merry christmas

lily's monthly updates – 2 months old

november – december: 2 months old

lily learned how to giggle. she loves playing on her play mat and grabs and touches her toys. she's becoming more interactive which is really fun. she took her first plane ride to Florida in november and did really well :) we held her while she dunked her toes in the gulf and floated in the pool in sanibel. lily loves to coo at things she recognizes like your face or a light switch. :) still sleeps well for us (thank you god.)

2 month doc appt:
weight:  12lbs 7 oz
length: 23.5 in
head: 38.5 cm

happy holidays from the prathers!

lily's monthly updates – one month old

october – november : one month old

lily is more and more awake. she started to smile when she saw familiar faces early november she was probably about 6 weeks. lily loves to be bounced and swaddled for bed. lily sleeps through the night for us about 8 hours. lily is still in the 85% for weight and height.

1 month doc appt:
weight: 9 lbs 3 oz
length: 21.0 in

lily vids – loves her playmat

lily's monthly updates – newborn

september – october : newborn

we're new parents! holy moly we have no idea what we're doing. learned how to change a diaper and laughed at a couple blowouts :) lily slept most of this month and barely opened her eyes. she still kept us on our toes and made sure we knew when she needed to be fed—that kept her happiest. she slept for 5+ hours during the night... in her swing! we took her to an apple orchard and got some great fresh air. 

our lillian zofia's birth story

I'll give you the option of the long or short version...

long story short?

doc called me on sunday the 18th to go to the hospital to get induced that night. I was given cervadil that night, then 12 hours later I was only 1cm dilated. they broke my water (super awkward) and started the pitocin at 7am. after a couple hours of hard contractions that started to bring me to tears they checked me at 2pm... 1cm dilated. :( I couldn't get the epidural so another 2 exhausting hours went by and doc checks me only to tell me I'm 1.5cm and mentions c-section. I cry. not what I wanted to hear. I take an hour to feel better especially after I talk with susanne (sis-in-law who's also an OB.) I get prepped for surgery. I get the spinal. I feel nothing. there's pressure and I hear our lily screaming at the top of her lungs. she's here! 6:32pm.

all the details :)