Lilianna Ruby

Our second Leetle Babuski has FINALLY arrived. After following in her older sister's footsteps and waiting an extra 2 weeks to make her arrival, she finally came on Tuesday, August 25 at 12:29 p.m. She weighed in at 8 lbs 4 oz and 21 inches long. Only a smidgen smaller than Sadie at birth.

Labor and delivery went well, though longer than I anticipated. Contractions started at 6 p.m. Monday evening and we went to the hospital around 1 a.m. She took her pokey little time arriving there too, but finally she did without a c-section and all natural. Kicked my butt, but the recovery on the other end has been SO MUCH BETTER!

Here is our little bundle soon after birth.


Our arrival home from the hospital.

Lilianna has a sister who ADORES her. Sadie has been so sweet to her. When Josh asked her on Thursday if she wanted to go see the baby (they were coming to get us from the hospital), Sadie ran into our bedroom and looked into the pack 'n play looking for the baby. She was excited all the way to the hospital. As soon as we got home she wanted to hug and kiss her and be as close as she could to her before we could even get her out of the car seat. :)


Sadie stayed with our neighbors (who we call our surrogate grandparents to Sadie) while I delivered. They brought her Tuesday evening to meet her little sister and this is about how it went. She hadn't had any naps that day and was a little thrown by Momma being in a hospital bed, but she did really well all things considered.



She loves to "help" with the baby all she can. Here she is "helping" Daddy change Lilianna's diaper.

Sadie's also very concerned when the baby cries. Here she is trying to figure out how to pacify the baby when she was crying.



We've had such beautiful weather since we got home and we've been enjoying it out on our patio as much as possible. Here's Lilianna enjoying the swing.

Here is her first bath. Something she wasn't very excited about AT ALL. Sadie was very concerned about why she was crying and tried giving her a rubber ducky to make her happy. :)

We haven't seen any evidence of jealousy with Sadie since Lilianna arrived, with the exception of "grandma" Donna next door. Donna was holding Lilianna and Sadie decided she needed to be as close as she could to both of them. It was pretty funny.

Our little Sadie is no longer a baby. She has already grown up so much since the baby's arrival. She now looks like a tank next to her little sister. She continues to be a little entertainer as evidenced by her sunglasses episode the other day. A friend of ours gave us a bag of sunglasses and Sadie loved playing with them. She even figured out how to put them on her nose the right way. She felt it necessary to pucker her lips every time in her attempt to keep them on her face. It was pretty funny. Here she is sporting a pair.

She's also learned how to dunk cookies this week (compliments of Daddy's teaching). Here she is dunking cookies with Daddy for the first time.

We are definitely busier these days. It was so strange when I referred to the girls as "the kids". Kind of an adjustment to realize we're parents to more than one now. We are definitely enjoying both of them! I've actually been really enjoying having a newborn again. Even though I don't get much sleep at night, she brings so much joy and she's such a good baby that it's been a very enjoyable adjustment to make. We are so blessed!