minutes and 10 seconds, 7.89MB. The quality is good enough to zoom in to 200% or even full screen. Just click the link below and feel free to save it to your hard drive. Enjoy and grab the tissues!

Sophia Meets Mom

~ Matt

New Online Picture Album

We've started a flikr photo account. It's at http://flickr.com/photos/betweenbrain/. More pictures coming soon.

~Matt

Picture for Marcelo

Enough said.

Welcome Sophia!

Here she is!

Yes, Sophia is here! Born January, 17 2007 at 4:57pm. Officially she is 7 pounds

3.7 ounces and 21 inches long. And, of course, she's the cutest of all babies! We were all amazed by how quite and content she is. When she first appeared, she didn't cry at all. She just sat there and watch everyone doing there thing. The staff had to really make her cry so Pamela could hear her. Even now, she is a very quit and observant person.

We gratitude goes out to everyone that has helped us along the way. You have truly made a huge impact in our, and most importantly, Sophia's life.

Don't worry, more pictures to come. I need to run back to hospital to change some more diapers.

~ Matt

Latest Ultrasound

Today, we had the final ultrasound. Above are two 3D pictures of Sophia's face. She was asleep, as you can see, therefore she wasn't to cooperative. The distortion is caused by .....

.... YIKES! Pamela's water just broke. We're off!

She's in position!

Today marks 37.5 weeks for Sophia and she's in position, ready to come out. We just returned from our latest Doctor's appointment and Sophia has dropped and turned correctly. The Doctor has even asked Pamela to start having contractions. Having said that, we have the final ultrasound scheduled for next Thursday. That will give us all an idea of how big Sophia will be at birth as well as the amount of amniotic fluid surrounding her. Pamela has also put on an astounding 33 1/2 pounds. I guess I shouldn't have laughed when the Doctor said that she would gain about 30 pounds.

~Matt

Guess Sophia's Birthday Contest

Here is the official status of the contest.

Dates Taken:

• January 6th
• January 11th
• January 12th
• January 13th
• January 14th
• January 15th
• January 16th
• January 17th
• January 18th
• January 19th
• January 20th
• January 21st
• January 26th
• January 28th

Don't forget, $5 per person. One guess, one day. Winner takes all. No winner, it goes to diapers.

Keep checking back for updates.

~Matt