This past week

This past week has been a blessing. Lillia is home again and looking well. Her Bilirueben levels dropped thursday morning from 19.9 when we got to the hospital down to 9.7 and we got to bring her home that afternoon. Praise the Lord.

We have been blessed to have family and friends bring us good meals and great company through the week. We appreciate all the support pouring out from everyone and the prayers for her last week. She's been through a lot for such a new person.

On a lighter side, we've had the pleasure of experiencing her first "blow out", seeing her sneeze with her whole body and coo during night time feedings. I couldn't be more over joyed about our time together as a family. Ryan has been able to stay home from work and focus on enjoying little Lillia for the past week and has been blessed to take a few more days this week after our 2nd trip to the hospital. It's a beautiful thing to see her dark curious eyes look up at him and latch onto his gaze. He passed his 1st CFA exam so he's been studying for the 2nd test (to be taken June 2011). He reads his economic books out loud to her while he's studying. She's learning her daddy's voice and about GDP and economic growth theories. What a lucky girl. (She slept through the whole thing... just like her mommy. Wink Wink.) She's smitten with him... and he with her... as it should be.

As far as the first week of her life, I can't wait to wake up and feed her at night. I know that most moms are exhausted and are quite put off with their lack of sleep, but fortunately I had already established the bad habit of not really sleeping a ton so it hasn't been too bad yet. She's a good sleeper... just like her daddy so it's been great. We've had good bonding time and it gives me so much joy to be the one who can meet her needs. What a special privilege.

Again... thanks for all your prayers. And a special thanks to Aunty Mona for the Alpaca hat!