Sister Bister Dister

Lily finally made it home Saturday after a round of antibiotics to knock down whatever little bugs were keeping her temp up during the first 24hours.  36hours of IV antibiotic treatments in a newborn  is not fun, but at the end of the day, she's happy and healthy, and that's the important thing!

 Looking happy to be home.

 Mommy,  Lily and the Birthday Balloon.

Matt is adjusting well,  and is very taken with his new little sister.  He's very sweet with her, but he's still a bumbly 2 year old, so we spend a lot of time making sure he doesn't wind up accidentally squishing her. 

Matt's decided everything needs to rhyme now, not necessarily make sense, and so he refers to Lily as Sister Bister Dister all the time.

She recognizes her Big Brother already, and will turn her head to the sound of his voice, and even smiles at him a little. I'm sure these two will be teaming up against us soon!

Sitting in Lily's bed and giving her some hugs.

 Showing her how to play with the stuffed barnyard he got her.

 Just cuddling.

 Does anyone remember the dreaded bear suit?  Lily has the same opinion of it as Matt did.  Anybody want it, I think we're done with it now.

 

Matt.

 Lily.

When Matt was a newborn we measured his size using Craig, the stuffed bear.  Lily gets to be measured on the Giraffe pad.

  

4days old.

 I had forgotten a few things about having a newborn. 
#1 - God fills them with packing tar before delivering them. 
#2 - No matter how hard you try to avoid it, you will get that stuff on your hands.  Have a strong cleaner on-hand.
#3 - This will be followed by something that looks like stone ground mustard.  If you have any in your fridge, throw it out, you won't be able to look at it, let alone eat it for a long time.
#4 - Never, ever, ever, wake them up when they're sleeping.  If  you don't believe me, try it, you'll regret it.
#5 - Sleeping Babies emit a smell that will cause you to pass out if one falls asleep on your chest.  If you're going to hold a sleeping newborn, locate yourself in a reclined position so that you don't drop them when this happens.

That's all for now, I'm sure I'll be reminded of more as the months go on.

"Wake me up again, and I'll make you pay!"

Jake