we're alive....

so i used to get so frustrated once people would have babies...they would completely stop updating their blogs! and i would check DAILY trying to see how things were going, but nothing new was ever up. ok. i get it now. it's called "sleep and playing with your baby is WAY more fun than blogging syndrome"....and i have it BAD! :)

lots going on in the libby house right now. drew's parents came in town on Sunday and will be here a few weeks to help out. YEAH! so far, i've had 2 nights in a row of 7 hours of sleep! meredith is taking the nighttime feeding and it's giving me some much needed rest. can i say how much i LOVE my mother in law? there are no words. :) but we're really enjoying having company and they're really enjoying their little granddaughter (kim, i wish you were here to meet her!)

lana update: after feeding we usually give lana some 'wake time'...she loves her little jungle gym. it's awesome for tummy time! she's already started lifting her head up from the floor and she's only 3 weeks old! she always holds it up when you hold her, but pulling it up from the floor is HUGE! she sleeps SO well at night. we try to let her sleep as long as possible after her 930pm feeding. usually she goes to almost 2am--makes me VERY happy! we're hoping she's going to be sleeping through the night a few weeks before i go back to work. we're doing babywise and its really helping us get there! LOVE schedules. lana has started smiling, but it's not voluntary...doesn't matter. it's so cute and shows off her dimples! we still don't know who she looks like, so we're thinking she's just a good blend of us both. i don't think i can explain how great she is. life is so much more fun with her here!!!!

here are some pictures....

first play date...with camryn kirksey


mellowed out during wake time


lana in her jungle gym


first sponge bath...


first bottle feeding (but not formula yet!)


just too cute to not include! :)


reading time with daddy


more to come later! if you want to see more pics, click on the 'lana's pictures' link on the left.....

happy tuesday!