Lily is 8 weeks old!

Or at least she will be tomorrow. To celebrate we saw Dr. Shannon today and learned that our wee lass is in the 25th percentile across the board - height, weight and head size - making her "perfectly proportionate" at 21.5" and 9 pounds, 7 ounces. She also got her first vaccinations and I think Chris will have to take her for the next round. Though she recovered quickly, the wails and crocodile tears where almost more than I could take. In a bid for solidarity I got a flu shot, but she didn't seem convinced that we were even. I snapped this one while we were getting ready to go...perhaps she looks so serious knowing what's ahead?

Lily is officially a Lowe!!

Today was an amazing day. Not only is Seattle blanketed in snow and looking lovely, but our daughter is now officially ours. Yep, Chris and I went to the courthouse and met with the judge and Lily is now a Lowe! The wonderful Katie Trombley accompanied us so that the moment could be captured on film. Here we are with the judge, a very sweet man who I knew I would like when I saw a copy of "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Suess on his shelf.

A few more shots from the day...the drive to the Snohomish courthouse, Katie and Chris at our celebratory lunch (Mexican, of course!) and Lily, looking rather blase about the whole thing.