Lilia's first month

The past month has been filled with so many wonderful loved ones. Although Lilia has slept through most of it I am sure that she soaked in the love. Brad and I are gradually adjusting to our new home and feel like we are in the right place. We love Arlington and are so excited for this new stage of life with Lilia.

Here are a few pictures of our latest adventures

Grandma Taylor rocking Lilia - what a lifesaver that first week home. I find it ironic that when you become a new mom you find that you need your own mom more than ever.

Aunt Cheyenne holding Lilia or should I say her little "munchkin" as she came to call her.

Uncle Stephen came to visit Lilia while she was in the hospital, what a treat. We are so glad to be close to our East Coast siblings.My sister Jen and her children Naomi, Emily, and Christopher from L to R. Thanks to Jen & Chris, and Gwen and Matt Brad's sister and her husband we are able to borrow a whole nursery set, bouncer, swing, clothes, wipe-warmer, blankets and the list goes on. Not to mention that they have fed and housed us on multiple occasions during our homeless July months. I don't think I would have survived this whole summer with out these two remarkable families. Thank you, thank you!


Nana Petty was here the week before last. What an amazing woman, it's not everyday that you get a mother-in-law who worked as an OB nurse for years. We had so much fun venturing out into the world. Now I'm not afraid to take Lily to the grocery store :)I can't find a CD of some pictures that Gwen took with her amazing camera while they visited us in the hospital, but here is Nana holding Lilia with Audrey, Henry and Evie. Such adorable little kiddos, we love them (When I find the CD, I'll post some of the pictures because they are adorable!).


We have officially had our first visit from one of our loved Provo friends. Melissa Story was in the area with her family and was so sweet to take the time to come visit us. It was so good to see her and hope this was the first of many visits from our Provo friends...wink wink.
Brad's favorite thing to do when he comes home from a long day of class and studying is to hold Lilia. There is something so soothing about holding a soothing baby.

So Lilia definitely didn't get my hands. They look small in this picture but her fingers and arms are really long...just like her Daddy.


So my sister-in-law Haley is going to have to forgive my being a copy-cat but I just loved her pictures of her kids with their little milestone ages on them.


Our adventurous outing to the Great Falls National Park with Nana Petty, Gwen and Matt and the kids. Lilia enjoyed it...she slept the whole time.







There is this fun inside joke in the Petty family called the Mom salute, Lilia seemed to know that Marty was leaving after her fun week with us and as a token of appreciation for all of her help gave her the salute.