Two's Company, and the third brings a CROWD!

Lily is SIX WEEKS OLD today! To say that life has been a little crazy the past few weeks would be a tremendous understatement. I never would have dreamed that it would take me over a month to post more than one set of pictures of her on the blog! For those of you who do have babies- stop laughing. You understand. You've been there. Days are filled with feedings, diaper changings, spit-up, consequent outfit changes, breast pumping, bottle washing, baby rocking, etc. until the baby finally goes to sleep for the night (ahem, a few consecutive hours at some point in the wee hours of the morning) And then you start over again the next day. The advice everyone gives you is "Sleep while the baby sleeps"- riiiight. When exactly do you want me to wash her bottles, her clothes, my clothes, mySELF, and somehow keep the house somewhat tidy for visitors? Uh-huh! That's what I thought.
Speaking of visitors- we have had lots of wonderful visits of friends and family since Lily was born! We have also been blessed with lots of kind people bringing us food! Thank you to Jacqueline who so thoughtfully set up a meal schedule online for us- I can't tell you how nice it was to not have to worry about dinner most nights with all of the aforementioned chaos.
I have also started back at work. Not full-time mind you. I am only working a few hours a day a few days a week to start. I am so blessed to have the flexibility to spend time with her and still get work in too. Alot of work I can do from home too, which is nice. Enough about ME! More about Lily!
She is a WONDERFUL baby. She is so sweet and LOVES to snuggle! She is quite a people-person and loves to be held. She is starting to notice things and people, which is a wonder to witness. She LOVES a bath but hates when it is over. She is eating every 3 hours (on the DOT) and growing well. Her first well-baby visit with her pediatrician was last Friday. She weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz.(50th percentile) and is 20.5 inches long (which is the same as she measured at birth, and is 25th percentile). She is also (fingers-crossed) starting to sleep a little better and a little longer at night.
Here are a few pictures from some of Lily's visitors...

Jacqueline, Baby William, and Candice came to visit Lily and bring us dinner one day! We swapped babies for this picture. We had fun introducing them! William & Lily were due the same day, but William beat her here! He was born Jan. 12th- 5 weeks and 4 days before Lily. It was fun to see them both!Our friends Neal & Lauren came to visit from Montgomery too! (Ok, so we pretty much forced Neal to hold her for the photo.)Of course, Haley and Isabella. Ginger, Kenlie, and Maddie came to surprise us too! I could just cry that we didn't take any pictures while they were here!Of course GRANDPARENTS on many occasions, but I guess they don't technically count as visitors... Above are her Nanna and Poppy (my parents) and below are her Gigi and Papa (John's parents)Lily has TWO uncles- Danny, my brother and Sam, John's brother. Below are Danny and his girlfriend, Annette visiting Lily.

Oh, Uncle Sam! You've been waiting a VERY long time for that title! :)

Lily's Great-Grandmother, Mimi (my dad's mother) came to visit in the hospital.

Our friends, Seth and Elizabeth visiting at the hospital. We sure wish they would give Lily a little friend!

My cousin Evan and her ADORABLE baby York came to visit us for lunch at Chappy's. We had a great time!

York wanted to touch her SO BADLY!

Meet NaNaw, Lily's other Great-Grandmother (she actually has 3!) She came all the way from Hope, Arkansas to meet her! We will be celebrating NaNaw's 90th birthday next month!

All of the Arkansas visitors and Sherry (Gigi). NaNaw & Gigi standing behind John's Aunt Debbe who drove NaNaw and cousin Elizabeth who is in Vet school at LSU. We are so glad Elizabeth was able to drive up and meet Lily too!That's all for now, folks. The next post will be more pictures of LILY!