How big is Lily? THIS big!

Dada says I'm quite a handful. He thinks he's funny.

My new outfit

Hi, everyone,
Daddy is letting me use his computer so I can post for myself...I just wanted to thank my Tata Rina for my cute outfit! I'm very relieved, those white tee shirts they have in the NICU are SOOOOO last year. I can't wait to try all the other cute outfits people have been giving me!

I love my new outfit!
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but I hate being measured

You are THIS close to a knuckle sandwich!

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I had a super nice visit with my mommy and daddy tonite. I think I'm starting to get the hang of breastfeeding! Mommy helps me though. The only bummer thing tonite was that the nurses wanted to measure me. I didn't like that at ALL. I'm all cozy and they put me on this cold scale! But once mommy and daddy were 'tuggling me everything was all better. I think daddy dozed off a bit during his turn though. He was all pooped! He should take more naps. I especially recommend napping while swaddled, it's very soothing.

Love,
Lily Angela-Rose

P.S. don't worry about the tube in my nose. The nurses put it in just in case, but I don't need it, I can finish my bottle all by myself. But it is nice when we're trying breastfeeding, 'cause that can be tiring and this way I can be fed afterwards while I'm napping. Daddy is jealous, he wishes he could eat and sleep at the same time too.

Mwah!

For the record...

...as of this afternoon, Karen has been discharged from the hospital. No more shots! Yay! We're staying with our super awesome friends Mike & Jenn who live just five minutes away so we can visit Lily whenever we want, though.

outfits

Nothing is quite so cute as baby clothes. Aunty Char made Lily some REALLY cool hats and a sweater, and Aunty Teresa brought Lily some preemie clothes right away. Even the preemie outfits are kind of big on her! But until Lily can wear them, we find other uses. :-)

(also, props to Aunty Amy for bringing us what turned out to be Lily's first bear and constant companion in the NICU!)

Spaaaaaahhhhhh!

Lily is having her first spa day. No question about her being Pinky's daughter now!

"No, bear, this is MY tanning bed!"

And now, the rest of the stoooory...

Hey, all,

Some of you know at least parts of this already, but for the benefit of all, Pinky and I had a bit of an unexpected turn to our weekend:

Sorry to take so long to get a full message out, but as you might imagine we're a bit busy! Bottom line: Lily Angela-Rose Scholz is here and she's perfect. She's quite early (only 32 weeks), so needless to say it's a surprise! At our ultrasound last Friday the doc noted we seemed to be having contractions, so we went to get checked out on a monitor and while we were there Pinky's water broke! But we figure, if it's gonna happen you couldn't ask for more than to be at a hosptial, ON a baby monitor when it does! Pinky managed to keep her in an extra three days, and that plus a steroid shot got Lily to the point where her little lungs work just fine. She's a petite 3 pounds 4 ounces, 39 cm, born 12:22AM on January 30th after a brief labor her idiot father totally misread as a bad reaction to Ambien, culminating in a unintentional natural childbirth procedure as we rushed to deliver baby before she came out on her own anyways.

Fortunately, the nurses and docs at Mary Birch hospital are a good bit smarter than said idiot father, so baby received the best of care. Oh, and if those are the kind of yells she makes with *underdeveloped* lungs, we're in for it. :-)

Mom and baby are doing great! We're in the NICU, but she's not requiring any sort of special support except an IV until she get's the eating thing totally dialed in. Needless to say, she's got Mama and Dada wrapped around her finger. In fact, THIS finger:
(yes, Mr. Mocklar, it is an eeevil neonatal ICU...)

It'll be a while before we can take her home, but we sure are having a great time together!

Talk to you soon,
Marcus, Pinky and Lily