To celebrate Lilly’s One Month birthday, her doctors let us take her on a walk through the garden outside of the hospital. This was the first time Lilly has ever been outside. The flowers were beautiful and fragrent. The birds were singing. The warm wind was blowing. We even were able to show her a bumblebee.

I have posted some photos from the walk as well as a few other pictures from the weekend.

Before Lilly’s birth, we posted a collection of pictures that represent the last nine months of Samantha’s pregnancy, starting with the joyful moment when we learned Samantha was pregnant with Lillianne. 

No little girl could have been more wanted than Lillianne Rosemarie. She is a wonderful little girl who I fell in love with the moment I laid eyes on her. These last nine days have had more than their share of heartache and fear, but they also have been some of the best days of my life because I am lucky enough to be the daddy of this little girl.

 Lilly’s ventilator tube has been removed and she is breathing on her own.  For up-to-date information, you can visit Lilly’s CaringBridge Site.  I have posted a few pictures of Lillianne and her family over the last couple of days.

I have posted some pictures from Lilly’s first week of life.  Samantha was in the hospital recovering from her cesarean for most of this week and we were both spending most of our time with Lillianne in the NICU.  Peter was with his grandparents and I was staying in their guest room, reading stories to Peter after coming back each night around 11:00pm.  I don’t think anyone was getting any sleep.