Almost 2 weeks old!

Snuggling with Mom

Look at that grin!

Sleeping in her bouncy chair

Quality time with Dad

Hi everyone,

Well, it's been almost 2 weeks already!

Lily has grown so much! She looks different every day! She had her first doctor's visit yesterday. All her reflexes are fine, etc and she now weighs 8lbs 9oz! She's gonna be a big girl!Lily is the best baby! She sleeps through most of the night and only cries when her diaper needs to be changed. She is more alert now during her awake times and loves looking around and talking to anyone around who will listen. She loves napping in her swing and in Dad's arms. Kevin is a natural father. He dotes on his daughter and loves interacting with her. It's been so great having him home for 2 weeks! He cooks every meal and makes sure I get my sleep. I'm so in love with this man! :)

We've had a lot of visitors at our place and have gone visiting others as well. Mother's Day was a busy but fun day. We went to church in the morning, where Lily's Natal Rose was on the altar. We took Grandma Mitchler (Carole) out for lunch. Then we went to see Great Grandma Pudleiner. And finished the day by going to the facility where Great Grandma Mitchler lives. It was great to spend time with family. Lily gave me a ring with her birth stone (emerald) in it and Kevin got me a spa gift certificate to a spa that's near our place! (I'm so excited to use it!) What a great Mother's Day!

This long weekend we're visiting with family from the island and then having a BBQ at the Lengle's where we get to have Grandpa's famous chickens! :)

Hope everyone is happy and healthy. Take care of each other and appreciate the little things everyday!

xoxo

Christine, Kevin and Lily

Lily Amelie

On the car ride home

First few minutes at home

Our baby girl

Look at her hair! (no wonder I had heart burn!)

Well, she's here!

Lily Amelie Mitchler

On May 6th, we went in the morning to the hospital for the second round of induction. Shortly after the appliation, I started to feel some contractions. They decided to admit us, after a long debate, as there wasonly 1 bed left (which should be left open for emergencies). We wereadmitted into our room and were waiting for the doctor to check on our progress. After checking, the doctor mentioned that she would like to breakmy water, but it was just too busy to do so, as there were 5 other firsttime mom's already labouring on the floor and it would be too much if I started as well. But ironically, my water broke only an hour later on it'sown! Things started to move quickly! My mom and sister, Karen as well as Kevin (ofcourse) were in the room the whole time. It was so comforting to have them there during the labouring. I used the nitrous oxide for pain but needed some morphine later on. The doctor checked again and suggested thatan epidural would help the baby to come down, as she was riding high still. So, luckily, the anesthetist was just next door and put in the epidural rather quickly. Really soon after that, I had an urge to push. And less thanan hour later, she arrived! :) She had a little bit of a fever when she arrived, but it came down soon after. After being stitched up, I finally got to hold our baby girl, our Lily! The immediate family came in right aftershe was born, which was so great! (even though house keeping hadn't been in to clean up properly yet! I apologize for that, you guys!)

She weighed 8lbs 5 oz and was 21 inches long. She has a lot of dark brown hair with blonde highlights! (Don't know where the highlights came from!)She has long fingers and beautiful big blue eyes. Not really sure what features are from which of us, but that's ok. She's perfect.We spent Sunday and Monday night at the hospital and came home on Tuesday afternoon. She has the most wonderful temperament. She sleeps A LOT andbarely cries. She is feeding well, after a little bit of a struggle (Mom's know what I'm talking about!). She still has her nights and days mixed up but we'll figure out a schedule sooner or later. She moves around a lot,loves having her hands free and feet out of the blanket! We found out shedoesn't like Kevin's singing, which is hilarious. The cats are slowly adjusting. Bert likes to peek over her basinet to see where the squirmingnoises are coming from. Moxie likes to watch us feed and change her, she'salmost protective of her. We hope they will all get along soon.

We are absolutely in love with her! We are so excited to have everyone meether. We are going to attempt to take her to church for Mother's Day on Sunday. So, we'll see how her first outing goes. We have to shop for some pretty dresses now that we know she's a girl :)

Thanks to everyone for their support and love and messages of congratulations. We are so blessed and are so lucky to have all of you in our lives.

SHE'S HERE! :D (more details and better pics later)

Lily Amelie Mitchler

May 6th, 2007

8:24pm

8lbs 5oz

21 inches

Thursday's doctor's appointment

Sooooo... I'm now 2 cm but still 50% effaced. We have an appointment booked for Saturday to be induced. Most women need to have more than 1 round of the induction gel, so we're hoping to have a baby by atleast Monday. :) They also reminded us that things are very busy at the hospital, so we might get bumped if there's no room, or there's no staff. :( Cross your fingers people!

xoxo

Update

Nope, no baby yet! :(
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone! My favourite is... eat at White Spot! LOL
We have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so I'll let you know after that. :)

xoxo

Doctor's appointment today

So, tomorrow is "mathmatically" our due date, even though the ultrasound put it as April 30th. The doctor today tried to stretch my cervix but found that the baby's head is not in the right position. It is supposed to be in the center but it is off to my right side. Hopefully it's only because it's still making it's way down and not because the head is too big (this is what the doctor thinks!) I'm still having cramping and my hips are hurting really bad. But no real contractions, etc to speak of. I've been encouraged to do squats and walk around. So, that's what we'll do. If we do not have this baby in the next week, she will schedule us to be induced on May 6th (if we want). Keep your fingers crossed. :)

xoxo

Some Maternity Pictures by Rima Dickson

Just wanted to share some UN-TOUCHED maternity pictures with you. Our fantastic photographer and friend, Rima Dickson took them. Please excuse the massive amount of stretch marks! :) 1 week to go people! Woohoo!

xoxo