Proud Dad

So I just had to put this picture in because we are leaving the hospital and I was very happy to be leaving the hospital. Lily tore me pretty good so it took longer to be ready to leave but everything is going great now. We are so glad to have our little Lily home with us and doing so well. We really enjoy each day. We are also so glad that she sleeps at night. She is a super great baby.
Daddy and Lily's first picture together. TJ is an amazing dad. He is so proud of his little girl. He loves to cuddle her and tell her how much he loves her. I love to watch him interact with her. He is so sweet and she just loves him.
Lily looking at her dad. She sure does love her daddy. She already has him wrapped around her little finger!
This is what they both do best. I love the sleeping pictures so I of course had to take one and post it. They are so sweet when they lay together and nap. After Lily eats, dad gets to burp her and then cuddle with her.

Thanks Grandma Warner!

Grandma Warner came to help us for the first week and we are very glad she did. I ended up getting a clogged milk duct which made me very sick. Grandma got to spend a lot of time with Lily while mom slept. Lily enjoyed spending time with Grandma and so did we. Thanks mom for coming out. It was a great help. Thanks to dad too for living without her for a week. We look forward to seeing you again in November.

More Pics of Lily

She likes to spread out her arms and legs when she sleeps.


Big Yawn!
What's Up Homies?

Thanks to Spike for the beautiful hat :-).

She almost had a ball-cap on when she was born, but not quite Mel.

Lily is Here

Our little girl has arrived!
Lily Janice Gray
6:45 p.m., October 1, 2008
9 lbs. 3.5 oz
21 inches long
Both Mom and Baby are doing well.
Here are some photos of our beautiful little girl.

Just Waiting and Waiting

The anticipation is building! We are getting so excited to meet our little girl. She has been at the center of our thoughts for the past nine months... who will she look like?, when will she come?, what will we name her?, will we be good parents? All the usual questions that new parents to be think about. Well the time is just about here and she could come any day now. Her official due date is the 23rd of September, but we would love to meet her before then. Knowing my luck we wont get to meet her until after that date, but we will give her the time she needs. The excitement of what she will look like is just eating at me. Lucky for me I got to see her yesterday at our doctors appointment. The doctor couldn't feel her head in the cervix so he pulled out the ultrasound machine to check her positioning. She is positioned correctly, she is just still pretty high. But since we were already looking at her he showed me how she is doing. She is already doing the breathing movements, even though she is still receiving oxygen from the umbilical cord. I also got to see her little heart beat and her legs and arms kick and stretch. This movement I feel a lot, but it is fun to see too! So everything is looking great. She is measuring good and developing great. Now all we have to do is wait for her to come. We will keep everyone posted on how things are and when she comes.

Spoiled Already!

So our little girl is already very much loved! She has received so many beautifully hand made quilts that I had to show them off. We are so grateful for the quilts and know that each was made with so much love.

This one was made by Grandma Gray (TJ's mom). The colors are so fun and I love the edges. This is the Gray's first granddaughter! Usually Gray families start out with a boy, but we decided to be different!
This one was made by Grandma Warner (my mom). It is so soft and super cute! Each of the Warner grandchildren have one. Our little girl will be number 4 grandchild, number 3 girl, with another little boy cousin to join the scene in January!
This is a very special one for me. Great Grandma Warner (my grandma) made this one. Her goal was to make a blanket for each of her grandchildren to give to their first child. I watched her make these for years and waited anxiously for the day to come when I got mine. It means all the more to me now that she has passed away and this is something that I get to give my little girl to help her know just how much her great grandma loves her and is watching out for her.
Auntie Kimmy made this one for our little one! Kim is always putting so much thought into the gifts that she gives her family. They always show just how much she loves us! I love the bright colors!
This last one was made for us by a special friend I have made here in Colorado. Trisha Thomas - who happens to be one of my college roommates cousins - is super talented and super onderful! She along with two other great friends, Pilar and Laura, threw me a baby shower. Thanks for all the love and hard work that went into the shower and especially the quilt!

Thanks to ESPN ZONE!

So here is a story for you all...A couple of weeks ago TJ and I went to dinner with some friends at the ESPN ZONE (yes we indulged our husbands and went to a place they could be in pure heaven watching too many TVs with sports on them). To our surprise, every Friday in the months of June and July they were having a contest to see who would throw out the first pitch at a Rockies game in August. So the first hour TJ and Drew entered the contest - throwing a can through a hole- and Drew one. That meant that he would get two tickets to the game and a chance to throw out the first pitch. Well the next hour the girls tried there luck. Lucky for me I was the winner! That meant that all four of us could go enjoy the game together. So we met back on August 6th and competed to see who would throw out the first pitch. This time the luck went to a little guy with his dad as they won the opportunity to throw out the first pitch. We still got to go to the COORS VIP box and have a special catered picnic before the game and watch it from there. Well only one thing put a damper on our night...the rain. We have been needing the rain here for a long time and it finally came...only to postpone the game. We still had the picnic and enjoyed ourselves for about three hours before they called it a rain out. We are unable to make it to the make up game, but I'm okay with that. I had a great time even though there was no game. Maybe next time!
There was so much water on the tarp. I was hoping I would get to see them empty it so that they didn't get any on the field, but it never stopped raining. We thought it would be fun to turn it into a huge slip and slide but I don't think that would have gone over to well with the grounds crew or security.
Enjoying the view from the COORS VIP box. Being up there sure makes you feel important.
It was Iannetta (the Rockies Catcher) player of the month night. Yes I am wearing mine backwards so that you can see what the back looks like.
Enjoying all the free food and drinks one could ever imagine. I think the four of us that went together were the only ones that didn't drink. That meant we had plenty of beverages to choose from while the others had to wait for their beers to be refilled. This is Shayna and Brooklyn. Shayna and Drew are the other couple that went with us. We always have fun with the Braziers!