And the Raisin has Fallen Off!

Busy day for us today. We had a morning coffee with auntie Kristen before she headed back to Tacoma. Olivia was happy that she came to visit. Thank you Kristen for spending time with us!

Next, we took a trip to moms work to introduce her to the wonderful staff at the YMCA. As I walked in, I saw my boss and a co-worker in one of the conference room. The look on their faces was awesome. I showed Olivia off to a few people while I waited for them to finish. A mad dash occured as soon as they opened the door of the conference room. Jenny won! And after using half a bottle of hand sanitizer and having to wipe it off on other people, she got to hold Olivia. And how did baby girl respond? She filled her diaper. HAHA! Christine held her for a minute before Olivia started crying. Well, screaming is more like it. Of course..... I had to change her and feed her before we could continue the rounds. Everyone loved to see her. :-)

After we picked up Mike from work, we stopped by the house for him to change. While I was changing, I noticed they Olivia's raisin fell off!! (Her umbilical cord nub). Woohoo! She had acute little belly button and Mike is so happy that it is an inny. He has something against outy belly buttons.

We had to take baby girl in to get her for pricked again for a PKU test. Don't ask me what it stands for, I have no idea. I couldn't be in the room when they pricked her but I heard her cry and it broke my heart :( I'm glad to know that she won't remember it though. I'm pretty sure that it made her cry enough Thai she was knocked out while we went to talk to Wells Fargo about a few different things. When we got home, we called it a day and didn't want to do much else. Olivia did not sleep as well as I hoped last night so it is early to bed for the Atwaters. But the day would not have been complete without a quick talk with great grandma Cole. We are so excited for you to meet Olivia great grandma!

I feel so blessed to be entrusted to care for this precious little girl. I just live everything about her: her little smirks when she sleeps, when she throws her arms up and out when she is sleeping and gets startled, her little button nose, and kissable lips. She is a mouth breather like her mom. I only pray that I can keep up with her, I have a feeling that she will have as much energy as her dad.

Sweet dreams!

Who Knew?

What a great day! Somehow Olivia slept from 10pm on Sunday until almost 5am Monday morning when we woke dad up for work. And where better to sleep than snuggled right in between mom and dad?? :-) I woke up a few times, which is normal for me, and tried to feed her but she was out. Who knew that newborns could sleep that long? It was fantastic! Let's hope we get a few more nights like that.

Olivia and I hung out and did laundry until auntie Kristen showed up to take us downtown. Even though Olivia was passed out for most of the experience, we took her down to the park for the first time. Poor little thing had such dry skin! It doesn't matter how much lotion we put on, her little hands and feet are always flaking.

Did you know that babies can get acne?? We didn't! Olivia had a pimple show up pretty much right in the middle of her forehead this morning.

I am learning that the binky only works when someone other than me gives it to her. If I get close to her, she realizes it's me and spits it out because she knows that I have "the goods". Ha! So not fair... 

We have also noticed that her umbilical cord is half way off! The other day I was nursing Olivia when I picked up a really weird smell that I could not pinpoint. I had Mike come over to see if he could determine what it was. Turns out it is the umbilical cord. Mike had looked it up and it said that is normal and that it is getting ready to fall off. I would say in the next day, or maybe two, it will be off. 

We are learning about each other every day. But I can say it is one of my most favorite things is to see Olivia snuggled up in her daddy's arms. I could sit and watch them together all day long. As I think about that, I'm realizing that it is 3:00am and that Olivia just fell asleep again so I should probably try and get some sleep too. Until the next post! We love you all.

A Look Back at Week 1

8 days old. We can hardly believe it! This week has been fill of firsts.... but what do you expect to happen when you bring a new born home?

Mike was able to get Tuesday off and spent the day at home with me and Olivia. Grandpa and grandma Atwater were also in town spending another day with us. Mike and grandpa went to look at cars while grandma spent the day helping me out. She also cooked and froze us some meals so that I don't have to cook all the time. Thank you!  but cries when mom or dad hold her.

Olivia had her first doctor's appointment this week. She was back up to 8lbs 14oz! She wasn't happy until they turned on the heat lamp. The doctor said that babies become like lizards when they are under a heat lamp! We need to get one....

Some other firsts---- she has flipped me off while eating and picked her nose and ate it. Haha! She had her first bath at home. We were concerned she would hate the water but she enjoyed it! She has really dry skin like her mom. We may be buying a lot more lotion.

Surprisingly, she sleeps very well. There are times when we can get a four hour nap between feedings. She seems to sleep better after she eats and we snuggle together on the couch. At the same time, I feel like I am waking her up to feed her and then she gets milk drunk and falls right back to sleep. We have noticed that she will sit there awake and quiet with other people but not when mom or dad hold her.

She has the cutest little pouty face ever! Just look at the picture below. Auntie Megan bought her the onsie but I could not get it over her head and just laid it on her for the picture. She didn't like it. :-) She gets the hiccups about twice a day and it is so cute.

You know when you see someone sleeping and can see their eyes moving under their eye lids? Well, we see that a lot. Mike says he wonders what she is dreaming about. I think it is God giving her instructions for later in life. What else would babies dream about?? She does get a sweet little smile on her face while she sleeps. Olivia is also already pretty good at holding her head up. That extra week in the oven must have helped a lot!

Her first real outing was to Sarah (Robin) Saugen's wedding yesterday. It was a beautiful wedding! Olivia slept through most of it.

Although the Hawks lost, she was able to meet two more family member, auntie Kristen and uncle Jon. Now all that is left is uncle Chris, grandpa Randy, and extended family! And all of our friends :-)

I almost forgot to mention that I lost 25lbs in ine week! Feeling pretty good about that. However, I did go to urgent care and found out that I have a UTI so that will need to be addressed quickly so I can keep up with Olivia. We are thankful for every moment with our little angel.


Sorry that this is so long, but it has been a week!

Welcome to the World!

On Saturday, September 6, 2014, we welcomed our precious baby girl, Olivia Mae, to the world! What a blessing she is to our lives. <3 At 41 weeks, 9lbs 3oz, 21 3/4 inches long, a 13 3/4 inch head, and a head full of hair, Olivia was bigger than any of us expected. The delivery was quite the ordeal. We were surrounded by our family and friends for almost 24 hours from induction of labor to the birth of our child.

We ended up spending about two and a half days in the hospital before we were finally released and were able to take our little one home. How surreal it was to leave the hospital with a little miracle in our care.

With everyone eager to stay updated on how Olivia is doing, we decided to do a blog for our loved ones and friends. It will also be a way for us to document our experience as first time parents!! (Crazy to think). Although we know that we will have some great stories for you all.

As much as we hope to post everyday, it is very unlikely that we will. But we will do our best! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and we hope that you enjoy reading about Olivia and our CRAZY adventures and we explore this new chapter in our lives.