We spent the day at the shop working on orders that have acumulated. It was Olivia's first time and she slept right through it. I guess the embroidery machine lules little babies to sleep because when Dustin kept Noah, he slept all the time too. She's so cute. She starts grunting and wiggling around and then she's ready to be fed. I love watching her try to wake herself up. I love my sweet little newborn bebe!!!
Livi sleeping with her mouth open like her mommy...lolA week has past since Olivia was born and it has been interesting to say the least. Up every two hours to eat, trial and error with the whole breast feeding thing, and trying to catch some zzz's while she's asleep. I can't say that I miss this stage a whole lot, but it has been an amazing week.
Dusty holding his baby Olivia
Look at how cute Olivia is When we first brought Livi home, the first thing Noah did was bop her on her head and made her cry. The first of many bops, I assume. So, we are keeping him at a distance right now until he gets more adjusted. Over the last few days, he went from not wanting anything to do with her, to slowly coming over and seeing what she's up to. He likes to slowly sneak up and grab a toe or two. He has officially said Sissy, although it sounds like a high squeak "Sitszy". It's too cute. He's grabbed her bottle a few times and I'm almost sure he's drank out of it, but I can't be for sure. He keeps handing it to me when I ask, so it's not too big of a deal. Noah has been throwing more and more tantrums over the last week as well. Not that we don't care, but we just look at him and then look at each other and go back to what we were doing. What can you do when he throws a tantrum? It's a new phase we're going through that is only going to get worse as time goes on.
I feel as though Noah thinks that I don't love him anymore. I can't really pick him up yet because everyone keeps telling me you're not supposed to lift after you have a baby. So, to keep everyone from jumping out of their skin, I'm trying to not lift him. Last night, he wanted some love, so I had Dustin pick him up and put him in my lap. He drank AJ out of his sippy cup on one arm while Olivia drank her baba on my other arm. It was a very special moment, one of many I hope.
My sweet babies
Noah slyly looking at sister As far as me and Dustin goes, I don't know how much more I can love him. Everyone keeps telling us that we make beautiful babies and it makes us so happy to hear that. They are both little blessings. I feel that having these two children have made us even more in love. Gag all you want to, but I really do feel that way. I can't imagine anyone more amazing than him. He and I are in over our head with two kids, but you know what? At least we have each other to lean on when times get rough.
Dustin and I figured out that Olivia needed a pacifier. We had tried several different things to calm her down, but she was always grumpy and cried pretty much all the time. My sister Crystal told me that the soothie pacifiers were a life saver, but I didn't think that a different type of pacifier would work, but sure enough, she doesn't hardly cry now that we got that pacifier. I am so happy because I was about to go crazy! 
They checked me and I was already dialated to a five without any help. Dustin, my mom, and my sister Mary waited with me while I was in labor. When I dialated to a six and a half, they gave me an epidural. Dr. Burk broke my water shortly after that, around 9:30. About an hour after the epidural went in, I started feeling a pain in my right side. I was thinking that it wasn't going to work again like last time, but they adjusted the epidural and it took away the pain. They had me wear an oxygen mask because the baby was getting in a bind at times. 
Just when we called and told the family to take their time getting there, it was looking like it was going to take a while, Dr. Burk checked me and I was dialated to a nine and a half. So, they got everything set up and I began pushing when I got to a ten. I pushed maybe two times and Olivia was here. Dr. Burk was amazed at how well I did and said that babies didn't normally just "slip" out like that. He commended my uterus for being so great...lol. I was so amazed at how simple it was. They laid her on my chest first thing and feverishly cleaned her off. Dustin got to cut the cord this time. It was magical. I counted her little fingers and toes and they were all there. They whisked her away to clean her up and get her ready for her debut to the family. She was born at 11:34am and was 7 lbs 12 oz and was 20 inches long. 
