Lilli's First Thanksgiving

This week we got to celebrate our first big holiday with Lillian...Thanksgiving! We enjoyed a delicious prime rib dinner Thanksgiving Eve with Ryan's dad before sending him off to Florida to be with the rest of the family, and then spent Thanksgiving day with my family. We had a great time with everyone! We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and have many things to be thankful for this year! We certainly know that we have been blessed!

One Month!!

Today Lilli is celebrating her one month birthday! This time as flown by so quickly! We're enjoying every inch of our beautiful little girl and are loving parenthood. It is somewhat bittersweet that's she's already outgrown most of her newborn clothes and has moved up to size 1 diapers, but at the same time we knew it wouldn't last long when she started out at nearly 9 pounds! We didn't have too many milestones this month other than growing from sponge baths to an infant tub...and she absolutely loves bath time! She's sleeping very well (about a 4 to 5 hour stretch every night now) which Ryan and I are grateful for. We can't wait to see what new things month 2 brings!

After spending several days in the hospital, our little girl has finally arrived! Lillian Claire was welcomed to the world on 10/22/09 at 9:38pm. She weighed in at 8lbs 15 oz. I had a bit of a rough labor and ended up with a c-section but in the end, the result was our beautiful baby girl! We can't wait to get her home and start our parenting adventure!

Getting Ready for Baby

Over the long Labor Day weekend (and in preparation for labor - ha!) I decided to put together the furniture for the nursery! Everything looks adorable and I can't wait for our little girl to arrive and enjoy her new room! The crib quilt is being delivered soon and is my birthday gift from Ryan's parents! It was so nice of them and I can't wait to add it to the crib! We also received a beautiful glider rocker from my parents at my shower last weekend and we'll be putting that together soon. For now, though, I thought I'd post some photos of the crib, curtains and changing table. There will be more updates once the chair, bookshelf and a few other things are put into place. Let the countdown begin!

Nursery Update

The nursery is painted! We went with a soft yellow that matches the color in the curtain panels we ordered for the room and Lowe's did a fantastic job matching the color. I finished the final coat of paint tonight and now it only needs a few touch-ups on the trim/doors! We'll add more photos as we start to furnish and decorate our peanut's room!

Our closet has flooring!

Thanks to the hard work of my husband and father-in-law, we FINALLY have flooring down in our dressing room! It's still a bit dusty and we need to finish painting the room, but I feel like we're making progress! More photos to follow as we get the room completed.

Our First Baby Shower

This past Thursday, Ryan's mom and sisters threw me a beautiful baby shower. We still have quite a while until baby girl gets here, but since the family was all here from Florida, it was the perfect time! We had a delicious cake and received many wonderful gifts! Ryan and I are even more excited to welcome our little bean now that she has a closet full of clothes...and a travel system to ride around in! Thank you all so much for the wonderful evening! We love you!