Home, sweet home...

We arrived back in Virginia very late on Saturday night. Lilli was so sweet. She slept during the first flight and didn't even notice the take-off and the landing. She loaded her diapers twice during the second flight. After that she was still fussy, but eventually went to sleep. When we arrived home, I changed her diapers and she had another load in there. I felt terrible to have had waited so long to change her.

It is great to be back home. Lilli now understands the difference between day and night and goes right back to sleep after we feed her her bottle during the night. The first few nights home she decided at 4 a.m. that it was playtime and Daddy had to play with her for an hour...

She has met already some of our friends and neighbors here. Everybody loves her and tells us how sweet she looks with her head full of hair. She even already had two playdates. One with our friend's daughter on Monday and one today with the twins of some other friends. The twins were so tiny compared to her. They are 16 days older than she is, but they look so much tinier. Lillian has already outgrown the newborn onesies we had received from some of our friends. She is wearing 0-3 months clothing now...

On Monday night her belly button fell off. It was time, because that thing smelled really rotten. We have saved it so far, because I can't bring myself to throw it out yet. What have you guys done with yours???

Yesterday we had a little shopping trip to Target and Babies R us. We bought a little bath tub and gave Lilli her first bath. She seems to like it much better than the sponge bath we usually give her in the mornings.

Lilli also has started to smile occasionally. But I know that she is not yet doing it consciously. It is still very nice to see her smile. It makes my heart melt.

She loves her little playmat. When we put her underneath she gets so excited that she eventually spits up from excitement. But she loves moving the little animals and things that hang from up there. And she understands that she can move them with her hand. Off course we have the smartest baby in the world. :-)

Tomorrow she will have her first doctor's appointment. We are very excited. Two friends and my mother have recommended we write everything down we want to know. We will do that tonight.

I am surprised how fast and how easy the transition to parenthood was. It feels like we have made bottles forever and changed diapers forever.

My dear husband and I are still debating how to write Lilli. Lilly, Lili, Lilli, there are so many possibilities. I was writing it first with a y, but for some reason I like it better with an i at the end now.. Any suggestions?