Rebekah is 1 Month Old Today!

Well, first off I would like to thank the Moffats, whose blog so kindly lets everyone know just how long it has been since we last updated our blog. So, three weeks later we have blog!


This is going to be our monthly photo pose/prop for visually measuring how big Rebekah is getting. Every month we'll put her in the same chair so everyone can have some frame of reference for how big she is getting.

To be honest, I cannot believe how quickly 1 month has gone by. It feels like yesterday we were coming home from the hospital. Now Rebekah has already been to church 4 times, youth group a couple, and Starbucks too many times to count...

Oh, by the way, have I mentioned how adorable our little Bekah is?

Last week Jane and I were able to get out for our first real date night since Rebekah joined the fam. It was good, and we were even able to get through most of the night without talking about her. But seriously, how could you not talk about her - even if just to acknowledge how stinking amazing she is. And she really is amazing! And stinky! :) Well, only when she poops up the front of her diaper when Daddy is watching her. No kidding, I've never seen someone whose body parts have a magnetic attraction to fecal matter. As was grabbing another diaper and some baby wipes, she had quickly used her "current" diaper as an ink pad for some baby foot prints... I think then one of her arms got jealous of the foot as it found its way into the action.

Hmm....What else has happened in the last 3 weeks?

Well, maybe sometime Jane could throw up a blog to share with you all the fun she has had trying to breastfeed Rebekah. Through the counsel of our doctor, and various other people, this week will be the first week of purely bottle-feeding her. I can't tell you how stressful this decision has been on Jane, but she is feeling good about it. Rebekah took a month to get up to her birth weight - likely because of all the feeding issues - and she had even dropped significantly at one point. But as of this week she 9+ pounds and gaining like a champ!



Here's a super proud dad of his little girl!!


Great news! You may not believe it from this picture, but just last week we started putting Bek down in her own bed at night!! Jane and I actually get to sleep in the same bed again. My Mom actually helped us out big time with a couple of suggestions that really aided the process. First, we used a ticking alarm clock right by her head to simulate a heart beat (who would've thunk it), and then she has been sleeping propped up on her side. Don't know really why any of that works, but it does...and our precious princess is sleeping right now!


This picture is just awesome, because it shows off her big and bright eyes. And it also shows her off in the cutest pink sweatshirt. I'm not sure where we got it, but she looks great in it. Actually everyone has raved about how great she looks in pink...perfect, just about everything she has is pink!

More to come later - And hey Moffats, tell your blog to get off our back. We'll put one up when we're ready!! :) Just kidding...that feature is actually pretty cool.

1 Week Old

My, how fast it goes...I remember my first day on Work Crew at Malibu in 2003, our bosses said, "These will be the longest days of your life, but the fastest weeks." That pretty much sums up our first week with Rebekah. Jane and I have both now spent practically an entire night on the couch with Rebekah, because she won't fall asleep deeply enough to be put into bed without waking her. Thankfully, I have had LOST introduced to me this last week (Ann, thanks for bringing season 1 with you) and watched that through the night.

Today, I went into work for the first time. It was weird...On my way down to the church I though, "I don't want to hang out with other people's kids, I wanna hang out with my own!" And so I definitely prayed about that and allowed myself to remember how much I love youth ministry. I even had a couple significant conversations today. It's just, who really wants to be separated from their child for a whole day?

A fun Lillie family trivia tidbit for you all (you will be quizzed at the end of this blog) answers the question, "What are we going to call a fart in our family?" Jane and I seriously debated this. She grew up calling it a "foof." I rejected that immediately. I thought "fart" was just fine. She suggested "toot." We were at a stalemate, until I learned what our friends Karla and Tim call it in their home. "Popping!" "Oops, I popped!" "Did you just pop?" Yes, the pop. Unique, but not weird. Fresh, and so clean. So yes, from this day forward the Lillie household will refer to the uncouth "fart" as a "pop." Be warned.

And now for a fresh batch of pics...

Grandma Stump (Ann) being an awesome Grandma - kissing her favorite Granddaughter on the forehead.


Her newborn rash is beginning to clear up a bit. This was also the day we gave her extensive sun-time to reverse the Jaundice. As you can see, the eyes are starting to open wide. She may just have her mommy's big beautiful eyes some day.


Mommy and baby hanging out on the couch. The back was one of the last places where the rash cleared up.


Rebekah's favorite sleeping position: head cocked back, mouth wide open.


Rebekah's first Sunday morning going to worship. You can tell she is very excited about it. You have to admit, she looks adorable.


So here's the story behind this picture. It's Sunday after church, a hot afternoon in our living room. We remember the doctors tell us that babies should have both "tummy-time" and "skin on skin." So, I'm just hanging out watching some lost and say hey let's give it a shot. Before we know it there is some serious nipple confusion going on. The lactation consultant told us not to switch between nursing and bottles because it could cause "nipple-confusion." They never told us that confusion would include having my man-nipples sucked off. Let's just say I avoid "skin on skin" time when Rebekah may be hungry - for my nipples' sake.


Jane and Rebekah again. Shirt says "Mommy's little girl."

We love our little girl and can't believe its already been a week. Keep praying for us as we lose sleep. Keep praying for us that we would learn and grow to be the best parents that we can. Thank you - so many of you for joining us in this journey with our little girl.

Grace and peace.