Grammy and Grandpa Nichol

We were lucky to have Grammy and Grandpa Nichol in town from Vermont this weekend to help out with little Lexi. We had a great time walking the streets of Chicago and enjoying the town. They also babysat for Katie and I on Saturday night. It gave us the chance to see some friends and have a dinner out. We ended up skipping the dinner because we missed Lexi and wanted to get home to see her. Thanks for all the help Grammy and Grandpa!!! Here is a picture of Grammy with Lexi in the Bjorn - Lexi was sound asleep for hours.

Lexi's Three Week Birthday!!!

We can't believe that it has been three weeks already, she is growing bigger every second. Lexi, Mommy and Daddy went out to Einsteins Bagel for breakfast and then went to the park bordering Lake Michigan in the afternoon. Lexi has been a bit of a beast the past week. She is starting to learn that she can get just about whatever she wants if she cries hard enough. Usually she just wants more of mommy's milk. Here is a picture of Lexi before we went out to breakfast. I wish I had one or two from the park, but forgot the camera.
I'm still trying to figure our Picasa web albums, and when I do I'll post all the pics that we take of the family!!!

Lexi our little angel

Sweet little Lexi is sleeping so well. She slept last night from 10pm - 4:30am. In fact, I woke her up at 4:30am because I felt like I might explode if she didn't eat soon. We are so lucky she is sleeping a good part of the night. We are working on loading more pics of her soon.

Lexi's 1 week birthday

Lexi decided to spend her first week birthday sleeping on daddy and enjoying the beautiful day in Chicago on her first walk around the neighborhood. Our family is getting used to the new addition, but Lexi is making it really easy. She is an angel both day and night, she sleeps really well (have to wake her to feed her) and she eats like a champ. She has already changed our lives for the better in so many ways and will continue to do so in the future I'm sure!!! I'm also going to try to add a bunch of pics to the Picasso web albums for people to see.

Daddy and his little girl

The Miracle of Life!!!

Alexandra Pierce Nichol, 7.0 lbs, 20 inches long, born Aug 22nd at 11:47am

She is amazingly beautiful, and perfectly healthy so far (knock on wood). Mom is doing good, still trying to catch up on sleep, and Lexi is still trying to get acclimated to the house. We got out of the hospital today at noon, and have had Grammy and Grandpa (my parents) and Mawmaw (Katies mom) here helping us out, and we couldn't be doing it without them. I just hope we get the hang of this before they leave, haha.

Lexi is just the most amazing little joy of life that I've ever seen. I can already not imagine life without here around, and I'm sure that feeling will only get stronger. She has the best demeanor, and has been very good so far, considering she is new to this outside world.

Wish us luck, and we'll keep you all posted with new info and pictures. I'm going to try to attach some pictures we had taken in the hospital of our little nugget of joy.