home with sister

no need to explain why i'm playing catch-up, right?

so without further adieu...

day one

of home with sister~

begging to hold her

then trying to figure out what to do with her~

high five maybe?

though after failing to uncurl her fingers

he decided that knuckles were her thing~

sweet day,

long night.

happy to have a sister home.

one month

6 pounds, 13 ounces

20 inches

preemie diapers

(one month ago)

so much that could be said

yawn

that i'm dying to say about how in love i am...

yawn

and one day hopefully i'll have the brain power and energy to say it

yawn

the first week

i had hopes of getting lots of photos of baby girl during her first few weeks.

but wow. they kicked my tail. surprisingly though, not because of her so much. she is an angel baby. thank you god.

about the 4th day home i came down with a kidney infection. who knew the kidney was such a force to be reckoned with? worst. experience. ever. i'm still not sure i've fully recovered.

so with the bum kidney, a newborn, and 2 busy boys, documenting it all was sadly at the bottom of the barrel.

but here's to *hoping* the next few weeks will be better....

birth day

one day i will write about her namesake....

smitten from the beginning~

unphased, from the beginning~

as hard as a birth day is for a mama, sometimes i wish i could go and do it all over again.

there is no day more amazing.

thanks mom

i've always been a bit shy.

but before started school i was painfully shy.

my mom dreaded my first day

and as she predicted, tears flowed (from both of us).

she promptly changed the name plates of 2 desks so that i would be sitting next to a girl that she thought looked sweet,

and we are still the best of friends today.

she also told me she would have a surprise for me when she picked me up.

i had been wanting a cheer bear.

remember the care bears?

i'm not sure if i was more happy when i saw it that day,

or when i opened it as a gift for lillie.

my mom is great like that.

thanks mom.

for the stories that i can tell,

and the ones that can only be written on my heart.