Things that I am learning...

1. Well, we already talked about the whole soup eating thing. Other things to not eat while breastfeeding.... cereal, ice cream, chocolate mousse pie and any kind of hot drink:)

2. The start and end to a day is not determined by waking up in the morning and going to bed at night. It's more like a 24 hour period that is defined by the shower. See, if I don't get a shower until 3pm, then that is the "start" of my day. Because I never really go to bed for the "night" this is the only way I can transfer my mind from one day to the next. Hannah and I have discussed this fact and she has promised that she will work on the whole "party all night" mindset that she has right now.

3. "Child wearing" is work! I have one of those trendy hot slings. It's very colorful and matches many of my outfits... however, I fell like my little papoose is really cramped and uncomfortable in it. Everytime I wear it, I am worried about her head positioning and how she's squished in there. Remember how Forrest Gump always held his head to the side a little bit? Well I can just see Hannah in 15 years with that problem b/c Mom refused to give up the trendy sling that matched her outfit

4. Swings, bouncy seats, Moses baskets and any other baby holder may be great one day... and not the next. This is all determined by Hannah. One day we may love our neat swing... and the next, we hate it.

5. My child is going to be taller than me... soon! At her 3 week check-up she was already up to 8 pds, 7 ozs(born at 6 pds, 15ozs) and she was in the 90th percentile in height.

6. I love Hannah very very very much.

Advice?

If anyone has any good advice to give us we'd really appreciate it! Hannah is still nocturnal and keeps us up every night from at least midnight to 4am. We've heard that she'll change on her own, but I'm open for any suggestions:)

Thanks to Jeanie and David we have a great new camera so I'll be posting pictures soon. I really want put some time into reading the manual so that I am using everything correctly. Lately napping has become more of a priority though:)

Enough said...

More pics

Party at my crib!

Hey folks, this is Hannah! Mom's busy so I thought I'd post a little something for you all. Just wanted to extend an open invitation to my crib any night from about midnight to 9am. That's when I'm up partying so feel free to drop on by. My eyes will be wide open and I'll probably be drinkin the good stuff. I've turned into quite the cute nocturnal baby. Mom and Dad are pretty lazy at night and just want to sleep... what party poopers! Hope to see you all soon... oh, and BYOB (bring your own breastmilk).

More pictures of Hannah trying out some new toys!

Things not to try to eat while in the act of nursing:
1. soup

Hannah's first check-up

Of course, my daughter passed her first check-up with flying colors. We went to see the pediatrician this morning and everything looked great. Hannah weighs only 1 oz less than her birthweight. Usually they say it takes 2 weeks to get back to birthweight so we are proud of our little porker.

She kept me up all night last night so I was glad to get a few naps in today. Plus, the dr. said for us to start trying to keep her awake a little more in the evening so she'll sleep better at night. And... the best part is the dr. said that I didn't have to wake her every 3 hours to feed at night if she wasn't waking on her own. This could be good!

I'll update with more pictures later. Someone just stopped by with dinner so it's time to eat (thanks Heather)!

Gigi (Todd's mom), Claire (Hannah's cousin) & Hannah of course














Big yawn!



















Mom's watch Hannah's first bath


I'm slowly going through tons of photos to put on here. Sorry they are random, I still haven't quite figured out this laptop:)

More Hannah Pictures

I promise I will post more soon. Turns out having a baby is pretty tiring and I haven't been online as much as I thought I would:)

Lilly meets Hannah.
I like my hat Tina!

Ah, a day at the spa.

Hannah is here!

Sorry it has taken so long to post! Turns out that having a baby will really wear you out:)

Hannah Mae Lyle joined us at 3:02pm on Tuesday, the 9th. She had a good delivery and is a very healthy baby girl. She weighed 6lbs, 15 ozs and is 20 1/2 inches long. We are home now and learning all about eachother. We are pretty tired, and I am still a little surprised at my lack of mobility. I don't know why I didn't realize how much childbirth can stress out a body. Don't worry guys, I won't go into any more details.

I'll post more in the coming days when I have more energy. Plus, more pics are on their way. RIght now it's nap time!

Party of 3...

So we have an "appointment" with the hospital tomorrow to have the baby. It seems very weird to me to have it slightly planned out like that. Granted, she could come on her own tonight. But, if she doesn't then we will go to the hospital at 5:30am tomorrow to have my water broken. It's just seems so weird that we will go up to the hospital and give them our name and they'll have a room waiting. It's like going to a nice restaurant. Yes, Lyle party of 3- right this way.

Lilly is headed off to Aunt Alexis' tonight for a few days and she is very excited about spending a few nights with her best bud Shiloh. When she gets back to the house, my mom and dad will be here so hopefully they can distract her from the new addition that we aren't quite sure she is going to like. Until now, Lilly has been the only child so we'll have to see what she thinks about a baby in the house.

We'll update from the hospital in the next day or two and hopefully we'll have some pictures too. I've got my camera all fixed and ready to go so hopefully it'll cooperate! Say a prayer for a safe delivery, healthy baby... and an epidural for me!

I think God is using this time to teach me patience.... something I've never had a lot of:)

Baby Girl Lyle seems perfectly content inside the womb, maybe she'll make it out for Christmas.

The Latest...

So we went to the Dr. yesterday and she thinks that I won't make it past the end of the week without having this baby. I am completely ok with that and glad to hear that we might not have to induce. However, she said that if I go a week overdue that they will induce, so if we don't have her this week, she'll definintely be coming next week.

They did get to measure her and they think she's weighing in at around 6lbs 11oz right now. Little Lyle has put on some weight... yeah!

Todd and I went out to dinner last night for one last date as a party-of-two (at least for awhile). The hostess (who was probably still in highschool) told me that I was the "cutest pregnant woman she had ever seen." It was very sweet, although I feel like I've seen a lot cuter pregnant women! Needless to say, I am ready to not be pregnant anymore... even the maternity pants are starting to get tight.

We'll keep you posted!

Still marinating....

When leaving for work this morning, Todd jokingly told me to "call him if I had the baby". I can just imagine how that conversation could go:

phone rings

Todd: This is Todd (he answers like that when he doesn't recognize the number and for the sake of a good story I'm going to pretend that I'm calling from the hospital phone).

Kim: Hey sweetie! How's your day been?

Todd: Good, whatcha need? (he always likes to get to the point on the phone)

Kim: Nothing, just wanted to let you know that I had the baby.

Todd: Praise God.. how'd it go?

Kim: Swimmingly

Todd: That's good, what time do you think you'll be home?

Kim: Wednesday

Todd: Ok then, well give me a call if you need anything. I love you!

Kim: Love you too! Bye

Ok, I'm now realizing how badly I need to have this baby so that I'll have something with some substance to post instead of making up fake conversations that would never happen.