Lilly

Our little princess Lilly

Just an FYI:the computer in being uncooperative so the pictures are kind of in a random order.

Seeing Lilly for the first time

So excited! About to meet my little angel!!!

Being wheeled back after the C-section.

Can you tell Mike was really nervous and worried about me having a c-section and what would happen with Lilly.

Brand-new.

3 years ago, we met our sweet princess. Lilly was born shortly after 5 am via c-section. They pulled Lilly out, and took her the few feet to the warmer to access how she was. Her heart beat was around 70 (normal for an infant are 100-160) and her oxygen saturation levels were low. They handed her to Mike and told her to take Lilly over to Mom so that she could say goodbye. Mike placed Lilly right up by my face. To many, she may not have been beautiful in the baby-model sense, but to me, she was the most gorgeous thing I had ever seen.You could feel her strong spirit. I spoke to her. I told her of the love we had for her, and how proud we were of her for fighting so valiantly so that her family could meet her. Miraculously, she started to fight back. Her heart rate started to pick up, and her oxygen started to improve.

Grandpa meeting Lilly.

I kissed her goodbye, and told Mike to take her to meet her family. It was hard to send her away, not knowing if I would see her again alive, but I just felt like it was right. They finished sowing me up, and took me back to the room.

Mike and his sister Kat saying hello.

The Grandmas getting their Lilly snuggles in.

All of our family were there with our little princess. It was wonderful to wheel in and see them all there with her! They got me settled, and handed me my beautiful angel. She was soooo perfect, in so many ways. I snuggled her, and just told her how much I loved her.
We decided to give her a name and blessing. I still remember the words of her blessing. After 2 hours, we decided to have Mike go down with her and let them fully access her and get her cleaned up. I had been up over 24 hours at this point, and so when they took me down to the mom/baby floor, I kept dozing in and out. They kept Lilly for 2 hours in the nursery. I kept telling them to bring her to me. Our amazing friend Heather came and took some super cute pictures and made BEAUTIFUL hand molds of Lilly's hand, feet, and each of us holding Lilly's little hand. We were told by our day-time pediatrician that they did not know what would happen. That evening, Lilly started to experience seizures. This was just the start. Our short time was full of family and friends, filled with experiences we wanted her to have. She was such a joy. Truly a little bit of heaven. To be near her was such a peaceful experience. We are so grateful for her. We did not have as many pictures as we did with Ryker (we honestly learned our lesson of not knowing when you will say goodbye to those you love!) but we treasure each and every picture we do have.