lucky number 3, in weeks

3 is definitely a lucky number.
she is such a good baby, much easier than #2.
she sleeps well, she eats well, she poops well...

to make 3 even better, she finally gained enough weight to make the doc stop worrying.
in fact, she went above and beyond and is bigger than her birth weight.
8 lbs 8 oz (11 oz in one week!)

we have thought that she has been gracing herself with a little more baby chunk.
jed tells her that her face doesn't look like a wrinkly old lady anymore. something that i never saw in her. i guess it's a man thing???
her cheeks are fuller, her belly is more toadish, and her limbs look closer to being twist-ons.

she is lovely.


...how sweet our Lily grows!

sweet dreams

a sleeping baby, one of my favorite things.
she is so talented at it, i could watch her all day.

...how sweet our Lily grows!

together

the best place to be.


even better with three.

week 2: check my stats

weight: 7 lb 13 1/2 oz
height: 21 inches
head: 34.3 cm


Not quite back to her weight, but she is growing (90% there).
Weight check next week!


She is just too good of a sleeper and a gassy girl.
We'll work on the gassy, but the sleeper we'll keep!

(note to self: follow husbands advice and do not take a 2 year old to a doctor's appointment for moral support)

1 week old

She is simply precious. Such an easy going baby.


She gets snuggled by everyone, especially big sister.

She loves chewing on her hands and having wiggle time. She already seems taller.

Trying to catch a glimpse of her pretty eyes. We seem to catch them at terrible moments. She's looking a little creepy.


...how sweet our Lily grows.

binky bandit

Trouble seems to have a name, Chase.
He is finding ways to increase is already bad record.

I was in the family room cleaning and I could here giggles through the baby monitor.
I found Chase making himself cozy in the cradle and sampling Lily's binky.

Thank goodness we anticipated his naughtiness and baby is always with mom or dad or behind a locked door.

He has since found that when Lily is eating, it is the perfect opportunity to find trouble.

A few of these opportunities have included:
decorating the bathroom and himself with an entire jar of vaseline, climbing on the counters to get to the cookies, climbing on the bar to sample the soap (although he did call it lotion), attempting to fill his own water mug-multiple times, redecorating all of the freshly made beds, and scattering the freshly done laundry.

We are thinking of tying him on a leash to prevent any further destruction to our home.
Although, he would find a way out of that within a matter of seconds.

Lily Mae

The name Lily is defined as a symbol of innocence, purity, and beauty.

That is absolutely our little Lily.

We chose the name Mae after going through lists upon lists of middle names. Come to find out my Great Great Grandma was Della Mae, that worked out nicely.

...how sweet our Lily grows!