Our lilly among the thorns...

Well, she's here! One of the most honoring rolls that God has given us is being a parent. She's only 18 days old and our lives are forever changed. Her name is Jachin Lydia ( Jay-kin) I know we couldn't have spelled it any harder... but that's way it reads in the Bible so we kept it! Jachin means "he who establishes" and it is one of the pillars in King Solomon's temple. We just fell in love with the meaning and knew that she is an establisher of great things.

When she was 5 days old we were having "tummy time" and she rolled from her stomach to her back. At first I thought it was just a fluke however the next day she did it again in front of Andrew's parents... she has been doing it every day... multiple times a day, ever since!! She has muscle cuts on her legs, her head & arms are extremely strong as well. It's really cool to see her wiggle and squirm, and flex a little too! : )

She's a great sleeper during the night. She wakes up every 4-6 hours so I'm only waking up once in the night to feed and she falls right back to sleep. During the day she really fights her sleep more, so we've had to put her on a schedule already so we can have a happy baby. Actually, as I'm writing this she is fussing in her room because I am making her take a nap now. So the three of us are still getting use to our new life... but it is a great one.

This wasn't the first time she rolled over but the first time we caught it on tape!