tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54906575623207966922024-02-19T01:29:02.825-05:00palmieri postingscapturing the day-to-day life of one young family tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-34714581780658968912013-06-30T00:19:00.001-04:002013-07-01T22:20:27.615-04:00olivia's 3rd month! <div style="text-align: center;">
man, i have really got to get better about writing these in a timely fashion! i have no excuse, but i have had a lot on my mind lately so i'll blame it on that. and, as every stay-at-home mom knows, babies are just exhausting! anyway... </div>
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this month brought lots of exciting things, including your first birthday party for your buddy emmett and memorial day. emmett's party was originally going to be a pool party and mom was SO EXCITED to see you in your adorable yellow bathing suit. sadly it ended up being quite cool so you rocked a denim mini skirt and leggings instead. </div>
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this month also brought lots of fun visitors! "aunt" mindy, "uncle" jason, and "cousin" connor came first. you just loved them all and mindy and jason couldn't get enough of you! jason called you "princess" the entire time they were here! </div>
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after the layman's left nana came for a whole week! you, mom, and nana had lots of fun cooking, sewing, and shopping. nothing too exciting, but it was wonderful to have nana here for so long! nana definitely spoiled mom by being so helpful, and of course she loved holding you and dressing you in frilly outfits! </div>
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after nana left "aunt" jackie, "uncle" matt, and "cousin" lukas came for a long weekend! we had lots of fun going to the nearby park, hanging out, and watching lukas run around! he's so fun! he loved you so much and was slightly disappointed that you weren't more exciting, but he loved to hold you and love on you nonetheless. :) </div>
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the following weekend was daddy's first father's day! we spoiled him with a new blue ray dvd player (!), a couple movies, and some other goodies. and of course mommy cooked lots of yummy food for him! </div>
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mom insisted on getting a descent family photo since we pretty much don't have any! here we are after church on father's day! </div>
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on your 3rd month birthday we went to the park with briana and fiona! you were very chill but you seem to just love being outside! mom even put you in the swing that you are way too tiny for and pushed you the tiniest bit! you're so cute! </div>
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olivia, you are getting more and more fun every month! you smile all the time (except when mom goes to take your picture!) and are starting to giggle. you're also getting better about entertaining yourself now that you are grabbing onto your toys more. in the mornings you love to kick and play with the toys in your pack and play! </div>
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you also love to look at yourself in the mirror. it's so cute to watch you smile, looking back and forth between yourself and mom or dad. you still love being held, of course, and being up close to mom in your carrier. you also enjoy looking at the fan, being outside, having your belly kissed, and anything that involves lots of attention. oh! and your favorite song is "head, shoulders, knees, and toes." you crack up every time i wiggle your toes! </div>
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you are also becoming quite the good sleeper! you usually go to bed around 9, wake up around 4 or 5 to eat, and then go back to sleep until around 9! just one nighttime feeding - woohoo! we don't have a great daytime napping schedule figured out, but i can always count on you at least taking a morning nap after you play for about an hour. how you can get tired so close to 12 hours of sleep i have no idea, but whatever makes you happy! you do nap during the afternoon but the length and time varies greatly.</div>
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you are still 100% breastfed, and despite my attempts, you are just not into the bottle. mom tried pretty consistently for a couple weeks and then gave up and decided to wait until you got a little older, so we'll see... i really shouldn't complain though because you are a great (and fast!) eater, as evidenced by your plump cheeks and adorable rolls! :) </div>
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in addition to "talking" more, batting at your toys, and slobbering, you are rolling onto your belly! it's been obvious for a while now that you prefer to sleep on your belly, so mom started putting you down on your belly for naps and checking on you lots. you were trying to get there yourself at night and for several nights we witnessed you turning in a circle in your crib as you tried to roll over. it was so cute! we thought you might do it while nana was here and one night the three of us (mom, dad, and nana) gathered around your crib waiting for the big moment. it didn't happen, and you ended up getting really frustrated so daddy got you back to sleep. sure enough, within a couple nights of nana leaving (june 10th) you rolled onto your belly yourself, and you haven't looked back since! mom always puts you down on your back but within in seconds you are on your belly! you're getting so big! </div>
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olivia, it's unbelievable how fast you're growing! mom and dad just love everything about you. you are so sweet and fun, and i honestly couldn't imagine my life without you. it's so neat to watch you grow and figure things out - like this month you've really been working on your hand-eye coordination and you can now successfully chew on your hands. before that you would just stare at your hands and sometimes when you would try to get your fist to your mouth it would end up by your ear or eyebrow! how cute! anyway, we love you so much and everyday we thank God for such an amazingly perfect daughter! we're excited to see what fun your fourth month brings!</div>
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tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-73761735931984401922013-05-22T10:50:00.002-04:002013-05-22T10:57:51.860-04:00olivia's second month! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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things have changed so much since the last month! i'm happy to report that olivia is sleeping better, smiling lots, and generally seems much happier and more relaxed. of course we still have our rough times and fussy evenings sometimes, but overall, things are going pretty good! olivia's second month saw lots of days home with momma, some serious baby acne (pretty much all cleared up now!), dad's birthday and momma's first mother's day, and a great visit from aunt shell, uncle tim, and my grandparents (olivia's great grands!) last week!</div>
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olivia, you are sleeping so much better now! mother's day weekend we had a couple 6.5 hour stretches of sleep, and even one 7 hour stretch last week. that's not really typical yet, but you are starting to sleep in your crib longer (like 12 hours!) and just waking up to eat a couple times in the middle of the night. momma likes this! you also nap in the morning and several times in the afternoon!<br />
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you still love to eat and typically eat every two to three hours during the day. mom thought this was a little excessive, but the doctor said that was still very much normal! you're just a great eater!<br />
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dad and i just love that you are smiling more, "talking" quite a bit, and following us with your eyes. you are so fun! you've also discovered your tongue, are making little spit bubbles, and are trying really hard to suck your thumb. sometimes you get it, sometimes you chew on your fingers, and sometimes you just give up and suck on your entire fist.<br />
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you love to look around whatever room you're in and you seem very attentive. your favorite things to look at are the pictures on the wall and the bookcase. you seem to like the cookbooks best, i think you like the bright colors. you also love to look at the birds i painted on your wall and the paper mobile i made you when we are hanging out in your room. this makes mom happy! and i like to think that you might be an artist since you seem to like the art and bright colors best, but even if you're not that's okay!<br />
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you still love baths and going for walks! you also like your swing much more now, and you like to lay in your pack and play and look at the toys hanging above you and kick like crazy. and of course you LOVE to be held by pretty much anyone. mom and dad both love to hold you of course. i like to play with your legs and arms and sing silly songs i learned in church growing up, or if you're sleepy just rock you and stare at you. you're so beautiful and momma just loves you so much it hurts! and daddy loves to bounce you on his belly. you just love this and it works like a charm when you are fussy and fighting sleep. you'll start to close your eyes and lean forward until you end up falling asleep on his chest. it's so cute!<br />
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sadly you got your first shots on your two month birthday, which certainly bothered momma more than you. you screamed and cried but only for a minute, whereas mom stayed upset for a while. you're so tough! you were fussier than usual that day but you also slept more. besides the shots, everything went great at the doctor. you now weigh 12 pounds and 13 ounces (!!!) and are 23 inches long! you are growing so fast!</div>
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olivia, mom and dad love you so much! you are such a sweet baby and we feel so blessed to have you as our own! even though our days tend to feel exhausting, part of me wants to slow time down so i can enjoy you even more. time is just going by so fast! but it is also so exciting to see you changing each day. you are so fun!tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-84920299739131390642013-05-10T08:53:00.002-04:002013-05-10T08:53:40.000-04:00sleepy day<div style="text-align: center;">
you ever just want to sleep all day? O definitely did this day (may 1st)!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my sweet baby girl is already one month old! (she
was on april 20th!) i can't believe it! this month has been <s>a bit of</s> a
total blur. i'm doing my best to treasure every moment, but man, i'm exhausted!
time is definitely flying by. my friend ellen said (or maybe lots of people say
it?), "the days are long but the years are short." so true. our days
at home together tend to feel long and exhausting, but the last month has just
sped by completely! anyway, i'll do my best to recap olivia's first month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we came home from the hospital on march 23rd. nana
(my mom) was here with us, and nonna (josh's mom) came the next day to help.
nana left that day but ended up coming back because of snowy weather in the
mountains. so the grandmas overlapped one night before nana headed home. the
first week home we ventured out once for a check up at the pediatrician when
you were five days old. you were already past your birth weight at 7 pounds, 8
ounces! the following week nana and grandpa were back here for their spring
break. that week nana, mom, and you headed to a breastfeeding support group and
went for your two week check-up, where the doctor said you were quite
precocious, noting how strong you were! he also said you got an A+ for weight
gain because you were up to 8 pounds, 4 ounces! we also ran a few errands
and took some short walks around our apartment complex that
week. not too exciting, but mom was still quite sore from the
csection and we were just adjusting to normal life. our third week home "aunt"
amanda came from texas for a whole week! this week things really got exciting,
with some adventures out to target, penn station, biscuitville, kohl's, old
navy, and longer walks in the stroller around the neighborhood. aunt amanda
also took some amazing pictures of you while she was here! you basically had a
personal photographer for the week! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decent, and we were starting to settle into our new lives more and more. mom
was SO fortunate to have such amazing help in the early weeks of your life! the
last week of your first month it was just you and mom, and boy was mom nervous!
but, we managed! we didn't do anything too exciting, just ran some errands and
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had lots of people here to help hold you those first few weeks, and afterwards
you still want to be held by momma a lot, making it hard for me to get anything
done! you love to snuggle with daddy in the mornings after your first
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just fall asleep all snuggled up next to momma. your car seat, on the other
hand, is another story. i think since you don't really go out too much at the
beginning you're just still getting used to being all strapped in. you
generally don't mind it as long as it is moving in the car or stroller. but you
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sponge baths but you really like reclining in your little tub in the sink! your
favorite part is getting your hair rinsed. you just love to be warm! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">you also like your passy, but you're not addicted
to it. it's really something we resort to when your fussy. speaking of fussy,
you can be fussy. sometimes dad and i just can't figure out what you want! mom
has definitely shed some tears trying to figure out just what it is you want,
and i think sometimes you get pretty gassy or something. in the end you always
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">speaking of sleep, you've been mostly sleeping at
night since day 1, meaning you've never seemed to have your days and nights
mixed up. you do like to go to bed later and sleep later into the morning, in
addition to your sporadic naps in the day. usually (not always) at night we get
one four-ish hour stretch and then a couple more two to three hour stretches.
of course sometimes you just want to eat all night it seems, because you
definitely love your momma's liquid gold! you love it so much that you weighed
a whopping 10 pounds and 10 ounces at your 1 month checkup! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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parents! we're so glad God picked us to raise you because you are truly
amazing! we can't wait to see what the future holds and what kind of child and
woman you'll become (but don't grow up too fast!). </span></div>
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let's start with olivia's first holiday! of course we didn't venture out with such a young babe, but it was fun none the less! </div>
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the morning started with olivia meeting her cousin lily for the first time! (via skype)</div>
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hi lily!<br />
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you can meet lily over <a href="http://lifeinsouthasia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a> at my sister's blog.<br />
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later in the day olivia got her first easter basket, complete with a book, stuffed duck, sunglasses, and candy! what more could an eleven day old baby want!? <br />
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on olivia's first holiday mom and nana also dressed her up in some easterish garb (we didn't buy a dress when we weren't leaving the house!) and posed her a little for pictures. because that's just good fun! </div>
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here's the first time we caught olivia airing out her chins. how adorable is she!? she slept like this for quite a while! </div>
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and here's olivia's first time wearing shoes!!!<br />
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i can hardly stand the cuteness!<br />
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here's mom and O out for our first walk - and our first time sporting the baby k'tan! it was a success! </div>
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how precious is she!?<br />
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i'm just loving life with a new baby! (even though i'm completely exhausted, i feel like a dairy cow, and i'm pretty sure my brain cells all flow out of me in my milk!) </div>
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tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-40425420018617275992013-04-04T18:37:00.000-04:002013-04-04T19:08:27.387-04:00olivia's birth story<div style="text-align: center;">
warning: longest blog post ever. i don't know why i didn't divide it up into parts. sorry. if you're one of the two people that reads this blog and you're really curious, go fix a cup of coffee and enjoy! </div>
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it's amazing that 2 weeks ago <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(i worked on this post for days)</span> i was heading to panera with my mom and josh to enjoy my allotted "small meal" before going into the hospital to be induced! time is truly flying by and my sweet, tiny baby is growing like a weed! i want to back up and record just how olivia's birth story happened because i'm sentimental and i want to remember these things! it was quite an event!<br />
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after eating panera we arrived at the hospital at 7:15pm on march 19th. we did a little bit of paperwork and i got my first hospital bracelet. josh and mom stopped to register as visitors and get their visitor badges at the desk and i got walked to our first room (172) around 7:30, where i got to scrub my belly and put on my oh-so-attractive hospital gown. josh and mom joined shortly and we joked about their "official" visitor badges, which were hand written on plain badges ("visitor room 172") because the machine was down. sadly this was a bit of a theme for the evening. i got my belly all hooked up to the contraction monitor and the baby's heart rate monitor, which were working but the computer screen that was supposed to show the readings were not working. ugh. the nurse noted that i was already having a few irregular small contractions but i didn't notice them. i also got my IV started with fluids. the room was noticeably warm and after the nurse turned down the air several times and nothing happened she eventually decided to move us down the hall to room 173 around 8:30. the evening was off to a great start! at this point i was just hot and annoyed, in addition to super nervous, which was nothing new.<br />
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after we got settled in the new room it was finally time to get the show on the road around 9:30, which is about the time i got the cervidil inserted to "ripen my cervix." boy was that <strike>fun</strike> super uncomfortable. the cervidil was basically just supposed to help things ripen away for 12 hours while i tried to sleep. i also got my first round of IV meds for group B strep which i had tested positive for a few weeks earlier. lucky me! around 10 my mom headed home and josh set up wreck it ralph which we had gotten from the redbox on our laptop. the nurse also came in to take me off the fluids and heplock my IV, saying that it was unnecessary at this point and i'd be able to sleep better if i wasn't so hooked up. within a few minutes (it was seriously about 10:15!) i was having pretty bad cramps to the point that i couldn't even watch or think about wreck it ralph. after a few minutes i called the nurse who agreed that i was already having contractions. wow! that was fast! i continued to fight the contractions for a little while before the nurse started my fluids back up, saying that might help. around 11:30 i was really in a lot of pain so i called the nurse again, who gave me my first dose of the IV pain medicine stadol. she said that it would make me feel like i had too many margaritas but it should help a lot. sold. it did immediately make me feel super dizzy, but unfortunately that was about it. i guess it did give me some relief because i could catch my breath and relax a little in between the contractions. the nurse watched me gripping onto the bed rails in pain and commented that she was surprised i wasn't passed out asleep yet. yeah right. around that time i was checked and told i was about 1cm dilated. the nurse seemed surprised at the intensity of my contractions and pain and decided that i had probably arrived at the hospital to be induced already in labor. either that or my cervix just needed a little jump start and a little bit of time with the cervidil was all it took. either way, i was in pain!<br />
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well the contractions continued every few minutes and i continued to grip the bed rails in pain and attempt to do some deep breathing with each one. i can't really remember if josh went on watching wreck it ralph or if he fell asleep. either way, i was kinda on my own. finally around 1:10am the nurse decided to take the cervidil out, saying that it clearly wasn't needed. that was one of the worst parts of the whole experience, but i'll spare you the details. she also upped my fluids and said that should help. not long after i got a second dose of stadol. nothing was really helping and i continued to labor through painful contraction after painful contraction the entire night, each time gripping the bed rails and trying my best to breathe deeply. josh was out and i tried to relax/drift off between contractions, but the night overall was definitely exhausting, painful, and lonely. i could have woken josh up, of course, but i figured he needed to sleep for whatever was ahead. i waited until around 5am to call my mom, knowing that was close to her normal wake-up time. i told her how i had been in labor all night and she said she'd be at the hospital shortly.<br />
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around 6 my mom arrived (yay!) and the nurse returned to check my progress. i was 3cm. progress! i was still in terrible pain and the nurse said that another dose of stadol would likely be ineffective and my best option for pain management would be an epidural. i really didn't want an epidural but i also felt kinda helpless to fight the pain on my own. she left me alone to think about it and try to manage the pain through other techniques. with her recommendation i gave the birthing ball a chance, but i felt so exhausted and so much in pain that after i sat on it for about a minute i decided the epidural was my best option. i had anticipated sleeping the night away while my cervix ripened and nothing was further from the truth. i was pooped and in severe pain. around 6:45 i told the nurse i wanted the epidural and within minutes the nicest anesthesiologist ever was in our room getting me all prepped and ready. i was super nervous but she just walked me through the process and in no time i tasted sweet relief!<br />
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around 7:45 my doctor came in and decided to go ahead and break my water. this was a complete walk in the part compared to the whole cervidil thing, other than it just feeling totally weird. a few minutes later i got a catheter set up, which was no fun and certainly awkward. fortunately i was in quite a sleepy state at this point. after the catheter i drifted off to sleep and was finally able to get some rest until about 10 when i woke up suddenly with a contraction. mom had been sitting next to me the entire time and was watching me have contractions every few minutes while i slept, blissfully unaware thanks to the epidural. after a couple more sharp contractions (which were uncomfortable but a walk in the park compared to the night i had had) she called the nurse in to report the news. the nurse checked me and reported that i was 7 to 8cm! woohoo! unfortunately i was also feeling terribly nauseous for some reason so i was given something for nausea. a little after 11 i was checked again and i was 10cm! go time!<br />
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around 11:30 i began pushing, which was a pretty interesting experience with an epidural. i could feel my contractions but they felt more like dull cramps than sharp pains, so i really had to pay attention to my body in order to capitalize on them. i tried to listen to everything the nurse said and channel my energy into pushing instead of screaming or tensing my legs or whatever, which some friends had suggested. everyone said i was doing well and time passed rather quickly actually, considering it didn't seem like long before my doctor came in at 1:15 to see how things were progressing. she said i was pushing well but my progress wasn't great, so she would let me go another 30 minutes and then see how things were going. at 1:45ish she returned and not much had changed. i was doing good but the baby just wasn't moving down like it should. at this point she suggested a csection, and explained that i could try for another 30 minutes but she didn't really want me to push more than 3 hours because it stresses the baby too much. i remember crying and feeling so disappointed because i thought i was doing good but it just wasn't enough. i didn't really agonize over the decision though because i really like my doctor and trusted her judgment, and i didn't want to risk harming the baby. so csection it was!<br />
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this part was especially scary because everything happened so fast. they brought in the hospital garb for josh and a special shirt to wear under it incase he wanted to do skin-to-skin with olivia. my mom snapped a few pics and comforted me as i cried over having to have a csection. a little after 2 i was wheeled out of the room and down to the OR. they kept josh out of the room while they moved me onto the table and got me all prepped. the room was cold, bright, and full of people who were all nice but so covered behind surgical masks that i didn't feel any less terrified. finally they let josh join me and we tried to chat while everyone did their thing on the other side of the curtain. after quite a lot of tugging and pressure and moving around my insides we heard the most wonderful sound ever at 2:33pm - our precious baby screaming her little heart out! it was wonderful! josh got to join the nurses while they cleaned her up a bit and then they brought her over and put her on my chest for some skin-to-skin with momma! i cried over how beautiful she was and how much i loved her. the only upsetting thing was that i could barely hold on to her because one arm was strapped down and the other had a blood pressure cuff that tightened every couple minutes. after several minutes i started to feel bad and i was worried my baby was going to slide off my chest so i told josh to do skin-to-skin with her. i started to feel worse so i told josh to tell a nurse, which he did but i didn't think he told the right one so then i tried to yell "i don't feel good." two seconds later i had a little vomit bucket next to my face and i was throwing up - laying down, with vomit running down the side of my face. awesome. i started to feel very dizzy and nauseous, and josh was whisked away with olivia to the nursery.<br />
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the OR recovery room sucked. i continued to feel dizzy and nauseous and more drugs were administered for the nausea. i was in a crazy room with nurses and post csection moms everywhere, we were all just divided by curtains. i was told in my half-aware state that i could get to a regular room once i could lift my knees up a certain amount so i immediately starting working on wiggling my toes and moving my legs. i was frustrated because every other mom i saw had her husband and her baby with her and i had no one. the mom right next to me had her husband, baby, and a lactation consultant helping her nurse! not fair! apparently i was surrounded by a heartier group of women that didn't get as sick as me. boo. i asked about my mom coming to be with me but they said only the support person with the matching hospital bracelet could be back there, and since josh was with olivia in the nursery i was screwed. i so badly wanted to know how my baby was. my doctor stopped by and offered some comfort, saying that everything had gone well and that olivia was turned sideways so the csection was definitely the right move. yay for that! i was told around 4 that they would be working on getting me out of there soon, but then i continued to lay there with little to no attention for quite a while. finally they cleaned me up and got me all suited up in some fancy mesh panties. sometime around 5 i finally got wheeled down to my recovery room where i saw my mom in the hall with a bunch of our stuff. yay! once we got in the room she mentioned that olivia weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces like it was information i knew, and i cried telling her that i had been all alone and i didn't know a thing about my baby! she then told me that she was 19 and 3/4 inches long. finally josh came in with olivia around 5:30 and our little family was together!<br />
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olivia, you made quite the entrance! we are so thankful for you and thankful that, even though things were crazy, we had a great doctor that we could trust to get you out of me in the way that needed to happen. your dad and i love you SO MUCH and we are so excited to be your parents!<br />
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tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-60133131217181082752013-04-03T21:06:00.001-04:002013-04-03T21:06:18.417-04:00maternity picsi wrote this a while ago and then saved it as a draft. oops!<br />
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our friend wayne did a great job with our maternity pictures, despite my pastiness and josh's tiredness. and the <i>horrible</i> weather - freezing cold drizzle! ugh. you can check out his website <a href="http://www.SunsetHillsPhotography.com/" target="_blank">here</a>! here's a "few" of my faves. :)<br />
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<br />tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-61067322058593484692013-03-27T19:46:00.000-04:002013-03-27T19:46:58.522-04:00olivia - 1 week! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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so i'm working on olivia's birth story, but for now i want to document that my little girl is already one week old! i snuck up on nonna (josh's mom) today and asked to hold her, because i wanted to be the one holding her on her one week birthday! and sure enough, at 2:33pm, i held her and started crying, because what else have i done every 10 minutes since giving birth to her!? how crazy this week has been. the range of emotions that i have experienced could never really be documented, but suffice it to say that i just cannot believe that one week of my life could fly by so quickly. i want to cherish every moment i have with her, which is hard when you are going on very little sleep, feeling completely exhausted, and feeling pain all over your body!<br />
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olivia, you are a great sleeper! you generally fall asleep shortly after eating, and you love to sleep in your crib best. this is hard for your momma because you look so tiny in your crib and i can't be right next to you. your dad and i are still trying to figure out what our nights look like, but we are using the video monitor a lot and trying to let you sleep in there since that's where you are happiest. we don't really have a schedule for now, but you like to eat every 2-3 hours, which is good for your momma since she has more milk than she knows what to do with!<br />
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at the pediatrician on monday you weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces, which is exactly one ounce more that you weighed at birth! clearly you are a good eater! the fact that we seem to change your diaper non-stop also suggests this.<br />
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you are one strong baby! you were lifting your head a little right after you were born, and you have the strongest arms and legs! you actually do little leg lifts while you sleep, which we feel the effects of when we go to change you and we can barely close the tabs on your diaper because you won't put your legs down! your arms are also very strong and you love to have them up by your face when you nurse. sometimes it is so hard for me to pull them out of the way! lastly, you are already rolling to your side when you sleep! how do you do that!?<br />
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you love to cuddle with anyone, but especially your dad. you are seriously one of the cuddliest babies i have ever seen, which makes me so happy. i just love to snuggle you and stare at you after you finish eating and fall asleep. little drops of milk dribble down your chin and you look completely and utterly relaxed. i stare at all of your features and gently stroke your cheek or arm, and think about how i am the luckiest momma in the world. i love you so much it hurts!<br />
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of course this first week has been all about just adjusting to life outside the womb for you. we were in the hospital until the 23rd, and then we've been home since then except for venturing to the pediatrician on monday the 25th. nana came down the day before you were born and stayed until monday, and nonna came on sunday and is staying through the week. you love both of your grandmas so much, and of course they are totally smitten with you! how could they not be!? here are a few pictures from your first week!<br />
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tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-8960433346621011852013-03-19T15:48:00.001-04:002013-03-19T17:10:41.881-04:00olivia's due date (march 18th)warning: this is a big paragraph probably full of run-on sentences. read at your own risk.<br />
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well, olivia's due date came and i did not wake up in labor as i had hoped. off to the doctor we went for our 9:50 appointment. i had hoped that between all the walking and bouncing i would be dilated at least a couple centimeters, but when they checked they said that nothing had changed from the previous week, meaning that my cervix was soft but that. was. it. ugh. are you serious?! so since it was my due date they did a non-stress test and ultrasound just to check and see how everything was going in there. the ultrasound was first, and after waiting for quite a while we went back for the whole goop on the belly shebang. i was excited to see olivia but didn't really expect much since i've heard at this point babies look pretty blobby anyway. sure enough, she looked pretty blobby. we did get to see her profile and her big foot again, and we were told that she was laying on her left side with her arms and legs to my right (hence the feet i keep feeling in my ribs!). we were also told that olivia seemed to have plenty of amniotic fluid so that what good to hear. after lots of measurements the ultrasound tech told us that she was estimated to be 8 pounds and 15 ounces! WHAT!? are you kidding me? what happened to the right on track - average of 7.5 pounds - baby that we've been expecting all this time!? there had seriously been no mention of a big baby until my due date. josh and i were both shocked. then we got to wait some more before they started the NST - which was pretty boring and went fine. olivia wasn't too active and was certainly nowhere near the breakdancing baby she was a couple weeks prior after my sinus meds hyped her up. more waiting and then it was time to talk to the doctor. he basically said that we had 2 options - wait a week or so and see if my cervix was being more cooperative and risk having a baby close to 10 pounds, or go ahead and induce earlier while she was less large and try to force my forgetful cervix into doing what it is supposed to do. he warned that the process may not work since i'm not dilated at all and the whole two-phase induction might have to be repeated. yikes. i sat there totally overwhelmed having no idea what to say, and our doctor shared that there was really no right answer. he decided to check the on-call schedule at the hospital and said that my doctor (not this guy) was on call wednesday so we could set something up for tuesday night and hopefully my doctor would be the one to deliver her on wednesday. i still felt totally overwhelmed and tears were filling up my eyes. again. we didn't really know what to do, and like the doctor said, there was no right answer. so we just went along with what he said and set up our induction to start tonight. i bawled as soon as we got to the car, feeling so overwhelmed at the thought of being induced the following day (today!). i was irritated that there was no mention of a big baby until my due date, and i was irritated that my cervix was not doing it's job. and i was nervous that the induction wouldn't work and they would have to do it again. or that i'd end up with a c-section. fortunately josh was very supportive, and once he had a bit of time to process what was happening, he became extremely positive (as usual) and excited about meeting our daughter in no time. briana also came over in the afternoon to share her experience with the two-phase induction just a few months prior. she was excited and very reassuring! josh and i celebrated our "last supper" last night at logan's, and i even found olivia a couple of black and white board books that i had been looking for at lifeway where we went to walk around afterwards. i laid awake last night thinking endlessly about everything, but i was able to get some sleep. so that's where we're at. i'm still nervous, but i've spent my day cleaning (more!) and finishing up some last minute items. it is nice to know that i'm leaving my house neat and i have all of the laundry caught up. and i have more than enough time to agonize over exactly what i'm taking to the hospital, even though our bags have pretty much been packed for weeks! my mom is on her way here and will be here shortly, and josh is finishing up work for the remainder of the week. i'm still pretty terrified but there's no turning back now! and i know that ultimately God is in control and we will get to meet our daughter soon! let's do this, olivia!<br />
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i think the nursery is definitely for a girl without being GIRLY. there's touches of pink of course, but they are balanced by the neutrals and sage green. and i like that everything came together from a pretty eclectic background - mixes of new (the crib, the curtains, and the chair we got as a GREAT store closing deal), consignment store (the dresser which our friend zach refinished, the lamp, the book shelf, and the small table by the chair), homemade (the bedskirt and pillow made by my mom, the birds painted on the wall by me, the bird painting by me, and the paper mobile made by me), and vintage (the quilt squares above the crib which were originally in a quilt top that was started but never finished by my grandma's neighbor back in the day).<br />
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i really should have taken some before and after pics because the nursery was a hot mess back around christmas. oh well. without further ado...<br />
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of course there's stuff that will change or be added (i have other ideas that have yet to come to fruition), but as of right now i like that it has enough without being too crazy. if olivia is anything like me she'll have 8 bazillion collections in a few years anyway. i hope she likes her room! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with mom: </b>mom is pooped. i've been nesting endlessly, finishing up training for my job, and fighting a sinus infection for over a week. i started feeling crappy half way through my 37th week, and it seriously has continued for a week and a half. it is better, but i'm still blowing my nose. last weekend (my birthday weekend!) i barely left the couch. it was awful. ugh. so that was fun. and 2 days this past week were spent in training all. day. long. all day long and an hour and a half away. all day long and an hour and a half away and blowing my nose. okay i'm done. my ankles have been swelling on and off the past couple weeks which has been bothering me, but the doctor says everything is okay. at my 37 week appointment my blood pressure was a little high so i was nervous about that, but the doctor assured me it was fine, and then at my 38 week appointment (on my birthday - i made josh go to this one!) olivia's heart rate was super fast, but after sitting on a monitor for 20 minutes the doctor assured me that that too, was fine. she was just really active and i had taken some sinus medicine so that could have hyped her up. so really everything is going pretty well, even if i am uncomfortable and whiny and so ready for olivia to come out! </div>
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<b>what’s new with baby: </b>olivia is now about 6 pounds and 18 and 1/2 inches long. she's shedding her downy hair coating and the waxy substance that's been protecting her in the amniotic fluid all this time! sounds to me like she's about ready to come out! she was head down at my 36 week check-up but there were no other indications that she's ready to meet the world. </div>
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<b>what’s new with mom: </b>mom is exhausted and emotional. this week has been stressful and i'm getting more uncomfortable and my ankles have started to swell this week. boo. in addition to being super pregnant, i started a new job this week! i hadn't mentioned it before, but yes, i've started training for a new PRN therapist job. the timing of all of this has been very stressful for me, but i felt like god was telling me to take a leap of faith and move forward with this opportunity. and the fact that it's PRN means i'll be able to be home a lot and work a little once olivia is here, until i feel ready to try to get promoted to full time (3 days a week at this job!) or look for something else. so yeah, with a new job comes lots of training... and i've just been pooped. </div>
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<b>anything hard? </b>just being exhausted with this whole job thing. and the fat ankles are stressing me. and being in crazy nesting mode so i can hardly relax. (at least i'm productive though!) and sleeping horribly because my back hurts so bad. and the resulting headaches from the back aches. i guess that's all. </div>
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<b>best moment(s) of the week: </b>hmm... well on the 16th we had maternity pictures done by our friend wayne. unfortunately the weather was quite terrible and josh was super tired, but we definitely got some good pictures! i'll do a separate post of my favorites once i get the CD. and this past saturday i hosted a "pinterest project party" for some friends here. i worked on pillow cases for a friend, made the back of olivia's quilt (anyone want to come crawl around on the floor with me to pin it together!?), and worked on a painting for olivia's room. briana made olivia an adorable headband (and a couple for fiona, of course!) and other friends made scarves, coasters, and magnets. it was definitely a fun girl day! i know days like that will be more difficult with a little one so it was nice to do it with just a few weeks to go! but i'm definitely getting super excited and super ready to meet olivia! just a few things to finish in the nursery and then i'll have to do a "nursery tour" post! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with baby: </b>olivia now weighs about 4 and 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long! she is continuing to put on fat and her central nervous system and lungs are developing. fortunately, if olivia was born now, she's likely be just as healthy as any other baby in the long run. this week was also special for olivia because she now has a cousin!!! lily preeti-kay borggren was born on february 10th at 6:23pm (local time) to my sister! she's a little early, and she's currently in the nicu, but her and mom will be just fine! </div>
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week: </b>definitely becoming an aunt is at the top of the list! i'm so excited for <a href="http://lifeinsouthasia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my sister and brother-in-law</a>. i know their labor didn't go as planned, but God was definitely working and little lily is going to be as healthy as can be soon. it sucks not being there for sure, but that's just where our lives are right now. they've definitely been in my thoughts and prayers, and hopefully soon we'll all be able to skype! </div>
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i actually found out about lily while josh and i were on our mini babymoon in raleigh, which was another highlight! i had hoped for a long weekend in the snowy mountains, but we just seemed to run out of time. one day... but raleigh was great because i wasn't in the car too long, and we stayed at a nice hotel (for free with points!) and ate a yummy dinner. we also ordered room service and saw a movie sunday afternoon. it was great to get away and relax together before olivia comes! </div>
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week: </b>lots of fun things happened these couple of weeks, especially my third and final shower in north carolina on the 27th, and then our birth and baby class on the 1st and 2nd. (i'll be documenting the shower in a separate post!) that class was very helpful but man i overwhelmed with everything i need to be doing and learning! yikes! but i can doing this, right? lots of women have had and raised babies, so if they can do it i can do it, right?! sigh.... just 5 and 1/2 weeks to go! (at the point that i'm finally writing this!) </div>
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-painting for nursery (back in the day i used to paint - i think i still can!)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with mom: </b>i've been doing pretty good! still tired and achey a lot, but i did have a couple much needed bursts of energy this week! on tuesday i woke up and went to work organizing the nursery closet and the office/guest bedroom. the office went from anxiety-attack-i-can-barely-walk-in-here to oh-look-someone-could-actually-stay-in-here within hours! i love organization! i even listed a few things on amazon and made over $120 this week! the baby stuff is now centrally located in the baby's room (crazy, i know! but it had been first in the dining room and then in the office when we painted) and pretty organized, pending another shower before final preparations and decisions are made. this week i also made a nursing cover for myself! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cravings: </b>hmm... a little bit of everything? my newest interest is definitely amy's indian samosa wrap. YUM. i've been wanting indian food for a while but we haven't been eating out much, so this fits the bill perfectly! seriously, if anyone knows how i can get these for less than a a couple bucks a piece, please let me know! </div>
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week: </b>josh and i had a much needed date night saturday night which was definitely fun! of course over dinner i told him how i'm on mental overdrive with all this baby stuff - constantly reading and trying to consume information and makings lists and even dreaming about stuff like changing pad covers - i'm so romantic! but it was fun and we ended the night with dessert and shopping for board books for olivia at a local used book store, and then we went back home and read them to each other for practice! (you should seriously ask josh to hear his rendition of Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear! it's quite the performance!) </div>
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week: </b>this week was busy but good! it was great to know that everything is going well at the doctor's on monday. josh and i started a new book on marriage with our small group on tuesday, and dave ramsey's financial peace university class on wednesday. both of these require a descent amount of homework, but i'm loving how close me and josh are these days! we're so excited for olivia to come and i feel like we are really on the same page about so many things. i'm so thankful to have such a great husband and i know he's going to be an amazing dad! during the 30th week we also made some progress on the nursery - getting the furniture back in, hanging the curtain rod and black out curtains, and decorating the book shelf (because i just like to do that!). now that the paint smell is pretty much cleared out i'm excited to get more stuff in there and start organizing and decorating! </div>
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just for fun, i started asking my grandma about what her pregnancies were like back when i was first expecting. she was so excited to share and tell me how the best feeling in the world is when you first feel a kick (back before i felt any of olivia's jabs!). she also talked about how prenatal care was totally different, no one knew what they were having, and you didn't breastfeed because that wasn't "in" then. these conversations lead to her sending me some pics from when her and my mom were pregnant!</div>
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my grandma 8 months and 2 weeks pregnant with my mom in November, 1958...</div>
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and here she is pregnant with my uncle dave, with my papa holding my mom all dressed up and precious! </div>
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and again pregnant with my uncle brian! such a foxy lady! </div>
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fast forward... here's my mom pregnant with me! she was tiny and i was ginormous (9 pounds, 1 ounce) so i'm sure she was quite miserable! </div>
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this is the day before i was born - march 3rd, 1985! i would be sitting too! </div>
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it's amazing how pregnancy care and trends change over the years! regardless of what was "in" then or now, i'm proud to be part of an awesome line of women blessed with this amazing adventure of growing a baby! it really is like having a front-row seat as god performs this amazing miracle <strike>in front of your face</strike> inside of you! i wouldn't trade it for the world! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">an assembled crib and paint going up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">finished paint :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">end table and lamp for next to the rocking chair! </td></tr>
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i can't wait to get back in there once the paint smell clears out! </div>
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welcome to 2013, olivia! we can't wait to meet you! </div>
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the second shower was with josh's family in the afternoon. josh's sister hosted and his mom did the food. it had a lovely tea party theme. </div>
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my sister-in-law marci made the cutest "about to pop" popcorn favors! <br />
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precious! it was another great shower for sure! </div>
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would i recommend your average pregnant girl have two showers in one day? probably not. i was overwhelmed and exhausted when it was all said and done. but i also felt totally thankful and blessed by the generosity of friends and family! and when you live 8 hours from home, you do what works! </div>
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the morning of the showers we woke up to this! </div>
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the first shower was for my side of the family and it took place in a local church's fellowship hall. the great thing about this shower that was <a href="http://lifeinsouthasia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my sister</a> was there! well, as there as she could be via skype! it was definitely different but super awesome to do a joint shower with one person on the other side of the world! my morning, her evening. you get the picture. </div>
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of course my mom, aunt, grandma, and cousins did an awesome job on the decorations and food! </div>
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and krystal watched everything via skype! </div>
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here's the quilt i made for baby b! i hadn't posted about it because i wanted it to be a surprise. i hope my niece or nephew loves it! </div>
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lots of friends and family in attendance! </div>
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here's a fun pic of me, krystal, mom, and our grandmas! </div>
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thanks for driving down in the snow, shannon! </div>
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belly shot with my sister! </div>
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in addition to lots of clothes, our pack and play, and our stroller, my mom gave me the crib skirt and pillow she made for the nursery! i'm so excited to start getting the nursery all together and set up! but that's definitely another post! :) overall it was definitely an awesome morning!</div>
tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11484616339587076200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490657562320796692.post-83072599650895030182013-01-02T09:56:00.000-05:002013-01-03T10:49:55.745-05:00catching up: weeks 27 & 28! so it turns out being on vacation, not having internet, and traveling on the days you take your belly pics, makes it really difficult to blog and take the usual weekly profile pics. we'll just have to do without them. it was a great time celebrating with family, visiting friends, and relaxing back at home. not to mention that i got to see beautiful snow, which was completely void from my life last winter! here are just a few pics from the past couple weeks!<br />
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a couple days before we headed home we had our 3-d ultrasound! it was awesome! of course some of the pics are blurry - but she is in my uterus! josh and i think she's the cutest baby ever! </div>
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we spent our anniversary in the car for 8+ hours, but we did go out to eat the night before to a yummy restaurant here in NC! </div>
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later in the week i met up with some of my college roommates for our annual post-christmas roommate brunch! </div>
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my friend jeana's baby elliott will be about 1 year older than olivia exactly! he was born march 23rd, and olivia is due right around that time! it is so crazy to know that i will have such a fun and active baby by next christmas! he is a cutie! </div>
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i also had my first and second baby shower! these were both amazing and we were so blessed by the generosity of friends and family! a separate post is on its way to document the festivities! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with baby: </b>well, by week 28 olivia is about 2 and 1/4 pounds and almost 15 inches long! olivia is blinking her eyes (that have lashes!) and she can sense light that filters in. olivia is also sleeping and waking at regular times. i've thought she was more of a day person and i still do, but i'm less certain. i definitely feel her moving around when i roll over during the night, but i figure she probably just has to readjust how she's sleeping too! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wardrobe: </b>maternity clothes all the way! well, technically i'm still wearing some of my t-shirts and my own pj pants - but if i need to go outdoors and look decent i definitely go maternity! surprisingly i'm still wearing the same jacket regularly, but i'm thinking it won't zip too much longer! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">anything hard? </b>sleeping has continued to be a challenge. i slept quite terribly while away. my back just aches every time i reposition and i feel like my back somehow detaches from my body while i sleep and goes to do a triathlon before returning to my body in the morning! it is that sore! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">i know that's completely ridiculous, of course. </span>and, not surprisingly, i've been really tired! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">best moment(s) of the
week: </b>despite the tiredness i obviously had a great couple weeks! what could be better - 3-d ultrasound, anniversary, christmas, baby showers, and lots of time to visit with family and friends! i am one blessed girl for sure! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i see why josh was checking out the bump more yesterday - i look huge! </td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with baby: </b>well according to my pregnancy app, baby girl is now about 1 and 2/3 pounds and about 14 inches long! baby girl is better able to hear mine and josh's voices as we chat with each other and she is inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid in preparation for breathing air! at the doctor's on wednesday baby girl had a nice and strong heartbeat at 148 bpm. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">what’s new with mom: </b>well mom got pricked all over at the doctor's on wednesday - first a finger prick, then the Tdap vaccine, and then the blood draw at the end of the glucose test. i went by myself and fortunately i did not pass out! later in the week i was feeling quite awful and super achy so i was worried i was getting sick, but then my mom pointed out that it was probably from the vaccine since i didn't have any other cold or flu symptoms. what a terrible vaccine! but those whooping cough commercials are quite terrifying so i wouldn't have it any other way. i'm feeling better other than some headaches and i'm still not sleeping great, but that's not new. the doctor said i measured right on track on wednesday! i think i had gained about 3 pounds in 2 weeks - seems about right to me i guess! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wardrobe: </b>i think my t-shirts are even starting to get tight now! i did a little shopping the other day and i got a couple cute maternity sweaters. i'm still not exactly sure what i'm wearing for the various festivities next week, so i'll probably just end up taking my entire maternity wardrobe home. it's not that big. i also made an exciting purchase of some maternity underwear. why new underwear is needed i have no idea, but it just is! and i finally have some! yay! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">cravings: </b>the milk and cookie craving has been a little less severe this week so that's good. i did want mexican food a lot for some reason - i think i ended up having tacos at home, a chipotle burrito, and a vegetable quesadilla at a mexican restaurant all within a matter of days! i've always loved tacos (as has my precious grandma!) so i think it's just a family trait! </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">anything hard? </b>well feeling achy and miserable for several days this week was certainly no fun. and i'm not nearly as good of a traveler as i once was. josh and i went to roanoke overnight on thursday for him to do some work and i felt like crap in the car. and that's also when i was feeling terrible and thought i was getting sick, so our fun time of spending time together turned out to just be so so. :( but it was still good to be together. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">best moment(s) of the
week: </b>hmm... holiday baking with valerie on saturday was definitely fun. we ended up making fudge, hello dollies, christmas crack, white chocolate thrills, and chocolate chip cookies for josh's managers, and peanut butter bars for her and michael. quite the productive 4 hours!<br />
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i also finally got to eat at one of my favorite restaurants when we were in roanoke, cheddar's! i had been wanting their onion rings since i got pregnant! unfortunately i did not feel good at all by the time we got to the restaurant and i didn't enjoy my meal too much, but the onion rings were still absolutely delightful! we went back for lunch the next day which was a more enjoyable experience!<br />
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i can't think of too much else, but an exciting week is definitely ahead! hello third trimester! we have our 3-D ultrasound on thursday, and friday we're celebrating our 6th anniversary, which is actually saturday when we'll be driving home! and of course i have to finish up all the final christmas preparations! i love christmas! </div>
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