Well, I think we are finally getting into a routine with our newest member of the family. It's definitely been an adjustment but she's been such a sweet baby and it's already hard to imagine life without her. It's easy to forget just how tiny babies are as newborns.
The first week and a half were crazy. She was born on a Friday and we came home from the hospital Sunday. Sunday night my mom came to help, Monday was back to school night (crazy, 100's of people), Tuesday was Samantha's first day of Kindergarten and Paul's first day of preschool, and Thursday was Adam's first day of school. Lily was up at night since she hadn't figured out days and nights yet but luckily that only lasted a few days. I think by the time she was a week or so old she had stopped.
It was really hard having my mom leave after that first week and a half but luckily I had my sister Kelle coming out shortly after that. She came out with Alyssa for a long weekend and it was so fun to have her here. The only bummer was that she couldn't stay longer. When she left my kids kept saying "bummer in the summer, bummer in the fall." They are already asking when they get to see Alyssa and Kelle again. I told Samantha maybe we could drive to Chicago soon and she was mad we wouldn't fly.
Samantha and Paul have had a pretty seamless transition. They both love Lily and the only time they complain is when she's asleep and they can't hold or feed her. Paul was shy with her at first and was embarrassed to kiss her or give her hugs. That didn't last too long and now he kisses her all the time (or"all the time long" as he likes to say). Samantha isn't as possessive of her as she was of Paul, but still wants to take care of her and do more for her than I'm comfortable with. I caught her carrying Lily around the other day and it about gave me a heart attack. Especially since she decided to lay her down on the couch with her legs hanging off when she was done. We've had to have a few talks about what she's able to do and what she needs help with.
Meeting Lily for the first time at the hospital
Sisters
He is SO proud to be a big brother
Coming Home
Just getting home, Samantha and Paul are very excited to have Lily here
First family picture as a family of 5 (we didn't realize until after we'd taken the pictures that we all matched...imagine that)
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