Monday, February 18, 2013

Welcoming our precious Lillian Grace!!

Our sweet little girl finally decided to show up at 12:49 Saturday morning the 16th of February.  It was the craziest day/night because I thought my water had broken around 1 but didn't really say anything because we had already had 1 false alarm and we were planning to run into KC real quick to get Jacob's hair cut and get some things at TJ's {of course, I know}.. but I started to have stronger contractions as the night went on, got to Lawrence about 6:30, ate dinner, put Iz to bed {which was so hard to do because I was having some pretty painful contractions and would have to squat down.. poor girl was like, "what's wrong mommy?", "oh nothing, just need to sit real quick!" and kind of bittersweet because I knew it was the last time it would just be the two of us}... we started timing my contractions around 8:30-9 and they were 5-7 minutes apart so I called the hospital {oh, meanwhile, it's just pouring snow outside- of course!} and the doc on call called back and said I needed to get to the hospital asap since my water was broken {oops!}.. called my mom to come so she could be at the house for Iz and of course with the snow, there was a bad wreck on the highway and it took her 2 hours to get to Lawrence {normally about 30 mins}!  Luckily our friend Morgan came over about 10:30 so we could get to the hospital, if she hadn't, we wouldn't have made it!  We checked in around 11, started pushing a little after 12:30 and had her at 12:49!  Didn't take long!  She was such a big girl, weighing 9 lbs even and 21.5" long!
Here she is!
She looked so much like Isabelle at first, especially the nose and mouth.. Lillian on the top, Isabelle on the bottom {disregard my swollen face}, I couldn't get them to be side by side.. 


Iz was a little shy at first and unsure about coming in the room, but she got over that pretty fast and was excited to see baby sister.  It was emotional for me because I felt bad for Isabelle, it has been her and I for so long and it was just a weird feeling and mix of emotions to have another baby and not be able to give Iz all of my attention.  
Oh I love this picture.
and these...
I love this, like, 'don't even think about taking her dad'..
Poor girl's face was pretty swollen for a few days.
Aunt Betsy, thanks for visiting us!
 
Their wonderful little parts..
Reading to Lillian.. thank you Morales family for visiting!!
Yes, that is the Wilson nose!  Just like Iz's was!
The more I look at these, the more I think they look different, but man, it seemed like they were identical {Lillian on the top}!
her little spike was so cute!
We got to go home on Sunday {amazing!}, so this is Lillian in her 'welcome baby' outfit.
We got some newborn pictures taken at the hospital which was really nice, so I will post those once we get the c.d..
I can't believe I forgot to include her first car seat experience.. it was such a success!  She slept for almost 6 hours from the time we left the hospital until later that night!  It was crazy, I had to wake her up!
Oh I almost forgot how much I love all the faces they make in the beginning!  Look at that double or triple chin!
My girls!
Isabelle checking out her feets..
and hands..
Lillian checking dad out.. I love how she is looking up at the camera!
sisters checking each other out..
First family photo with our new addition.. too bad we couldn't get Isabelle to look at the camera!
Lillian didn't sleep much while we were in the hospital.. the nurses said most newborns sleep the first 24 hours and they can't get them to stay awake to eat- not this girl, she was up and trying to eat ALL day and night!  I mean, she would try and eat for an hour, poor girl was so big and my milk hadn't come in yet, so she was starving!  The nurses were like, well, "she's a big girl".. I just wasn't used to that I guess, but thankfully my milk came in Sunday night {they say it comes in a day earlier with your 2nd} and she was a happy girl... asleep :).

I had to include these from the night we had Lillian because Isabelle was so funny, she was singing and dancing around while we were waiting for dad to get his hair cut.
pushing her cart at Trader Joe's!
all of our stuff had to go in her cart, so we were over flowing.
She was so cute and such a big help at the check out handing the guy all our groceries.. poor guy was probably like, seriously, let me do it!  He was a trooper though and let her help with all of them!

**I will back track a few posts to include Valentine's Day, but I figured you all would want to see this post sooner rather than later!




Friday, February 15, 2013

:: crafty v-day gifts ::

With me being frugal these days, I had to get creative for Valentine's Day.. I found this printable card on Pinterest {and the card I gave Jacob} and printed a picture of Isabelle and had it glued to a piece of paper under this one and then just punched 2 holes at the top and tied them together... it worked!
I found this idea on Pinterest {shock} and thought it was such a cute idea.. found the mug at the Dollar Store {nice!} and googled 'love quotes', then wrote them on the mug with permanent marker and baked it at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.. voila!  They say you can put them in the dishwasher, but I would probably just hand wash it.
"where there is love, there is life" ~Ghandi
"do all things with love"
I kept this one pretty simple, but the options are endless!

Happy Heart's Day!!

These two pics are from the night before, I just wanted to add them because Iz was so excited to get some play time at the park.. I was feeling so bad that she hadn't really gotten to play or have any child interaction in days!  There happened to be a little boy there with a ball and poor thing, it was like Isabelle hadn't played with anyone in weeks, she was so excited!  He was a good sport and shared his ball with her.. and his name happened to be Henry, so Iz liked that since she has a friend named Henry.

~Iz's 'first' V-day~
We had such a fun day, started out at Muncher's Bakery {yum!} with one of their cinnamon rolls..
She loved it!
Then on to Isabelle's first 'real' haircut.. she was so good, just sat there!  That's why I haven't really been able to cut it, she won't sit still for me!  She got to play there with some kids for awhile, it was tough to get her to leave!
We went to a super fun play place called 'Laugh Out Loud' and Isabelle had such a blast!  I think this trampoline was her favorite, which, can you blame her?!  Yes, that is Nintendo's Mario in the background...
They have dress up clothes!  This was Isabelle's princess dress!
and accessories!
Oh man, she was in heaven when she saw this kitchen!
A new princess dress.. it was Jasmine..
"mommy!  I made it to the top all by myself!!" {then it was getting down, talk about some major talking her through that one!  I almost had to crawl my huge bellied self up there to get her!}
It was a struggle to get her out of there, but after a little over 2 hours and past our lunch time, it was time to go!  I was kind of dragging her out of there and this super nice person gave her a piece of her chocolate chip cookie {I was trying to get a pic of it all over her face} on the way out and that seemed to help a little {thank you whoever you are!}.
Dad surprised me with these beautiful flowers!  They had lilies, in lieu of our wonderful baby girl!  He was thinking.. such a sweet thought!
Check out that gerber daisy!
Dad also brought some goodies so Iz was super excited to open everything!
Aaaghh, Cinderella!!
"no, I can do it myself dad"
She's dancing!
We gave Isabelle her first Barbie for Valentine's Day and she was so excited.. and she is a princess that can go in the bath tub- bonus!
Oh and some of her own head bands!
OH, dad also brought red velvet cupcakes and I think Iz likes them as much as I do!
love this..
and this!
Valentine's Day was so fun, Iz and I had a great play day, then dinner and treats with dad.. I think it's one of Iz's new favorite days!  She kept saying and telling everyone, "Happy Birthday, Valentime's Day!".. not sure where the birthday part came in, but it was pretty cute- wish I would have recorded it!  I have to say, it was really nice to have a lot of bonding time with Isabelle before Lillian arrived.. it was kind of nice to be just her and I on a mini 'vaca'.