Welcome to Lilyana's Blog!




Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Non-shower photos from last weekend

My sister's puppy looked so cute in his Halloween costume!

Jessi, Frankie, and Nana:



Mom, Jessi, and Frankie:



It was close enough to Halloween for me to go out in public wearing this 90's-inspired outfit in honor of NKOTB. My hair was crimped, my jeans were tight-rolled (aka pegged), and my socks were scrunched... I was a totally 90's mama.

More pictures on the way

Just needed to mention that more pictures will be coming. My camera went on the fritz, so I'm waiting for pictures from other people. (I need to include some of my mom and Nana!)

Baby Shower Fun

The shower this past weekend was so much fun! It was great to see all of my friends and family. My sister, Jessi, did an amazing job hosting the shower only a couple weeks after moving into her new place. She's a rock star ;)

Seeing all of my friends and family made me get all sappy and hormonal. Just looking around at the party, I realized what a lucky girl Lily is. She's being born into a family and extended family of people so loving and dear to me. Saturday was such a great day!

This first picture is an amazing gift made by my friend Jenny. It says Lilyana in wooden letters mounted to a metal base, and the front is covered in Tinkerbell!


Lily's first dolly (Tinkerbell, of course!) from Miss Sarah Brown :)


One of my favorites- "If you think I'm cute, you should see my mom."


Here are the girls from high school (and middle and elementary, too!)
L-R: Michelle, Lisa, Jilly, Jenny, Allison, Stephanie, and Jessica (my darling sister)



Pictures of my family and friends-

L-R: Aunt Sue, cousin Moira, cousin Debbie, Grandma Sally, cousin Kally, and Aunt Susanne (with Sarah Brown there in the background!)



L-R: Ginger, Aunt Tricia, Stephanie, and Michelle
(P.S. I have Ginger to thank for introducing me to Chris!)

Monday, October 20, 2008

Exciting news

My cousin Michael is a daddy to little Michael Joseph! Little Michael was born last night, quite a few weeks earlier than his Christmas Eve Eve due date (December 23rd). So far as I've heard, all is well. Rachel (new mom) and baby are in the hospital. According to my cousin, baby Michael couldn't wait to be born because he wanted to watch the Bears play yesterday (already a fan!)

Baby shower- so excited!

The baby shower in Chicago is this weekend. I'm so excited to see my family and friends and to have them all see how big the belly has grown!

Pictures from dancing

Texting Chris before the show.


Friday, October 10, 2008

Video of the 20 week ultrasound- I did it!

Thanks to a friend at work who converted the DVD to video files I could work with, I was able to make a little movie of clips from the ultrasound. The whole DVD is a bit long to post- consider this the "highlights" reel!


*If you can't get the video to load here on blogspot, try viewing it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBp-UsFw-_E.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Video of the 20 week ultrasound

When we went for the 20 week ultrasound, we bought the DVD of the whole thing for $10. It was well worth it :) I've been trying to take the video from the DVD and put it online.

I have not been successful... yet.

A video of the baby's ultrasound WILL be posted here, even if it takes me until she is born to figure it out.

I figured out how to take the dancing video from my camcorder and put it online all by myself, so I know I can do this!

Baby's first dance recital

Mommy, with baby in belly, participated in a "Dancing with the Stars"-style fund raiser for PFLAG's annual scholarships. The event was a success! We raised a lot of money for a wonderful cause, and all of the dancers looked amazing. Here is the video of Mommy, baby, and their dance partner Fred dancing an elegant foxtrot to Kenny G's "Songbird."


*If you can't get the video to load here on blogspot, try viewing it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbhkAL_Hlzs.

Baby's 20 week ultrasound

These pictures actually make her look like a baby and not a little bean. The first picture is a profile with her head on the right.



You can see where the ultrasound tech pointed out the girl parts here. She wouldn't guarantee it 100%, but she seemed pretty confident that the baby is a girl.



This picture is a profile with her head on the left.


Here's a foot.


Here's a 21 week belly.

Baby's second ultrasound

Here are some pictures from the 15 week ultrasound and a 15 week belly pic!


Baby's first pictures

Here are some pictures of the baby from the 10 week ultrasound.




And Mommy's 8 week belly...


And her 10 week belly.