Wow it has been a world wind of crazy and overwhelming feelings the past two days!! I am beginning to wonder what I got myself into. I LOVE having another addition to our family but we had a rough first 24 hours after she was born. She constantly wanted to nurse so I literally got no sleep until last night. That can make for one tired and cranky momma. Eli was stressing me out, she was, and so was Anthony. Needless to say my wonderful friend came to my rescue and assured me I can do this!! I have the world's best friend when I need it so thank you Meghan!! All her advice worked and last night I got some sleep and woke up feeling so much better. I do know my hormones are crazy and that can cause a lot of problems.
Some funny and sweet things Eli has done since she has been born.....
He brought us the doll that we were using to get him use to her and asked us to turn it "on" like her.
He kisses her all the time
He tries to give her his cars so she will play with him.
He loves to hold her hands.
He always says "Hi Lilliana!" when he comes near her.
He is the best big brother and is sooo in love with her. I could not ask for a better life with these two!! God blessed me.
Lilliana seems to be a lot calmer than Eli so we are grateful for that! She is not as demanding either. She is also not as advanced. We never had to hold Eli's head up he did it from birth. She is not as strong. Honestly, I am glad for this. He was so advanced he was not my baby long!! She is now nicknamed "Eskimo" as she has the chubbiest cheeks and looks like an Eskimo baby when we swaddle her all up.
I thought I would tell you why we chose her name. Names are always difficult for us. We just never can find the right name. I have two middle names so all of our girls will. No matter what if this was a girl it was going to be Nicole Rose for the middle name. Nicole after my mom and Rose after part of my middle name. I have always loved Lily but it is really popular lately so when I was pregnant with Eli I found Lilliana and LOVED it. Then he was a boy so it got tossed out. This time I threw it out from the beginning. I just said no its popular so we wont use it. Honestly her name was going to be Ruby or Ruby-Mae. I wanted the Mae on it Anthony said NO!! Ruby is after my Great Grandma. Then I thought about Lilliana way later into this pregnancy and one day it just fit. So I talked to Anthony about it. We had boy names from the beginning. It would be either Joseph Isaiah or Isaiah Christopher so that was a done deal. We just could not come up with girls names. Anthony knows how much I loved her name and could not really ever come up with anything he liked so it worked:)
I have to say I am feeling great compared to recovering from a C Section. I am amazed at how mobile and how much more energy I have. I forget I need to slow down a lot so this morning it caught up with me but I have to say hands down I will take a Vaginal birth over a C Section anyday and Yes I would still do it all natural out of the hospital even thought that is the some of the worse pain I have ever been in!
I think Anthony is a little overwhelmed but he is doing well. Eli is keeping us on our toes but I hope in the next couple of weeks we adjust and are able to cope better!! Here are some more pictures. This poor girl is in trouble! Momma is already playing dress up and loving every minute of it.
sweetio!!!
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