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High Five for Our First Friday with Lilly!

Happy Friday!

It’s our first Friday home with our sweet baby. And, oddly enough, today is my birthday. I honestly, truthfully, in all seriousness COMPLETELY forgot my birthday was today until I sat down to write this post. It’s not exactly like I’ve had much time to build anticipation for it, or anything. All the anticipation over the last, oh, nine months has been for the arrival of our baby… and it was even moreso over the last few weeks.

So yeah, I am not doing anything special or crazy for my birthday. I’ll be excited if I get to shower and take a nap! We have family coming over for dinner, so that will be fun! But really, I got the best birthday gift ever already this week. She came on Sunday. More on that later… 🙂

Here are the highlights of our week!

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1. Yes, ladies and gents, I FINALLY got my cupcake. It was a delicious as it looks. And less than 24 hours later I was in labor. Was it the cupcake that did it? Doubtful. But, I like to pretend that it was.

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2. Lilly Eileen Stillman was born! Still can’t believe she is here. FINALLY. Still can’t believe she’s a girl! (EVERYONE thought baby Stillman was going to be a boy, even me!) Still can’t believe God is letting us borrow her for a while. She’s just perfect. I will be sharing her birth story next week… I can’t wait to write it and share it with you. She is totally worth the 41 weeks and 4 days I carried her. She is totally worth the hours of labor. She is totally worth it all.

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3. Our first “alone” time as mommy / daughter in the hospital. I just kinda stared at her and cried (post-partum hormones, maybe…) I’ve never wanted to protect anything so much.

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4. We FINALLY got to go home on Wednesday! Although I feel and look totally struggle bus in this photo, I love it because I love seeing our little family together. Also, yes, my husband wore his I Am a Tar Heel shirt on purpose since we were at Duke Regional Hospital. He wanted it known that he is NOT a fan of Duke, the school, but we ARE fans of Duke the Regional Hospital.

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5. Lilly’s first night in her crib. I took this photo at like 1am her first night in her crib at home. I just couldn’t stop staring at her. It is so crazy to me that she is really here (I know I keep saying that, and I’m not sure when the surrealness of it all will go away.)

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How was YOUR week? Want to see more pictures of our sweet Lilly girl? Follow me on Instagram… I’m kind of a maniac with the baby photo posting. 🙂 #sorryimnotsorry

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76 Comments

  4. Congrats! She is one adorable baby! You can tell from the pictures that your smiles with her are those that you just cannot stop smiling!

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  6. Happy birthday!! I can’t wait to hear the birth story. Lilly is gorgeous (I knew she would be) and you and your little family are just glowing!

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  8. Ahhh… tears! She’s gorgeous, Mama. Just gorgeous. And I’m loving the name (psst… I may be biased, since that’s my little girl’s name too!!!). Enjoy every moment, don’t hold back the tears, hormones or not, that love is genuine and pure and your angel will soak up every bit of it into her tender heart. Sending you love, hugs, and blessings. ~Sarah

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  13. She is adorable. I cannot wait to see more pictures and hear (read) your birth story. Also, my husband would totally do something like that, too (the t-shirt).

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  16. You better not be sorry because she is just the most beautiful little angel….and I’ll say August is quite a special month for important people being born, happy birthday :))))
    Brooke @ what2wear

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  17. Happy Birthday and Congrats, Molly! She’s definitely beautiful. I love Durham Regional Hospital. I was born there back when my dad was a Blue Devil. I can’t believe they let a TarHeel in there. Lol. Just kidding. I used to be a TarHeel too until I switched colleges and had to take sides:)

    All the best with being a new mommy. Your excitement is contagious!

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  29. Perfect week!! Awesome that you got your cupcake!! Loved the photos of you and your sweet girl. The surreal-ness will last a for a little while! I felt like I was walking around in a dream for a long time. Soak her up because it moves by so quickly!!

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  32. Happy Birthday Molly! Lilly is beautiful and I am still in love with the hashtag. I love that your husband wore his Tar Heel shirt to the hospital. I hope you get some sleep but we all know that you staring at Lilly is competing for that rest. Have a blessed week!

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  36. When I saw the picture of you leaving the hospital, I thought “fashionable even leaving the hospital.” Serious, you look adorable. If I have another one, I need to remember to add a maxi skirt to my closet and bring it to the hospital. It makes for an easy, put together look. And post pictures of your little Lilly to your hearts content, because I love seeing them!

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  37. I seriously just squealed for you! (And decided that cupcakes put people into labor… They truly are magical.) She’s beautiful! So happy for you. 🙂

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  38. Congrats Molly. She is adorable. I see from the pictures you had a c-section. I can totally relate. My son was born at 41 and 5 days, but like you said, it’s totally worth it. Enjoy every minute of it.

    Agi:)

    vodkainfusedlemonade.com

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