Life as a family of four

I have fallen in love all over again with our newest little baby girl.  I'm absolutely over the moon for Lilly.  She's only 5 days old and she couldn't be sweeter, cuter or happier.  On the rare occasion that she cries, it's just a sweet, dainty, gentle cry.  She left the hospital at 6 lb 2 oz and has already gained 10 oz as of today.  On our last day at the hospital, we were told she was borderline jaundice and to take her to see her pediatrician the next morning.  Since then, we went to the doctor again today and she's all better now!  Her skin has gotten a lot less splotchy and less yellow.  I still can't believe we had such a tiny baby.  Abby was never this little.  And it turns out, Lilly is NOT 19.5" long, she's only 18.75".  That sounds more like it.  They really measure at random in the hospitals.  In hindsight, I really picked the wrong xiao ming (nickname) for Abby...oh well.  :)

So Bryce and I originally thought Lilly looked like a little Abby but even in the last few days, we realized how wrong we are.  I mean, they definitely have similarities and look unmistakably like sisters but that's about it.  Whenever people meet Ruby and me and find out we're twins, and after they get over the initial shock of how different we look, we just explain that everything about me that looks like our dad, Ruby looks like our mom and vice versa.  And now I can say the same for my 2 girls.  Abby has my Asian face with her Daddy's white skin and body structure whereas Lilly has Bryce's face with my Asian skin (hence the borderline jaundice) and my body structure.  She definitely has my fingers and toes which I get from my dad.  I know Lilly's going to change a lot in the next few months so we're really looking forward to watching her change and grow!

Now onto the pictures.  Abby LOVES to hold, kiss and feed her mei mei.  She's been such a great little helper.  Of course, she's had her jealous moments but that's to be expected and it's not nearly as bad as I had anticipated.  Here are a few pictures from the last 5 days.

39 weeks and 2 days

The deed is done!

Abby anxiously looking through the window for her mei mei!

Dark, blurry close up of mei mei

Abby was really eager to help feed mei mei a bottle!

The 1st of many kisses to come

Our car ride home from the hospital as a family

One of my favorite pictures so far

Abby loves to hold her mei mei...

...and kiss "her little hands!"

And last but not least, all of my girls came to visit today!!  It was so fun to catch up - we missed you Ruby!