All about Lilly

Our baby girl made her grand entrance on Friday, May 1st, 2009. (I guess in some parts of the world this day, "May Day", is quite a holiday! So we will have extra reasons to celebrate this day every year!) After 25+ hours of labor (yikes) she was born at 11:06 am. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. and is 20 inches long. We feel so blessed that she is healthy and that everything with the delivery went well.

We named her Lilly Ann Cropper...and she is just as dainty as her name suggests. Her first name (and spelling) is actually my great-grandma's name (through my Dad's line)...so we like the fact that it is a "family name". Matt and I decided we liked it LONG ago during my first pregnancy (Sam) but before we knew if we were having a boy or a girl. So we've held on to it ever since and are thrilled to finally have a chance to use it! As for her middle name, Ann, it's my middle name as well as my mom's, my grandma's, etc. We just had to continue the tradition!

I've been meaning to post some pictures of her since we got home over the weekend...but as you can imagine, I've had my "hands full". :) But Matt has taken the boys to the playground, Lilly is napping, and I now have a moment to sit and share some of our favorite pictures of the last 5 days. Hopefully I will have more of her soon...maybe even some with her eyes OPEN for a change. She just gets cuter every day.....ENJOY!

Daddy gets first "dibs".

I know Lilly isn't looking too happy in this one...but Matt and I were DEFINITELY in our "happy place" knowing that Lilly arrived safe and sound.

We were so happy that Grandma Deb was present for Lilly's arrival. Thanks to traffic and elevator issues she almost didn't make it in time! :)

Here's Lilly enjoying the "baby warmer". For some reason this picture makes her look much bigger than she actually is...but it's cute nonetheless.

Lilly smelled so sweet after her first bath. I just love the little bow that they put on her head.

Grandma and Grandpa brought the boys to the hospital on Friday afternoon to meet their new baby sister. This is our first official "family of 5" picture. We tried to get a "good" one...but it's near impossible with two very excited and fidgity boys.

Tyler was so EXCITED to meet Lilly! He seemed soooo grown-up all of a sudden. (You'll notice we don't have a picture of Sam with Lilly - - this is because he was more interested in the hospital room curtains! That's ok though...I kind of expected it. He is slowly warming up to her by now.)

A great picture with Grandma and Grandpa. (P.S. Thanks to you both for taking care of the boys while we were gone!) - - And another 'shout out' to Aunt Kathy for taking the boys the day/night before! We owe you BIG TIME!

Although she has much more room to stretch out now...it seems that Miss Lilly still enjoys being all curled up in a ball. I love how her little legs/feet fold up under her bum.

I tried my hardest to catch a picture of Lilly while she was awake...but it is still too rare to capture with the camera. Hopefully soon we'll see more of her beautiful navy blue eyes!

Last but not least...this is a picture of "Lilly's rainbow." The day we brought her home from the hospital was a dark, rainy day...but by the time we drove up to the house the clouds started to drift and this BEAUTIFUL rainbow appeared to welcome our new baby home! Amazing....