Christmas time is here!
I thought we would be preparing for Emma to come during our Christmas season this year, but that didn't quite work out :) Sooooo it's been a very busy time for our family between visits at the hospital, Thanksgiving, school, working, and decking the halls.
We put up our tree this year and Lilly had a total blast! She woke Mike and I up and practically dragged us out of bed to go decorate the tree. I have a feeling this Christmas is going to be very magical for Lilly. We found this cute ornament for Lilly, since she is a big sister now! 
We've had a few opportunities to visit Emma during Thanksgiving break and she is now in an open air crib and learning how to suck on a bottle! She's growing and has made it to the 4lb mark! :) We can't wait to bring her home it's been hard being so far away from her. Lilly really can hardly wait to meet her little sister :) We are hopeful to bring her home by Christmas, she needs to learn to eat and breath on her own. She's almost there with breathing she's only on a small amount now. 
Now that Emma is in an open air crib she can be swaddled and she LOVES it! When we go and visit the nurses let me change her diaper and try to feed her and whenever I take off her blankets she gets so upset :) she wants to be warm and snuggled :) as soon as I wrap her back up she falls back asleep.
We put up our tree this year and Lilly had a total blast! She woke Mike and I up and practically dragged us out of bed to go decorate the tree. I have a feeling this Christmas is going to be very magical for Lilly. We found this cute ornament for Lilly, since she is a big sister now! We've had a few opportunities to visit Emma during Thanksgiving break and she is now in an open air crib and learning how to suck on a bottle! She's growing and has made it to the 4lb mark! :) We can't wait to bring her home it's been hard being so far away from her. Lilly really can hardly wait to meet her little sister :) We are hopeful to bring her home by Christmas, she needs to learn to eat and breath on her own. She's almost there with breathing she's only on a small amount now. Now that Emma is in an open air crib she can be swaddled and she LOVES it! When we go and visit the nurses let me change her diaper and try to feed her and whenever I take off her blankets she gets so upset :) she wants to be warm and snuggled :) as soon as I wrap her back up she falls back asleep.
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Emma is usually asleep when we come and visit, but when she was only 3 days old I was able to snap a quick picture of her with her eyes open.
Mike is already making Emma laugh :) She was so happy to see us and we were able to hold her.
Last night, one week after Emma was born Mike finally got to hold her! He was just going to let me hold her but I made him have a chance, and the nurse on duty ordered it! :) 
Emma came 6 weeks early, so she will be staying in the NICU for awhile. She is breathing on her own and we even got to hear her cry a little while we were with her today, she is so sweet and we are very excited to have her join our family.
Lilly was a robot for Halloween! Mike made her costume, I have to say it was pretty impressive. Lilly is one lucky girl to have such a handy and creative daddy. Her costume was wired with LED lights with several different settings, we didn't need a flashlight when it got dark. Lilly led the way :) 
Mike also painted a t-shirt for Lilly to wear under her costume, it worked out great for pre-school and when Lilly got tired of wearing her robot gear. 
Supergirl (AKA Lilly's cousin Rowan)thought that her costume was pretty cool. (that's a blues brother in the background, Lilly's other cousin Jaden) :) We had a fun Halloween this year and are already thinking of ideas for next year. I can hardly believe that next year we will get to have two sweet little girls dressed up! :)
