Lillian Emmie Kraus

Momma Liana hatched baby Lily on Friday, July 6, 2007 at 7:39am in Operating Room #2 of Plano Presby hospital. What a whirlwind it was! What was supposed to be a checkup on Lily's progress at Dr. Herzog's office Thursday morning turned into a check-in procedure into Labor & Delivery. Dr. Herzog has been tracking our little girl's growth pretty closely due to her being slightly undersized. His concerns were affirmed when she hadn't grown in the last 2 weeks, so he decided she was gonna come out immediately to grow better on the outside. She was all in order, head-first position in the womb so we were to begin induction at midnight that night. After administration of the Ptocin, the contractions started increasing but dilation stayed about the same. The pain came on strongly, so Liana decided on an epidural. About 6am Thursday morning came & Dr. Herzog came by to move things along. Following a quick exam, he told us he couldn't identify her head anymore, but felt what he thought was a foot. A sonogram confirmed she had, in the previous 10 hours, completely turned around into the "breached" feet first position. So, 1/2 hour later we were ready to go into the OR for a ciserian section. Soon after, we received our precious little girl, Lillian Emmie Kraus. She was born 5 lbs 1/2 oz, 17.3" long. Both Mom & baby are doing great! Liana is recovering quickly from the surgery! Baby Lily has already been breast feeding (colostrum feeding) very well! Doctor's report says she is as healthy as can be, besides being the size of a peanut! We are so grateful to Mom & Dad Kraus for their help, Mom Skousen for flying out IMMEDIATELY for her little girl's first baby, Maribeth for doing all the little things, and everyone else for your thoughts & prayers! Enjoy the pics & videos!

Fresh out:
Momma & her baby
Dr. Herzog with Lily
Proud Daddy:

Fresh out:

Momma & Baby:

Interview with Lily:

Liana at almost 36 weeks!

Here is sweet Liana at 35 1/2 weeks!!! Isn't she beautiful? She hardly looks 4 months pregnant, let alone 8 months!
Maribeth's 19th birthday party. We think "the Beezers" enjoyed her b-day - we went to PF Chang's, ate Costco cake, & opened presents! We love our roommate :)

We are getting closer & closer to the hatching of our golden child. Sweet momma Liana is the cutest wobbling pregnant lady on planet Texas. She has only 7 working days left (YEAH), then we'll be ready for the home stretch! Collin is a little over halfway through making his first set of dentures! He is enjoying seeing patients & doing weird lab work as school has become very real. We feel so blessed for all that we receive each day. The Lord has seen fit to take excellent care of us, & for that we are eternally indebted to Him!

JIM!!!

Here is a pic of Jim, my best friend since childhood, in Iraq. He has been in the army for a few years & was stationed in Iraq in March. Amidst temperatures of 115 - 130F, he goes out serving our country each day. We all know of the dangers he & the rest of our troops face each day, & all I feel is gratitude. So, hear is my small blog piece on gratitude for our country & our troops. Only when someone close to us goes off to fight does it really hit home that our way of life is preserved by people like you & me. They are off protecting the country the Lord established for a place to restore His Gospel. I hope our prayers go out daily for our troops. I hope we aren't lulled into complacency, thinking that we can sit back in our place of security thinking all will be well with no effort of our own. This reminds me of Moroni's letter to Pahoran in Alma 59:6-11 in the Book of Mormon. What I now struggle with is knowing how I can help in my place in life. All I know to do, being yet immature politically, is to pray. So, I urge us all to tap more deeply into the power of prayer & to pray for our troops, our loved ones out protecting our beloved nation.

Gettin bigger!!!

Liana is getting bigger & bigger! As of today, she is 32 weeks & due in less than 2 months!
Our new roommate for the summer, Maribeth, grabbin for baby!We love when the Skousens come to visit! Please come more often!
David (Elder Roemisch) & Maribeth off to the single's ward! They had to make it know that they weren't boyfriend-girlfriend!

We are super excited b/c we have a new roommate! The Skousens came to visit in early May for Liana's baby shower. Aunt Debbie & David Roemisch came to visit too! We had a blast, & are excited to have Maribeth with us for the summer! She just got a job working at the business office of Apple Orthodontics. She's pumped b/c she gets full time hours & great pay. Good things have been happening to us recently, & we feel so blessed. The Lord has been so good to us, & we are so grateful! Liana's belly continues to bloom, but so does her heartburn. Our sweet little baby is karate-kicking Liana's ribs; however, we are so excited for her arrival! We continue to love living so close to Mom & Dad Kraus! They too have spoiled us more than we deserve, and we are forever grateful for their continual showering of love! We miss & love you all!

New pic of our little one!

Here is another sonogram of our little girl! This is a good profile shot! I think she has Liana's lips & brains - both LARGE!!! We're so excited we can hardly wait! I'll post more stuff from what's goin on with us!!!

BABY PICS!!!

Here is an adorable profile shot of our little girl! "Wake up, little one!!!" ... she didn't respond :)
Wow!!! Are those ballet feet or what??? I guess she's gonna take after her momma! How much do ballet shoes cost?

Here are a few pics of our sweet, precious child at almost 29 weeks. Isn't technology great??? This is from Dr. Herzog's 3-D ultrasound machine, allowing us to see incredible images of our little girl. She wasn't awake at all during the photo shoot, ignoring continuous prodding from the sonographer. I guess she's gonna be a stubborn one! When Liana sent me one of these pics on my phone, I nearly left school right then to go home and see the rest. We can't wait to meet our little darling!

We love and miss you all! Very soon we'll be putting up pics from Liana's baby shower last week! We had Mom and Dad Skousen, Paul, Maribeth, Aunt Debbie, and David here visiting us all weekend, and we had a blast! More pics will follow soon!

April 22nd update!!!

Sweet Liana, just over 6 months! Doesn't she look like she should be the model in some pregnancy magazine???
Collin presenting his research on "Laser-welding of Gold and Palladium Alloys" in New Orleans - exhilarating.
Great friends, Chris & Carla, at their wedding on Friday, March 30th!!!
Chris' baptism the next day, Saturday, March 31th!!! What a weekend for the Morrett family and our Dallas 4th ward!


All is well with the Krauses!!! We are loving life, enjoying our overwhelming blessings! Our little girl continues to grow and "work out" inside Liana's belly! Liana is feeling well, embracing her new 4-day/wk work schedule. Collin is making due with his sprained wrist, attempting one-handed dentistry :) We promise to update the web site more often, as the computer woes are nearing their end! We are looking forward to Maribeth coming to live with us this summer as we prepare for the baby!!! We hope all is well with our friends and loved ones!!! We miss you all!