Olivia's Here - December 18, 2009

On December 18, 2009 at 5:5pm Olivia decided it was time to make her arrival after 28 hours of labor. Olivia was 20.5" and 8 pounds...yes, I had an 8 pound baby! She's the best early Christmas present that Chad and I could have ever asked for.

Both of our families were with us for most of the 28 hours and Doug flew in on Friday just in time for Miss O's big debut! Olivia had a lot of visitors while in the hospital and this past week at home...she's pretty popular at this point in time! ;)

The first week has flown by since she's been here and she's changing everyday...she has a GREAT temperament and this upcoming week we're going to try really hard to figure out a plan for her nights...that seems to be the struggle right now, but Dr. Light has informed us this is completely normal at this age.

I'm finally feeling pretty good and my mother has been a HUGE help for Chad and I...she's only gone home a few days since Olivia's been born. I'll be able to drive this week, which will be nice since I feel like I can't go anywhere if I needed to.

I'm going to try and post more, but need to get the whole schedu

ling thing down before that can happen more regularly...thanks to all for the texts, calls, presents and emails!