Baby Lilah

These photos were taken the first week and half of Lilah's life, I can't believe she's already over 3 weeks old and I also can't believe how much different she already looks. :( Thank you Laura for taking these beautiful pictures!

Maternity Pictures

I know I'm a little late posting these.... they were taken about a week before I had Lilah. Thank you Laura!

Lilah Nicole Mower

Our sweet baby girl #2 was born July 1 (my mom's birthday) at 8:37 am. She was 6 lbs 13 oz, 19 in long and just perfect. I don't know who is more in love with her, me or Josie.

The delivery was even easier than Josie's. We got to the hospital at 5 am, after a few hours of painful contractions at home. I received my epidural at 6 am and had Lilah about 2 1/2 hours later, after about two pushes. I'm so glad I don't have long labors, I don't know how people do it! Here are some pictures from the delivery. Many, many more pictures of Lilah will be coming in the weeks ahead!

Happy Birthday Russ!

We celebrated Russell's 27th birthday last Thursday, with some Oreo cake, which was quite delightful!

May

The month of May has flown by, I'm going to make a quick post about what we've been up to.

We celebrated Mother's Day... Russ and Josie picked out some beautiful flowers for me!

Russ was out of town for 4 weeks for work. For 2 of the the 4 weeks he was in Seattle. I went to visit him for a weekend, Josieless. It was nice have a relaxing weekend alone. We explored downtown Seattle, went to a movie, slept in, took a ferry ride, and ate at restaraunts without a child. It was a nice getaway.
Josie got some new Owl bedding, after some persuasion from me. I was afraid we'd be leaving the store with Tangled bedding but with a little persistence I got my way and we both left the store happy. :)

And last but not least I'm continuing to grow a baby. I'm about 34 weeks and can't believe this little girl will be here in about a month and a half!

Easter

We had a glorious easter with tons of Cadbury mini eggs for me and Josie and mexican Coke for Russ. We went to two Easter Egg Hunts and Josie didn't quite get the hang of it, but I'm sure she will next year. :)

Josie couldn't look at the camera because she was too busy looking at Finding Nemo

March Happenings...

I know I need to post some pictures of our house and I promise to get around to it soon. Anyway, we've been trying to be patient waiting for spring, even though it's technically Spring, the weather sure doesn't indicate that. I desperately hope it gets nice soon! Josie has become obsessed with puzzles in the last few weeks, and she is actually pretty good at them. We've been trying to potty train her lately (which has been loads of fun), so puzzles have been a great tool to get her motivated. I think she has around 10 now, with almost every one missing at least one puzzle piece... which is very stressful for me. Russ has been diligently taking care of our yard, there's not much to do yet but he seems to find something to keep him busy out there. Sometimes he likes to just stare at the yard from inside the house... he has big plans. He did put some hooks up for the hammock, which we've been able to use twice. I've just been making headbands and growing a baby to keep myself busy... I can't believe I'm almost 25 weeks pregnant. Hopefully we can decide on a name for this little girl soon!