Smiling and Cooing

We have had so many great and amazing changes. She is smiling and recently started to find her voice....cooing. Lillian has started sleeping a little bit on her own during the day (she used to only sleep if she was being held which made things like throwing a load of laundry in, washing your hands or brushing your teeth challenging). Her personality is coming out more and more........she absolutely has the Quinn side in her because she stays up until the very last moment in time at night wanting to soak everything up, looking around......I have blamed Colin for our little night owl when I can't sleep.

Here I am so excited about all of our garden collard greens- this is just from one plant. Colin even liked them though he was a little nervous about it at first (pees anyone?).

We were so happy to have our dear friends Whitney and 7 mo old Dahlia come for 2 days from Seattle.

Finally we caught a smile on still film. Every time I go to take a picture she makes an inquisitive face because she is so interested in the camera so actually catching a smile has been hard.

After bath time. Yes we always need the binky. It is a lifesaver because otherwise she would need to be on me 24 hours a day, she always needs to suckle. The only time I curse the binky is the 8 to 25 times a night she wakes up realizing it fell out and she yells out in her sleep for it. I need to invent a safe form of duct tape for all of those parents of incessant sucklers.....I would be a millionaire because personally at 3:30 am I would pay anything to stop the yelling!

1 month - 5 weeks old!

We have had a crazy few weeks adjusting to life with this little girl. We still continue to lose hours watching her. It seems she grows and changes everyday. We still aren't sleeping more than 3 hours at a stretch. In fact I get about 3 hours of sleep a night because after that she is up every hour. It amazing me how little sleep one can survive on. However she smiled at me the other day when she heard my voice and it made every ounce of sleep unhad totally worth it. Lily loves walks in the Ergocarrier. Here she is all ready to go!

She is still so tiny but growing to fast. This is her favorite place to sleep.

Colin's family was out for just over a week last week. Lillian loves her Aunt Brianna, Uncle Dave, Grandma and Grandpa.

Asleep with the grandparents and totally loving it.

Growing so fast

We have had an amazing few weeks. We are learning so much about this little girl. She loves and needs to be held until about 6 or 7 then we are able to set her down for the evening. She is a hungry little monster as she eats every 2-3 hours still and loves to just take her time when eating. She is so smart already as she is attentive looking at everything around her. All of her doctors and nurses have commented on how visual she already is. She is already making eye contact with Colin and I. It is the most amazing thing in the world! This is a bath time picture- she loves the water.

At this weeks doctors appointment she was 9 pounds 4 oz already! She has started growing out of her clothes too!

We had such a great visit with Lillian's aunts. They of course spoiled her already with books and love. They also took care of me, taking Lily in the morning so I could sleep a little longer (Megan left, Kalie right). It was sad to see them go.

2 weeks old

As you can see from the picture we have one very smart girl on our hands because she already loves Winnie The Pooh! We had our 2nd doctors appointment and she has already grown 1 inch and is almost at her birth weight! A+ for us!

We had our first successful night out last week to visit this new addition, Harper Kai William Stiles (May14, 2010). We went to Katie and Geoff's for a wonderful dinner made by her mom, Carol. It was so amazing as Katie and I were able to eat with 2 hands as both the of the babies slept while we ate. They are so cute.

Thanks Big Mike and Bonnie Ray for this great panda outfit!

Rosie and Adrienne with Lillian.

This is Lily's favorite position to sleep in, both hands up at her face and being held by Colin or I.

Sweetest little girl

We had a friend do a little photo shoot at 5 days old. So here are a few from that day.
This last week has been an amazing week of learning and adoring this new little addition to our family. She continues to make the cutest little squeaks and coos and she loves to sleep in our arms. We have been so blessed by so many great friends dropping off food, snacks, supplies, walking Roxie and offering great advice.

39 weeks and now a new born baby

Lillian Quinn Simpson, born 5/10/2010 at 9:04 am, 8 pounds 6 oz, 19.5 inches long.

One big happy family. We are so blessed and amazed by this little life. We had such an amazing experience at the hospital and are greatful for so much these days.

Lillian slept with me every night and she always ended up with her arms up by her face. It was so amazing.

Squishiest, cutest baby in dad's hands.

She is missing some hair up front because of her position in my ribs throughout pregnancy. Otherwise she has so much hair.

As they are suturing me up Colin brought her right to me and she opened her eyes for the first time when she heard my voice.

Last belly shot before surgery.

39 weeks. It is the weirdest feeling knowing that the very next day you will be holding a little one in your arms.

38 weeks

Over the last week we learned the first few things about our daughter. First of all Colin thinks she is like me and is very stubborn and I of course think she gets it from Colin and second of all she is like Colin in the morning because once she is in a cozy place she is not moving, no matter the force! We tried many things to help her to turn last week including a version which was no fun to say the least and of course to no avail- hence the stubborn and comfortable reference. So as a result this little one is scheduled to make her arrival 5/10/2010 at 8:30 am. We are very excited and are in a mode of preparation.