My Little Assistant – 2 weeks old

I’m back to working several hours a day to make sure my business continues to run smoothly and I’ve had my little assistant helping me. We listen to Beethoven and Mozart in the morning with a little Easton Corbin and Carrie Underwood splashed in for Mama. I made her a mobile out of graphic cards that have a lot of contrast so she has fun things to look at. Right now, she sleeps most of the day. When I’m not holding her, she loves to sleep in her car seat which keeps her from having reflux. We’ve been doing really well considering poor Nene has been out sick with the flu.

We went to her pediatrician yesterday and he said everything looks great!

My little sleepy head:

So little. . They don’t stay that way for very long.

Olivia Paige’s Birth Story

Our little miracle arrived Wednesday at 10:55 am via c-section weighing in at 7 pounds and 14 ounces and 19 inches long! Since that moment, it’s been an emotional roller coaster. She swallowed a lot of extra fluid which is common in c-section babies, but she had too much so I got a brief glimpse of my angel and they took her to NICU and put her on oxygen. I cried and cried! They told us later that she looked great and was off oxygen and she would be out in 6 hours and just needed monitoring. I was so relieved! I wanted to see my baby and was so worried about her. Scott and my family were able to go in to NICU during her 6 hour monitoring but I was stuck in recovery mode. By 5pm, I was so excited to get to see her because they told us she was being released to come see me. At 5:30pm, we called again asking about her whereabouts and they told us 10 more minutes after telling us we would get her at 5pm. After 20 minutes more, we called again and they said she had been sent down and it would probably be 10 more minutes. I still had not gotten to see her since that brief moment at delivery at 10:55am. At 6:30 pm, Scott went searching. In the meantime, a nurse finally came in with a look on her face that gave me the worst feeling. You could tell she was scared. My heart dropped! She said she was transferring Olivia to my room and she started vomiting green bile. She immediately turned her around and rushed her back. I could tell the nurse was really uneasy which in turn made me extremely scared and I hadn’t been to see her yet. Several doctors came in to talk to us and apologized about the communication gaps between 5pm and 6:30pm and explained what happened and what it meant for us. Basically, they didn’t really have answers but suspected there was an intestinal issue. I was an emotional wreck already from not knowing where she was for an hour and a half. They allowed me to immediately go see her. My eyes were so swollen from crying that I could barely keep them open. She was so beautiful and I was so relieved just to be able to hold her. The last 8 hours had been beyond scary for me and to think about those moments now brings back the same terrible feelings. No one really knew why she was spitting up bile and not having answers meant we had to wait and see. By morning, they decided to order a barium enema because she wasn’t keeping anything down and she had no bm’s. They told us it could just be a muconium plug or it could require surgery if it were a certain disease but only time would tell. From the barium test, they could see that part of her large intestines were slightly smaller which could simply be from under use due to a plug or could mean part is not functioning properly and would need to be removed. After the study Thursday morning, things really started turning around and she started having bm’s and eating without spitting it all up. This was awesome news meaning possibly that her intestines just needed a little help from the barium and was resolving on its own. We were able to start feeding her and they wanted to continue to monitor her and keep her on IV so her intestines wouldn’t get overwhelmed.

It is now Friday evening and so far she is doing really well in NICU and we’ve had successful feedings every 3 hours. We pray that she continues along this path and can come to our room tomorrow. I pray that she will have a great night tonight!

Thank you so much for everyone’s well wishes! I didn’t get any pictures of Olivia with Avery, Nana and Papa, Matt, and Hillary but they were there.

Today is the Day. Welcome Oliva Paige!

Today is the day that we will welcome Olivia Paige into the world. We can’t wait to meet and hold her.

Belly Pictures – 39 Weeks & This Is It!

Scott took these pictures two days ago (39 weeks) and we go in tomorrow morning to have our little miracle, Olivia Paige! This last week has gone by so fast. With Avery, I remember it went by so SLOW because we had everything done months in advance and were just anticipating when she would arrive, not knowing the day. With Olivia, we are scheduled so we know the day and we are trying to get so much done before she arrives. There isn’t enough time in a day. I would have loved to had her nursery fully decorated before she arrives but not everything is in yet and the armoire is stuck in the attic where the movers put it and we are not sure how to get it out so we are going to have to call them to come help us. I know it’s not even the slightest bit important and Olivia surely doesn’t care what her nursery looks like so it’ll have to wait I pray that she is healthy and happy and that is all that matters to me!!

Avery is about to go to bed here. She is asking me for a stamp – “A” for Avery to be exact!