Lily was playing in her crib today while Mom picked up her room. She was having such a great time that Dad took her picture.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Lily and Dale
Lily was carrying on an intellectual conversation with Dale the Math Professor. What were they discussing? String theory?
Friday, July 21, 2006
Adoption is FINAL!!!!!!
We will post more later but we wanted everyone to see the picture from the courtroom immediately after Lily's adoption became final. We are now legally a family!
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Lily with Daisies
While we were in Fort Ransom, we saw this bunch of daisies sitting in a freshly mown ditch. We couldn't resist taking a picture of Lily with the daisies. This is just one of several pictures that we took.
Lily and Daddy
Lily and Daddy have been spending more time together this week. After the trip to Fort Ransom, Mommy got to feeling not so good and had to go to the doctor. It was a very lucky thing that she did, too, because if Daddy hadn't forced her into it she would have not gone, and it ended up that she had to have surgery. Lily was at Daycare that day and so Grandpa Leamon went and picked her up. Then, he and Grandma took her home and the lady neighbor named Karen came over to put her to bed. Grandma and Grandpa Leamon went to the hospital to be with Daddy while Mommy was in surgery.
Then, when the doctor came out of surgery to talk to Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa, listened to what she had to say. The doctor told them she removed Mommy's appendix and everyone agreed that Mommy was very lucky this didn't happen when she was in North Dakota. After making sure that Mommy was OK, Grandpa Leamon went to rescue...erm...relieve Karen. Lily was in bed already sleeping but she woke up a little bit later and Grandpa gave her a bottle. Then, after Mommy woke up and was taken to her room, Daddy went home to relieve Grandpa and Lily woke up again. Daddy fed her and put her back to bed and finally, Lily slept for almost an entire night! The next morning, Daddy took Lily up to the hospital to see Mommy before Lily had to go to school. Mommy felt much better after seeing her girl.
Then, when the doctor came out of surgery to talk to Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa, listened to what she had to say. The doctor told them she removed Mommy's appendix and everyone agreed that Mommy was very lucky this didn't happen when she was in North Dakota. After making sure that Mommy was OK, Grandpa Leamon went to rescue...erm...relieve Karen. Lily was in bed already sleeping but she woke up a little bit later and Grandpa gave her a bottle. Then, after Mommy woke up and was taken to her room, Daddy went home to relieve Grandpa and Lily woke up again. Daddy fed her and put her back to bed and finally, Lily slept for almost an entire night! The next morning, Daddy took Lily up to the hospital to see Mommy before Lily had to go to school. Mommy felt much better after seeing her girl.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Trip to Fort Ransom
Lily had her first plane trip to a family reunion of John's family in Fort Ransom, North Dakota. She did very well most of the time. Lily was the hit of the reunion with everyone wanting to hold her. She held up very well remaining as cheerful as could be expected considering being passed around the room. She really liked her cousin Joey, who is the youngest of her cousins. When Joey would come up to her she would smile that big smile of hers.
I have posted all of the pictures from our Fort Ransom Trip on Flickr.
I have posted all of the pictures from our Fort Ransom Trip on Flickr.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Lily in a high chair
For Father's Day, we went out to a restaurant and Lily sat in a high chair in a restaurant for the first time! She looked like she was enjoying it.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Lily Rose is 5 Months Old!
Lily turned 5 months old today! We had a big outing to see all of the relatives for a cousin's baby shower. It was a 1 1/2 hour drive each way. Lily got soooo sleepy!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Video of Lily
Lily really loves her dog, Bartlett. She gets really excited when we put her down to pet him.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Standing
While Lily can not stand up on her own, yet, if we stand her up, she loves to just stand and stand. Here she is standing on her own on our front porch. She stood there long enough for me to run and get the camera and start taking pictures. Later she just leaned on the railing. She is getting soooo big!
Friday, May 26, 2006
Teething and other news
Lily has started teething. So far it has been mostly drooling and being generally fussier than normal. We can tell that she is uncomfortable.
We hope to get her moved into her own room this long weekend. We will have to see how it goes. It will be nice if it works so that we can start sleeping all night in our own bed! Up to now, mommy and I have been splitting the night on the couch in the family room where we have had Lily's porta-crib set up. We will see how it all turns out!
Lily has been sitting up better every day. She is now sitting up almost upright and has shown more stability. We will probably have to get a high chair very soon as she will want to sit with us more and more.
Lily LOVES cereal and eats it with real gusto. We try to give her some cereal every day right before bedtime. We are amazed at how much she eats every day. We have started to add other stage 1 foods such as applesauce and bananas.
We hope to get her moved into her own room this long weekend. We will have to see how it goes. It will be nice if it works so that we can start sleeping all night in our own bed! Up to now, mommy and I have been splitting the night on the couch in the family room where we have had Lily's porta-crib set up. We will see how it all turns out!
Lily has been sitting up better every day. She is now sitting up almost upright and has shown more stability. We will probably have to get a high chair very soon as she will want to sit with us more and more.
Lily LOVES cereal and eats it with real gusto. We try to give her some cereal every day right before bedtime. We are amazed at how much she eats every day. We have started to add other stage 1 foods such as applesauce and bananas.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Lily's firsts
Lily rolled over from her stomach to her back totally unassisted this morning. Mom was very surprised! Shortly after that, Mom sat her on the bed and she sat almost totally upright for a full minute. Lily is getting to be so strong. We won't be able to just let her lie on the couch anymore and before too long she will be moving around by herself. Time to babyproof the house!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Adoption finalization set
I talked to our attorney last week and we have set the date and time for the finalization of Lily's adoption. We are set for 9:30 am on July 21, 2006. This will make my 41st birthday even that much more special. Both Laurel and I are excited to have this part of the parenting process behind us so that we can concentrate all of our energy on raising our beautiful and intelligent daughter.
Lily's 1st Mother's Day Picture
Laurel took this picture of Lily for her first Mother's Day. We think that it is one of the sweetest pictures we have ever seen of Lily. The expression on her face speaks volumes of what Lily is like. She is almost always happy and just on the edge of a smile.
Believe it or not, this picture was taken into the bathroom mirror. The background is none other than Laurel's shirt. Laurel did take out her elbow in the upper right corner of the picture.
Believe it or not, this picture was taken into the bathroom mirror. The background is none other than Laurel's shirt. Laurel did take out her elbow in the upper right corner of the picture.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
All the photos
You can see all of the photos of Lily at http://www.flickr.com/photos/opgaard/. I will be posting them as we take them. I have more to post but we can only upload so many at a time. Come back often to see the latest!
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