Here is the first pic of
Lilly Ann she is on my
stomach here and mew-
ling. She didn't come
out screaming instead
she was so quiet it really
kind of worried us! This
next picture is of her being
cleaned up more and on
the scale. You can actually
see her weight. They round
it up to 15 oz. As you can
she is totally mellow. She
actually didn't really start
to scream until her bath.
She doesn't like to be naked
and wet, imagine that! Here
is a picture of the proud
papa. He is wrapped
around her finger already!
One thing that has been
very helpful is that he can
calm her down like no
one else. She just wants
the food kind of comfort
from me so it is nice to be able to
hand her to him and have
her calm down. I really
have to be grateful he has
this time here with us to
help the family with this
new adjustment. This is
the first time Jonah held
Lilly. He was pretty
excited about it. He didn't
come earlier with Camilla
and Jeremy because he
was too worried that he
wouldn't be able to spend
another night at grandma's
and grandpa's house. All
my kids love to be over
there. Mom and dad do to
but I think my dad is also
glad when they come home.
They have so much energy.
I really appreciate him
watching Jonah and Jeremy
for a couple of nights while
I was at the hospital though.
It was a relief to know they
were taken care of. We hadn't
expected to have them with
us, but Annie offered to let us
do our three week time with
them so they could spend some
time with Lilly and all the
family that came down to
visit us. I thought that was
very kind and thoughtful of her.
Our friends the Roundy's are
down here staying at a condo
and Andrew stayed with them
for the nights we were at the
hospital. It really worked out
to have them here and I think
it was good for them too. They
have been able to see for them-
selves that Lilly is not the
terror they believed her to be. Only that she is tiny and small
and helpless. They all love to hold her. Jeremy said some-
thing like, "Mom, Lilly is not so bad" I said, "is that a bad
thing?" and he told me no. Andrew sad to Camilla once
before he wanted to hold her, "ok I admit I like Lilly!" It
was pretty cute. He's the one that has had the hardest
time with the fact we've been having a girl, but they all
have come to love her and always want to be around her. I'm
so glad they have all adjusted so well so quickly.
Oh before I forget she was 20" tall. Everything was good
on the apgar(?) test, but we're not sure what it the number
was. After 23 hours of labor, approximately 90 min. of
pushing in that number, Lilly was born at 8:39am July 3rd.
We all love her so much, and I don't really remember life
before her. That probably sounds odd, but my life is so
consumed with her at this point it really feels that way.
