Olivia's first week here!

Livy has been a joy since she arrived and has opened our eyes as parents. Adam and I did not know there could be so much love for one person. Every second we feel so blessed to have this angel in our home and to be able to hold her. With the joy also comes the adjustment as well. Livy and I are trying to figure each other out. The slogan for my life at this point is "lots of love, but not a lot of sleep." I know it will get better, but that being said this is still the best experience of my life.

She has been feeding well, but like a Jacobson she wants her food right away and likes to inhale it. From this she has a lot of air bubbles, which makes her very uncomfortable at times. She is now getting a little more scheduled with feeding and sleeping, but I am still hoping for some improvement. She loves her tongue and at times she soothes herself back to sleep by sucking on it like a pacifier. She keeps both Adam and I entertained by her funny looks she gives when she is sleeping. She also takes after Adam in the fact that when she is sleeping she is out for the count, I call it the "milk stupor." Here are a few highlights of this week:Russ and Trisha made a cute sign for our fun arrival back homeLivy's first nap in her beautiful cribShe loves to sleep with her arms up by her face, she does not like to be wrapped up tightlyShe loves to stretch her little body, and my ribs knew this when she was still in the wombLivy's first sponge bath, which I don't think she was very fond of the whole experienceBeing cuddled after her first sponge bath. I can't believe her hair, it is curly already...First Doctor's appointment. Everything looked great and she is now 7 lbs 11 ounces and our pediatrician loves her.First Trip to the hospital for a bilirubin check. Went from 7.9 while in the hospital to 4.7 when we came back. Adam is so good at putting her in her carseat.Smiles when feeding her early in the morning
Livy We love you and we are so glad you arrived here safely, Love-Daddy & Mommy

Beautiful Olivia Arrives!

We had a day of magic yesterday and our cute little Livy decided to come. It all started at 1 am, when I woke up with really strong contractions. I had my membranes stripped on Monday and was dilated to 3 cm & 90% effaced up until this point. Adam and I both knew it would only be one set of contractions to put me into labor. I have been going through pre-labor the last 3 weeks, so I knew what the contractions felt like, but only these were harder and more intense. Adam started timing the contractions and they were about 3-5 mins apart lasting about 1 min. These contractions lasted like this for about 1 hr then they got worse and came faster.

We finally decided to go to the hospital about 3 am and they were coming hard and fierce. I tried to walk into the hospital, but ended up walking in then using a wheelchair for the rest. My nurse was a friend that I went to school with and she said I was dilated to a 5-6. I received 2 doses of antibiotic for strep B and then finally got the Epidural. I progressed like clock work and changed every hour. 7 am I was dilated to an 8, then at 8 am I was completed at a 10. The Doctor wanted to wait for an hour until she dropped more. I pushed for about 1 hr and doctor arrived and baby came 5 mins later after 2 contractions, being delivered at 1057 am. During Labor Adam did an amazing job with holding my leg and assisting the nurse. The best were his comments during the delivery. When I first started pushing during a contraction and he spurted out, "There is no way that is coming out of you" we were laughing so hard.

We jammed out during the delivery to some pump up music from pandora. We thought Livy would enjoy coming here with some rhythm. It was nice to have Liz and mom in for the delivery, they helped out every step of the way. They even helped Adam calm down and switch out when he got a little weasy.

She came with lots of dark hair and looks as beautiful as can be. We feel so blessed to have had this go so fast and well. Adam and I could not be happier with this little angel now ours. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ounces and was 19 inches long. Here are some pictures of the wonderful adventure.