Let's rewind a bit...

Okay, my last blog post was in October. Boy do things change in a few short months!! Our Olivia Claire is here and is almost 3 months old!! Can't believe it!! She decided to show up very unexpectedly and it has been a wonderful whirlwind since then. How about a few highlights?!

Olivia arrived on December 5, 2011 at 3:20 pm. I had a check up with my OB that morning at 11:30. It was a rainy, lazy day and I had every intention of coming straight home from my appointment, getting back into my pjs, and lounging around the house for the rest of the day. Little did I know that instead of a quick checkup and lunch with my hubby, I would meet the most precious girl in the world instead.

To make a long story short, we went straight from the doc's office to the ER to the OR.... and TADA...

Here she is. All 5 pounds and 12 ounces, and 18 inches of her. She was four weeks early, so they took her to the NICU to monitor her. She was in there for over six hours, but did not have to spend the night!! I was so relieved!! I must say that I was very impatient when she was in the NICU as all of our visitors were able to go see her and I had to wait on them to bring her into the room at close to 10:30 that night!! :( I got over it pretty quickly though!! Just SO thankful that she was healthy!!

We stayed in the hospital until that Friday, December 9th. Here is our first family photo!

While little Olivia was slow to gain weight at first, once she got started, she has been on a roll ever since. At her 2 month check up she weighed 11 pounds and was 22 inches long!! This momma was so happy to hear that!! She did great with her first round of vaccines too... the tears only lasted for about 5 or 10 ten minutes, and then she was fine... and I was too. :)

As of tomorrow, Olivia will be 12 weeks old. (I just can't believe that!!) This was from a couple of days ago.

I just love the naked pictures, because you can see all of those sweet little rolls!! Ha! Lola loves her too!! :)

 Here is what miss Olivia is up to...

She's sleeping through the night for 8-9 hours. She has really found her voice and makes all kinds of cooing noises at us. So sweet!! Her smile is as bright as the sun and it makes my day, everyday!! She is the happiest first thing in the morning... definitely gets that from her daddy!! Her favorite thing to do is sit in her bouncer or lay on her activity mat and flail her arms around and kick her legs as hard and as quickly as she can. It's so funny to watch her little face get so excited like she's really going to go somewhere!!

Brad and I can't believe how she has changed so much in only 12 weeks. So far, being a parent has been tiring, eye-opening, fun, exciting, stressful and amazing and we are so excited about the new experiences that lie ahead!!