VALENTINES DAY, BABY!

lillie in her big crib for the first time.




Lillie was due on Valentine's day. Of course babies aren't usually born on their due date, but here it is and she is almost 1 month old! WOW!!!
Chris and I celebrated Valentine's day on Saturday along with celebrating our anniversary and the birth of our new baby. Draven is still sick at Nanny's house. I made him brownies last night and sent Chris over with the brownies and his chocolates and teddy bear. Lillie is celebrating by trying on some of her Valentine's outfits. The "Be Mine" shirt was from her Aunt Gum (AKA Aunt Jenn.) It says 0-3 months. I think it is mismarked. She still looks good in it. The other outfit is Premie and fits pretty well. She is going to wear it today.

AT HOME WITH LILLIE MARIE...

THIS IS THE OUTFIT THAT I BOUGHT FOR HER TO WEAR HOME. I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS FOR BABIES UNDER 7 POUNDS AND I HAD A FEELING SHE WOULD BE LITTLE.
JUST NOT THIS LITTLE....

HANGING OUT ON HER MOMMIES LAP.

LILLIE IN HER JAMMIES.

READ MY HAT.

WAHHHHH!!!!

HANGING OUT IN HER CRIB.

I SWEAR SHE IS HAPPY TO BE HOME.

So far so good. She seems to be adjusting well to her new environment. We have been adjusting to having a baby in our house. She sleeps and eats just as a baby should. I am just happy to have her home. Tomorrow is her first doctors appointment. We are anxious to see how much she weighs. I just got a call from babies r us and her furniture is in! Now we can finish her room. Should be a perfect project considering we are going to (maybe) have nasty weather this weekend.

Lillie's Home!

I would say that we are exhausted. We should be, but instead I think we are too excited to even notice that we are tired. Last night was rough. They put us in the worst room. We felt like we were sleeping in the storage room. Of course, there was very little sleeping. Lillie seemed lost. She didn't know what to do in the quiet dark. She is used to the bright noisy NICU. I think that now we are all home (minus Draven who is at Nanny's house sick) will all sleep better. Lillie seems to really like being home. It is like she knows that this is where she belongs. She has slept most of the day, so I am sure she will be up all night. We had a very positive experience with mercy's NICU, we just home we never have to go back. So glad to be home with my little girl!!!!

The big weigh in that brought her home. On Sunday night at the 8:30 feeding she weighed 1805 grams. Just enough for us to room in Monday night and for her to come home with us Tuesday.

ROOMING IN.



In her car seat ready to go home!

DISCLAIMER!!!
Yes, we know. You shouldn't sleep with your baby. I was in the room the whole time while Lillie and Poppy rested. Once Poppy began to snore we put Lillie in her own bed.

SHE LOVES HER SWING!

Not yet...

Our jelly bean in her "Johnie Wrap."

Last night we had our date night. We went out to eat and enjoyed just being together. We toasted our anniversary, valentines day and the birth of our baby. The dinner was good, except the veal. Toughest piece of meat! After dinner we ended up at the hospital. Shocker. The night nurse had her bundled so tight. She loved it! We are going to try to duplicate it when she's home. We call it the Johnie Wrap after the nurse that invented it. Then home to watch a movie. She was weighed and was just under 4 pounds. She has 25 grams to go. No rooming in tonight. Hopefully tomorrow. If not then it will be Tuesday. She was doing really well today and looking more and more like a baby. She seems so happy. Tomorrow we are going to a baby cpr class at the hospital. After that we will run some last minute errands before she comes home. There are all these things I want to get to done before she comes home. She really doesn't need much, just warmth, food, and a clean diaper. Oh, and lots of love from her family!

ONE STEP CLOSER TO HOME...

I just called the NICU and they said that she is up to 1760 grams. She has 40 to gain tonight so that we can room in tomorrow. Then home on Monday! The only problem is they won't tell you when you are going to room in until that day. We have it all planned out, but it might change. Lillie had a great night last night. Chris didn't kangaroo because she has been so busy the past too days. We don't want her to get too much stimulation. We are going up there for the 11:30 feeding her in a few minutes. After that I am going to get ready for my last date night with my husband. Maybe not the last date, but it will be a while till we have another. I am going to get my pedi and mani with Lo after I see Lillie. Should be a busy day, but a great one! Draven is spending the night with his Aunt Nicole tonight and with Nanny tomorrow. That is if all works as planned.
I have been fighting a cold. Hopefully it is not a cold and just alergies. I have had a scratchy throat for 2 days. Still not officially sick, just nervous.

MAGGIE SIMPSON?

Lillie's big day...

I went to Lillie's 2:30 feeding after work. Draven got out of school early so we made it just in time. As you know, she has been starving! The day nurse told me she was going to try to get the doctor to let her eat more. When I showed up the doctor had her on 42 cc's plus she got a 20cc snack and... she can breastfeed as much as she wants!

Big day!!!

Then she informed me that even though she hasn't made it to her weight gain, she can move into a crib!!! She had maintained her temperature for the past few days so they let her move in to a big girl bed. I went up there at 5:30 to check on her and breast feed. She was doing so well. They kept her incubator hooked up just in case, but when I came in this morning they said they moved it because she doesn't need it.

Just keeps getting better!!!

This morning I got a phone call from the NICU. The nurse said bring her car seat up today because she will be going home any day. I also had to get her a doctor's appointment scheduled for next week. I ran up to the hospital and they said they couldn't wait for me to do the discharge class on Monday. I needed to do it today! She also said that when she makes her weight requirement (hopefully in the next day or two) they will schedule our room in. Right now, they plan on us rooming in with Lillie at the hospital on Sunday night. Chris and I will take care of her like if we were home, but the doctors and nurses check in on us. Monday morning we take her home! She lost a little weight last night, but we hope to see her gain over the next few days. The breast feeding burns calories. She has tonights weighing and tomorrows. They said she will be ready for the room in as early as Saturday night or no later than Sunday night. Better be Sunday. Chris and I planned a last date night before she comes home. We are going to Le Cep's in Edmond for dinner then to a movie. It will be the last time we go out together for a long time.

It is now Friday at 3pm. Draven and I are at home and will go back up to the hospital in about an hour. We want to see how she does on her carseat challenge. I will let everyone know what happens...