A month gone by!!!

Here is my baby in her blessing

dress! I can't believe we've

already done this! Time moves

so quickly when you are having

fun ( and when you don't sleep

as well!). Lilly was blessed on

August 2nd. It was great. Mundy

was so nervous in the days leading

up to it, but he gave a wonderful

blessing. I couldn't even tell he

was nervous until he cut the

blessing a little short. It was

nice, we had our friends the

Roundy's there. As well as my

mom and dad, Daniel and

Megan, Mundy's brother

Scott his wife Heather and

their daughter Mykenna and

my cousin Richard & his wife

Annalise and their family.

Here is my girl in her bouncer

the next picture was of her

crying. She gets bored some-

times and lets us know it!

Here she is doing tummy

time. It has really helped

her to strengthen her neck

muscles which you can really

see when she's on her stomach

or when you are burping her

over your shoulder. At a little

after two weeks she also showed

us how she could roll over onto

her back. She's not much for

being on her stomach. This

picture is to show her scowl

which she often has on her

face. It's so cute! The next

picture is of her in her dress

the first day she went to

church. I was missing it and

so we just attended sacrament

meeting. Isn't she a doll?

She is ahead of herself in a

few areas. As I mentioned

she rolls over, she can also

roll from her back to her side.

From the first day she smiled. She also chuckles, usually

when she's half asleep. In her 3rd week I had her on the

bed with me while I visited with my mom and Aunt

Camilla and Mundy came in and started talking to Lilly.

She was facing my aunt Camilla and she turned her head

toward him after he started talking to her. She does this

often now. I love her bright eyes they seem so alert.

Another cute thing she does is when you put a binki

in her mouth she will often grab onto your arm or hand

with her hands. It is so cute. I can't believe how much

I love her. She is the light in my life. She has brought

much love into our home and all the boys love her, even

if they won't admit it verbally. She now weighs 9.5 lbs.

I'm not sure how long she is, but I do know I've had to

loosen her carseat straps once already and she's close

to outgrowing her newborn clothes. My baby is getting

so big. I've played with a lot of nicknames for her such

as Lil' Lilly & princess, but have landed on using punkin.
It just seems to fit unless she's screaming then I call her

fuss bucket. Interestingly, when my dad heard me call

her that he asked me where I got that. I told him I didn't

know. He said he used to call me that when I was a baby.

I wonder if I subconsciously remembered that. Do you

think it's possible?

A few more pictures of Lilly

This picture I caught
Lilly in the middle of a
yawn. This onsie is the
first piece of clothing
I put on her that acutally
fit!
The next picture is of
Jonah and his cousin
Justin. Justin is about

2 months younger then
Jonah. He has a baby
sister on the way and Paige
will be about 2 months
younger then Lilly. I thought
it interesting how that
worked out!



This picture is the first time
we could get Daniel to hold
Lilly. It only lasted a couple
of minutes. My brother was
pretty funny because he
never wanted to feel Lilly
moving when I was pregnant.
He wanted to wait until Megan
is pregnant (probably later
rather then sooner). I'm glad he finally plucked up the
courage to hold his niece.
We are both doing well. Lilly is putting on the ounces
since she became a little piggy. She is such a vital part
of my life now and I thank Him every day for allowing
me to have this precious child in my life.

Weight

When we took Lilly Ann for a check up on Monday she had gone from her birth weight of 7lbs 15oz down to 7 lbs 2oz. The doctor was a bit worried about that and said if we couldn't get her weight up this week he would like to see her diet get supplemented with formula. We really want her to be a breastfed baby and have done all we can to ensure that it happens that way. We thought maybe the reason for the weight loss might have been because my milk didn't come in until Sunday. It really has made a difference this week because this morning when we took her in she was up 7lbs and 6oz. We were very excited because now we won't have to supplement!

I also want to take a minute and tell all of you how much I love and appreciate you all. Your love, support, well wishes and gifts have been overwhelming! I am so grateful to have the family and friends that I have and hope you know how much we love you all! Thank you!

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.

My toenails

I've been wanting

to get my toe nails

painted for a while

and especially get

them done before

I deliver, and then

Mundy hurt his arm

so he couldn't really

do it for me.

Then one of the kids

started going on about

wanting to do them

and I knew what the

result would be,but

thought it would be

fun for them and

something for me

to be able to concen-
trate on during labor.

Jeremy did 4 all blue

on my right foot. Jonah

did my the next three

a pearl, purple, and

red. Andrew did the last

three on my left foot

green, red, and maroon.

Crazy, but you would

be surprised at how

excited they were to

be able to paint them.

Then the boys were

wanting to do their

own nails. Mundy

wasn't to keen on

that. Luckily Mundy

was able to help me clean them up a little as some

of my toes had more polish on the skin then the

nail.

Labor (or lack there of) update

Well just to let you know, Lilly is not co-operating with the whole coming on Saturday thing. Which is a disappointment for more then one reason. I tried all kinds of things yesterday and it doesn't seemed to have worked at all! I'm feeling very ready and very frustrated and very whiney!

Less then two weeks!

Finally I'm getting

this picture posted!

It will probably be

the last one as we

are less then 2 weeks

away from the due date.

I've been told I've grown

in the last month or so.

Don't forget to check out the posts before this one.

Our memory card is going bad and so Mundy had to

download the pictures. Enjoy!

Andrew and Grandma Dutton's birthday!

We went to Hatch
Memorial Day
Weekend to celebrate
Andrew's and Grandma's
birthdays. Andrew was
born the day before
Grandma. Aunt Christy
(sorry if I spelled that
wrong) wanted to make

each of them their own
cake so Jonah, Jeremy,
cousin Justin, and cousin
Marci all helped to decorate
them. Andrew didn't want
to help because he wanted
his cake to be a surprise.
We let him open his
present from us early so that

he could use it while we
were up there. He got a
Daisy bb gun. He was
very excited about it. Dad
made him read the whole
booklet they send with it on
safety before he could even
use it, but said that he was
a pretty good shot once he

used it. I wasn't able to get
picture of Andrew blowing
out his candles as we were
in the trailor so the wind
wouldn't blow them out.
We had about 10 kids and
some adults in there to sing
so I couldn't move around
to where I could get a shot.
Happy Birthday and watch Grandma and Andrew blow
out their candles. I was able to get one of Grandma though.
All in all we had a fun weekend with the family.

slip-n-slide

The boys had been
dying to play with
the slip-n-slide
Andrew got for days,
but with a trip to Hatch
going on they didn't get
to play with it until the
day they left for their
mother's house for 3 weeks.
They had a blast playing on
it and it was fun to watch
them. Andrew had us rating
his tricks on a scale of one to
ten.
They come back on Wednesday
We can't wait. Three weeks
is a long time!

update

Okay I know you guys want a pic and I think about it a lot, just haven't done it. I'll try and get at least one more before she comes. Things have been pretty hectic lately and yet not, if that makes sense. My appt with the doc on Thursday showed that I'm at a 1 for the 3rd week in a row, but that my cervix is softening. Since then I've had a lot more contractions and/or cramps. We are doing all we can to see if we can have her on the 27th so if any of you have any suggestions,I'm open to them!