Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Best Lisi Pic So Far

Maren sent this to me while I was on the road. Thought I would share.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Sleepy Head



 Isn't she just so cute???

 Lisi always wakes up and starts to squirm when we change her diaper. However, this time she was so tired she just laid there like a limp fish.

Of course Lisi isn't the only sleepy head in our house.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Belly Button

Lisi's stump fell off when she was about 1 1/2 weeks old. I was glad to see it go. For one, I was paranoid that I would accidentally rip it off. And I love her new cute little belly button!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Elisia Mae Fife

Lisi is almost three weeks old now and I finally decided I should upload our pictures and put them on the blog. So I thought I should start from the beginning!

I had a c-section scheduled a week before Lisi's due date because I had a low lying placenta (sorry to anyone who really didn't want to read that). There was the possibility of a c-section since my 20 week ultra sound so I had time to get used to the fact that in order to have our little girl I would have to go under the knife :) My mom came out for Lisi's birth so Dave and I picked her up from the airport Thursday night and we headed to the hospital Friday morning.

 I hadn't really taken too many pregnancy pictures, but here's one right before we left for the hospital.

I felt kind of funny heading to Triage once we were in the hospital. I wasn't sure what exactly I was supposed to tell the Triage desk, "Hello, I'm here for my appointment to have a baby at 10:30"?
But once they took us to a room we played the waiting game for about and hour and a half. They put an IV in, took some blood tests, and made sure they knew every single thing about me.



 Around 10:20 they took all of us to the operating room area. Mom and Dave were told to wait in Recovery while they got me all prepped and then Dave was able to come in and keep me company :) I have to say, having a c-section was one of the weirdest experiences ever! For one thing not being able to feel my legs was a little scary so I just had to not think about it. Then it was so weird because the procedure didn't hurt but I could feel my doctor tugging and pulling at me, but I didn't really know what he was doing.

During the procedure there was a nurse by my head who kept telling me we were close to meeting our little girl. A couple minutes later we heard a little cry (okay it wasn't little, she was screaming) and the doctor held Lisi up so Dave and I could see her. Then she was whisked off for her Apgar scores.

Then Dave brought our precious little girl over so we could spend some time as a new family.

 I feel so blessed to have Lisi and that she is part of our little family. I had no idea that you could instantly love someone so much!

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Week 1: Cuteness Compilation

Here are some of my favorite photos from the week.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Ready for November

Now that Lisi is eating better, she's had time to think ahead to November. She understands that not all people will share her political opinions, but she encourages everyone to vote.

Props to Tio for some well-knit caps!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Coming to Troll Town

Monday afternoon, our little family came home. Which meant we had to do a couple things.

  • Dress Lisi in real clothes. This was harder than it seemed. We had to take her from this:
to this:


  • Since Lisi's newborn clothes fit her like a giant bear robe fits this guy, we unfortunately had to take off her adorable hoodie.


     
    Next, we had to get her in her car seat. She fit right in...
 
 Raise your hands if you want to go home!


Then it was off to Troll Town. Mommy, Daddy, and Lisi. Tired and happy to be home.


Monday, October 1, 2012

Family Night

Since Lisi's gags almost disappeared by yesterday afternoon, we had her sleep in the room last night WHILE WE SLEPT TOO!

It was pretty nerve wracking, and I'll admit to a fair amount of parental hovering in the darkness, but in the end we got as much or more sleep as we all did having her in the nursery.

Now we're ready to head home this afternoon.

And Lisi Mae is ready for another nap.