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.

 Our daughter Lillianne Rosemarie Rossow was born Friday the 23rd of June.  She is a very sick little girl fighting for her life right now.  As I write this, I am home from the hospital for a few hours hopefully to get a few hours of sleep.

Lillianne’s grandparents have been dutifully updating a website of their own to keep people up-to-date about our daughter’s condition.  That site can be found at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lillianrossow.

I have posted some pictures from Lillianne’s first day of life, including her baptism late friday night.

Annabelle left the hospital today with her mom and dad. She’s now at home with Kristie and Joe, Colton and her dog Bear. The weather was nice and she was able to take a walk around the neighborhood with her family today. They are settling in and getting used to being a family of four.

Her nursery looks wonderful and the house sure looks prepared for their new arrival.

Joe has done a huge amount of work on the house in the last month, working day and night to get the basement remodeled before the baby came home. Well, the baby is home now and the basement looks great. There is still a little work left to be done, but as of today, getting the basement finished is no longer priority one for Joe.

Joe and Kristie have passed along some of their digital photos, which I’ve added to the picture site.

It took a little while, but Annabelle Christine Rossow now has a name. She continues to do well, and should be leaving the hospital with her Mom, Dad, and big brother Colton soon.

Joe and Kristie’s new baby girl entered this world Tuesday February 24th around 12:50pm. She was born 6 pounds 10 ounces and 19 inches long. Both mother and daughter and doing fine. Joe is a very proud daddy and Colton is very happy to be a big brother.

Her mom and dad aren’t quite ready to announce her name to the whole world, but they assure us we will find out soon.

There were more than a few cameras recording the happy day. I’ve uploaded a few of these pictures. Click here to take a look at them. I’m sure as her family has time to get pictures developed, they will have me upload plenty more.