Introducing Lilly Ann!!!!

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.