Lillian meeting Grandpa Bart

Grandpa Bart came into town to meet Lillian! (And of course to help too.) Here he is with her in the first few minutes... 

Lillian says: Oh no!

I looked over at her this morning and she was making the perfect oh no face. Everything was ok though!

Lillian Headed Home from Hospital

Friday night, October 25, Lillian and I were released from the hospital. Simon stayed up WAY past his bed time and came with Alan to pick us up at the hospital at 8:30pm. Simon was a rock star, patiently waiting in the car with Alan despite being super tired. He came out and greeted Lillian and me. I sat in the back with them both for the trip home. Happily Lillian just slept the whole way. Simon was talking up a storm. When we got home we had some family self portraits, Simon got to hold Lillian and then we all went to bed (at around 10!). 

In the car seat for the first time.

Family photo, Simon's wearing his Big Bro shirt.

Happy family!

Sibling connection.

Thumb sucker

Lillian started sucking her thumb this morning.  The nurse said she was doing that so well that she probably had been doing it in the womb too. 

Don't Worry Be Happy

Simon has been showing a real preference for certain songs lately.  He can ask for them by name (or at least a name that he makes up for them), knows many of the words, and will sing them on his own.  His very favorite for the last couple weeks has been "We're Not Going to Take It" (we posted a video of him singing that a few weeks ago), but now he's started really liking "Don't Worry Be Happy".  Jenn took a video of him yesterday singing that song and playing the homemade maracas:

I've been putting together a playlist with some of Simon's eclectic music choices... find that after the jump

Bella Baby Lillian

The Bella Baby photographer came by our hospital room yesterday and took some great pictures of our little girl.   Lilly was too tired to open her eyes for the photo shoot but was happy to pose however we wanted as long as she got to keep snoozing.

We bought the CD from them to have the hi-res copies (just as we did for Simon a few years ago) but I'll just post smaller versions here so I don't crush everyone's browsers.

Friday Night Lights

We were planning on leaving the hospital Friday morning, but due to slight jaundice Lillian needed some time under the lights. Jaundice is really common in babies, especially those that are early; the cause is excess bilirubin in her system. There are two ways to get rid of the excess bilirubin: First is to use the lights to break the bilirubin down and the second is to flush the bilirubin out of the system by eating lots (and thus pooping lots). They do a blood draw from her heal to determine the levels. 

She spent from 11am-8pm on Friday under the lights and then we headed home late Friday night. Saturday we had a quick trip back to the doctor to get a blood test done and all was well. 

The mask is to prevent her from getting a headache from the blue lights. 

She slept most of her time under the lights,
they added some extra warmth so she was super cozy.