5 Months Old

Lilli is 5 Months old. She is very happy girl who is always laughing. Lilli now weighs 10 pounds.

4 Months +

Lilli is now 4 months and 2 weeks old. She weighs 9lbs and is 20 1/2 inches long.

Eating and Bathing

Now that Lilli is 4 months old, she is learning to eat from a spoon now. Here is the first time I fed her oatmeal. She has really gotten the knack of eating and LOVES her oatmeal!

One of her favorite things to do is take a bath. She is very happy being in the tub. She really likes to be wrapped in a towel while in the tub and then the warm water poured over it to keep her warm while she gets bathed.

A special birthday gift for Daddy

For Sean's birthday I made him a special picture collage spelling "DAD" with pictures of the girls. Here are the pictures I used:

3 Months and 1 Week

Valentine's Day 2009

Nearly 7lbs Now

Lilli is just about 7lbs now and doing so much better! Her feedings have become a breeze now that we have added rice cereal to all her feedings. The thickening of the milk has really improved her reflux and we were able to take her off of the Zantax.

January Photos

Lilli is now 11 weeks old. She had a rough couple weeks since New Years Eve, but has finally gotten better. She was hospitalized twice, but is now home and well. Here are some pictures of her from the last week.

Lilli at Home - December

Lexi was very excited for Lilli to come home. She was such a big helper from the minute we walked in the door. Lilli trying out her swing! She really loves to be in this! This is where she sleeps due to her Reflux. A visit from Uncle Nate and Uncle Jay was especially nice. Here is pictures from the first time they held her.

Lilli got her first bath from Daddy. He did such a great job, she didn't cry once!

Lilli's Homecoming - December 2008

Lilli finally got discharged from the NICU on December 22nd. She weighed 5lbs 1 oz and measured 18 inches long. She had come along way from her birth weight of 3lbs 5 oz and length of 16 inches. We were all so excited that she was able to be home for Christmas!

Saying Goodbye to her Nurses

Joyce and Laura were two of her many nurses in the NICU. These two were also nurses of Lexi's during her stay.

Packed up and Ready to Go Home

Lillianna - 1 Month old in the NICU

Here is a short video of Lilli in her crib before her feeding while in the NICU.

4 Weeks Old!

Lilli has turned 4 weeks old on Tuesday, which makes her 34 weeks gestationally. She is doing really great and has been drinking more from the bottle. She now does about 20 CC through the bottle for each feeding. Her weight as of last night (December 10th) is 4 lbs 15 oz. She seems to have slight swelling again in her hands and her respitory rate is up, so they are keeping an eye on this. She has her 1 month head ultrasound coming up tomorrow.

Lilli Update & Family Christmas Pictures

Lilli Update

Her edema has cleared up after a dose of Lasix. As of December 7th, she is up to 40 CC of breast milk. She is starting to get the hang of drinking from the bottle. Last night and this morning she took about 25 CC via the bottle and the rest through the tube. For the 2pm feeding I gave her, she drank 17 CC via the bottle for me, I was so happy! I think Sean gave her a pep talk over the weekend and that is why she is drinkng more :) Her improved bottle drinkng all began when he fed her over the weekend. She went from about 3-5 CC with the bottle on Thursday and Friday to 10 CC for each feeding Sean did over the weekend. As of last night (December 7th) she weighs 4lbs 10 oz. She is really growing like weed!

Over the weekend we took our Family Christmas pictures while visiting Lilli at the NICU. We found a really cute photo prop to use as the background. I dressed Lilli in the same Christmas dress that we used for Lexi when she was in the NICU.

Christmas Pictures

Lilli is 3 Weeks Old & Moves to an Open Crib!

Today Lilli is three weeks old (33 weeks) and se graduated to an open crib since she can regulate her body temperature on her own now. She also started to drink a little from the bottle and breast. We are so proud of Lilli!

Lexi Visits Lilli

Lexi really enjoys visiting her baby sister. She loves Lilli so much and looks forward to the weekends. At home she likes to pretend to visit Lilli in the hospital from getting the ticket in the parking lot, calling the NICU and telling them that she is here to see Lilli and then talking to her in the isolette.