Our precious girl is here! We are so excited! After several hours of contractions early Sunday morning, we went to the hospital. I was admitted around 6:30am and the fun began. Epidural first, then Pitocin to speed up the contractions. Pretty soon it was time to push! After 1.5 hours of pushing, Lillian came into the world screaming at 3:51pm. It was beautiful!
Our little Lilly was so observant, looking at Mommy and Daddy for the first time with big eyes. Our hearts immediately melted.
Lillian was 7 pounds and 13 ounces, and was 18.5 inches long! She was exactly what we had prayed for, and are so grateful to our family and friends that joined us in prayer for a happy and healthy baby.
Matt became a Daddy and rushed to her side, telling her how much we love her and watching as she got cleaned up and swaddled. We became a family and Matt and I already can't imagine our life without her. What an enormous blessing.
She had her first bath, screaming her little lungs out during the bath and absolutely loving getting her hair washed.
Our family was so supportive and great! Joy, relief, excitement, amazement, and love could not be measured.
The first nights in the hospital were great, but all those stories that people tell you about lack of sleep are finally realized and appreciated. We were a tired little family, but when we made it home safely with our little baby girl life was at its best.
We'll post more soon about our first week of life, but wanted to go ahead and post our birth story.
Mema, Mom, Carsyn and I are thinking about coming up there on Monday to see Miss Lily, if that's okay. Mema said she is going to call you tommorrow.
ReplyDeleteShe is so beautiful, congrats you guys!
We love you!
-Katelyn
She is absolutely beautiful! Congrats you two! Can't wait to meet miss Lillian!
ReplyDeleteSuch great pictures. Loved seeing that sweet baby girl right after she made her grand appearance. The three of you make a perfect family.
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