On Saturday, September 1, our family grew to four with the birth of Lillian Elfriede Seidler. The little lady is named after two of our grandmothers: Lillian Fahey was James’ maternal grandmother, and Elfriede Mathias was Lori’s. They were both wonderful ladies.
As is the newest member of the family! Of course, while she’s since proven herself to be pretty mellow, she had to kick things off with tears at the official weigh in.
Lori and Lillian stayed in the hospital until Monday while James went home nights to help out his mom, who did an awesome job watching Mathias all weekend. We really appreciate her help!
This hospital stay seemed easier than the first one. Lillian was born at 10:28 a.m., which really helped normalize the day. We’d had to be there at 1:30 in the morning for Lori to be induced for Mathias’ arrival. We ended up being awake for more than 24 hours, which left us with a big sleep deficit with our little guy. (Of course, the fact that we had some clue what we were doing this time may have helped too.)
All is well at home, and we hope to have more updates soon. Some hospital photos are below–see them all by clicking here!
Lori holds Lillian for the first time.
Grandma holds Lillian at the hospital.
The family heads home!
Congrats to all, Lillian is beautiful. Now Mathias you are the big brother to watch over your baby sister.
Welcome Lillian! The name choice is beautiful and very touching. I’m sure she’ll grow to be a great woman just like her grandmas!! Sending you lots of love and congrats from Tucson. xoxo Angie