She's Here!

Yes, SHE's here! It's a girl! Jane Lillie, born December 17 at 7:34 pm.  She weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and is 20 inches long.  She is extremely content!  She knew exactly what to give her mommy for Christmas!  

Jane was born very healthy and is growing quickly.  She's just about gained back all the weight she lost in the hospital and she's only four days old.  Her pediatrician was impressed at her check up today.  Her delivery was so much shorter too-another Christmas present to her mom!  

Her brothers have been in love with her from the beginning!  Dallin kept asking when she was coming and they were both so excited when she came.  Stephen John kept asking my mom to see her picture.  When they got to the hospital, they had to hold her and check her all out.  I think one of the sweetest things I've seen in life is watching my children meet each other.  Dallin meeting Stephen John and then both of them meeting Jane.  They just beamed the whole time.  When the pediatrician came for her hospital check, the boys gave him the stink eye the whole time!  They weren't sure about a stranger looking at their sister.  Protective brothers already! I'll have to post pictures of the boys visiting later.  

Jane's middle name is after my great-grandmother Lillie.  Both Dan and I come from such rich heritages that we wanted to pass that on to our children.  I have always loved learning about my great-grandmother and wanted to use her name.  After her husband passed away relatively young, she raised all of her children by herself.  She finished their homestead commitment in Idaho, was always serving her family, wrote poetry and commentaries on life, did extensive temple work, and was adored by her family to just name a few things.  She helped to raise my dad after his mother passed away until my grandpa married the grandmother I know.  I also love her spunkiness.