Daddy is 30!!!!!


Can you believe it?!?!?!?!?



We had a fun party for Daddy's 30th brithday so I had to take a bath....

and get ready for everyone to come over!

We had a great time eating Texas bar-b-que and visiting with some wonderful friends from Atlanta and Nashville. My friend Ben came

and the Biggs and Mooneys came all the way from Nashville for the party (thanks!). I had a lot of fun meeting them all and can't wait to meet Baby Mooney in September!

G-Mommy and Papa came by on Father's Day weekend to see how much I had grown...

I had a very special visit from Mommy's friend, Miss Em'ly, this week. She came and hung out with Mommy and me on Tuesday for the WHOLE day. I sure hope she comes back for another visit soon!

This week we had a visit from Aunt Victoria, Lawson, Laura Grace and Hope. We had fun playing at the Boeckmans, going to a puppet show (Jack and the Beanstalk), playing outside and going to church with all the kids, I did determine that if we ever had four kids (unlikely) the kids and I would have to go to another church b/c it is QUITE a feat to get four kids to their classes on sunday morning.
We missed seeing Uncle Kimball, but we go to see him the next weekend when Lia and Mommy drove to Cartersvile to see him at Cracker Barrell.
Here are the pictures from the visit...

LIA SMILED AT ME!!! and here's a picture to prove it...

This was a big week for us full of visitors... Lia met her cousins... Hannah, Sarah, Benjamin and Isaac AND Aunt Angela (not pictured) when they came to the house...


Nana and Papa B came back to visit and helped us out with a few projects the biggest of which was the landscaping in the front yard.
Look at the great job Brendon and his dad did!


Also, it was our first mother's day...

Bathtime

Lia got the ceremonial first bath with GMommy before she left to go back to Nashville....Thanks for coming and helping!






Also, we got our first glimpse of Terrin (Lia's cousin) who was born an hour after her. Isn't he adorable???

Coming home is always nice, but coming home from the hospital with Lia was the best! It was a busy first week of docotr's visits, jaundice problems (more info below) and not a lot of sleep. my mom stayed with us the first week and I can't imagine trying to navigate those first few days without her. Thanks G-mommy!

As for the jaundice.... Lia's levels were in the higher risk range when we left the hospital and kept climbing the first few days at home. Consequently, the doctor decided to put her on a bili-bed to help lower her levels until her liver got strong enough to do the job itself.

so, here are some pictures of her "Blue Bed"...pretty cool, huh?!?!?

I know this already happened, but I am trying to post the pictures from April on, so I will have to retell the stories along the way. Lia was born on April 29, 2006. She was set to be the 10th granchild on the Granstaff side, but she didn't want to wait her turn and ended up coming in 9th :)! Her place as the 1st Petty grandchild was never contested.




Anyway, my water broke at 4am on Saturday and 11 hours and one epidural (thank the LORD for drugs!) later we had a little angel to hold and love on. Lia Belle was born at 3pm exactly and weighted 7lbs exactly. She had a full head of dark hair and some VERY long fingers. She had a little trouble breathing at first, so the nurses took her to the NICU for observation. Everything ended up being fine and she spent the rest of her time at the hospital in the room with Mommy and Daddy.

She had lots of visitors those first few days....
Nana and Papa B, GMommy, Vicki and Micah, Llew and Lisa, Noelle and Luke, Tom, Amy and Emma.

Also, she ended up sharing her birthday with her cousin, Terrin, who was born one hour after Lia. we had a great stay at the hospital and came home on Monday to a wonderully clean house (thanks Tina!!!).