Lola's newborn photo shoot

I had Amanda Olson come over and do a newborn photo shoot at 10 days old, it was great! Lola was great and Amanda is fantastic... plan to do several more this year, maybe a 6 month and 1 year old? We will see, can't get enough pics of my little superstar :)

Everybody loves Lola!

So many people have visited Lola in the first few weeks, it has been so amazing to have so many show the love. Even in the hospital, Joel/Allisa/Robyn/Franklin/Olivia all made an appearance. Mac/Kim/Kissy came by over the weekend. I love all the love...

Grand comes and goes...

Mom arrived the day after Lola was born and left today :(- I know she would like to have been here for the birth as she was for all 5 grandchildren so far, but she missed it by a day. She was a proud Grandmama and said Lola was extra special because she is the baby of her baby. Funny...

So somehow we survived the 1st week. Much harder than I thought- this little one is not interested in breast feeding- I had no idea how hard it would be even though I was warned. I am hooked up to the breast pump trying to feed her as much as possible with breast milk, but she has to have formula too. I guess the first thing we are learning about baby is that things don't always go according to plans.

Lola Grace

She is here... March 17, 2009, 12:25 AM. The labor and delivery was nothing like I expected. She is nothing like I expected. Much better, more beautiful, smaller. A head full of hair! So many details, so tiny, so large. Kevin was great, he was super Doula, and I couldn't have done it without him. Much more to come...