Lily: About Me

Name: Lily Jane Haller

Age: 1 Week

Weight: 6 lbs 2 oz

Length: 19 inches

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Gray/Blue/Green

Diaper size: Premie

Favorite activities: eating, sleeping, and pooping

Favorite place: mommy or daddy's chest

Who do I look like?

 I definitely have my daddy's hands and feet!

Lily is here!!

Lily Jane Haller was born on Thursday, February 9th at 3:08am.

She is a sweet little thing, weighing 5lbs.14 oz. 

Yes, I am proud to say, Lily is 100% Organic (all-natural)!!

Our new family!

going home

Our new family is doing really well. We arrived home from the hospital on Friday and we have had LOTS of help from both parents (thank you Xmillion!). 

Here are some pictures from today:

getting ready for her first bath

itty bitty clothes

ready to get in

not sure about it all, but no crying :)

a Happy Happy Valentines Day!

filled with lots of love, smiles, and...

sleep. 

20 Weeks!

I'm 20 weeks. Wow!

Here's what has been going on in pregnant land:

• I felt the baby move for the first time a few weeks ago and seconds later, Mark felt a jab/kick. so neat!
• My hair and nails are growing, growing, growing.
• Maternity pants are comfortable.
• Marternity clothes are expensive. Especially the cute clothes. There is a store in Columbus that sells "used" maternity clothes on the CHEAP and the women that work there are very friendly and helpful. I have been blessed by friends and neighbors who have loaned me their fall maternity-wear.
• I haven't had many cravings, just food that I prefer over others...hehe.
• Last Wednesday, we met a doctor that we feel 100% comfortable with. She also happens to be a red-head and left-handed. She made us feel completely at ease and much more like first-time parents and less like a number. Such a blessing!
• Everything is measured in weeks, i.e., "sweetie, do you remember when I made that cucumber salad?" "hmm. yeah, that was around week 12."
• The doctors have all said how active the baby is every time we go in for a visit. This has lead us to believe it was a boy. WRONG... 

IT'S A GIRL!!! 

We saw our little cutie today and all of her growing and developing body parts. Wow, it is amazing how my body is growing another human being. She also has something she likes to do already, check out the video below:

We're really excited to meet our little girl. Yes, we have a name picked out. No, we're not telling anyone. P.S. That is not her middle finger.

Thank you for all of your love and encouragement!

find the time

find the time

The time to read,

to smell the flowers, 

to paint your dream, 

to have coffee with a friend, 

to learn a new craft, 

to write a letter, 

to bake a surprise cake, 

to go somewhere special, 

to REALLY be with the person you love, 

or even do nothing for a
while...

I like this and thought I would share - hope everyone is well!

internet

woohoo.
we finally have [our own] internet!
posts are due!

movie night

JILL:
Blustery winds throughout the night combined with a house without a basement = sleepless night with thoughts of this:

♫ da-da-da-da-da-dan  ♫

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

MARK:

Blustery winds throughout the night combined with a house without a basement = restful night with thoughts of this:

 

"Hooray! Up and away!"

...zzzZZzz

Thankful to report no damage occurred in our area last night.
Hope everyone is safe wherever you are!

Dining Room: reveal

Here are some pictures of our recently (ahem...October) finished dining room.

A man named Sherwin helped me pick out the paint color: Jonquil

I'm pretty tight with Sherwin.

I made centerpieces out of our "wedding buckets" and artificial boxwood from Michaels.

 I also re-did the frame below. It is a beautiful hunky-chunky frame and I spray painted it Ivory then painted the inside cardboard with a chalkboard spray paint. I am working on a few more chalkboard projects right now - so fun and really easy!

 

Happy Spring!

I think this is my new favorite room in the house.

    I love entertaining in here!