Our first Month with our little Lily

Being a mom is the most wonderful thing in the whole world. I am loving it. The first month has flown by, as I was told it would. Lily has been quite the adventurous one already! She has been away on two mini-trips. Two weeks ago we went down to the cape for the weekend and Lily loved it. We took her for several walks along the ocean. It was beautiful and very peaceful for mom and dad. Last weekend we all went to Vermont and visited with Grammy Trent (Alan's Mom) for a couple days and then went to visit Grandpa, Juanita,Auntie Em, Auntie Kate and Cousin Nate! It was a fun filled weekend. She has her first visit to the Cheesecake Factory (Mommy's Favorite) and she loved it! Lily has adjusted nicely to life on the "outside"! The summer is going to be full of fun activities and I will keep blogging!!!

Here are some more pics of her first 4 weeks! Enjoy!

Little Lily's Arrival!

Our Favorite...Sleeping Beauty

Lily Mae Schulte made her way into this world on April 29th 2009 at 10:24pm....after 17 hours of labor. She weighed 8lbs and 9oz and was 20 1/2 inches long! She arrived via C-section due to her "Sunny-side up" positioning! We are hoping this means she will have a "Sunny" personality! She is very healthy and seems to be a happy baby. The first 8-10 hours of labor were "manageable"; certainly not fun or comfortable by any means but manageable. The last 7 or 8 hours were much more difficult. I would try to explain the experience but just like everyone told me....words can not come close to describing the experience-it's surreal. Alan and my mom were my labor coaches and they did such a wonderful job. They were there to provide exactly what I needed (which changed minute to minute).

So, now about Lily. Wow. I am not sure words can describe her either...but I'll try. Being a mom is 100 million times more wonderful than I ever would have thought. It is also much harder than I ever would have thought. People told me this but it's one of those things you can't understand until you experience it. We are very sleep deprived. We longer have "meals" we now have "okay you eat really quickly while I hold her and then Vice Versa"! I am no longer the center of Alan's affection...nor am I the center of my own attention (if that makes any sense....it is all about Lily and providing this angel with everything she needs to be a happy and healthy baby girl. I am so grateful for Alan, I couldn't do this without him. I don't know how anyone does this alone- props to all the single parents out there because this truly is the hardest job in the world, so if you are doing it alone I think you just might be a super-hero.

I'm not sure If I will keep up this blog or not, now that she's here. I will try. Thank you for all of your support and words of encouragement throughout this journey.

This is truly the greatest gift on earth and Happy Mother's day to all of you superhero's.

Love,

Molly