Our First Week

Well today Olivia is one week, and we made it! We are getting a tone more sleep than we got with Owen. I hope that stays the same. We have had several visitors and are trying to get back to a schedule that is some what normal.

Owen giving some loves, we really have to watch him.

Mya and her baby. She wants to check on the baby every time she cries.

Skot and Christi, it was so nice to see them.
Our kids are so lucky to have such a loving aunt and uncle.

Jerome and Yen, you can see how Owen has Jerome's ears. :)

Tonight's family night. Our theme was how to improve our prayers.

We colored pictures of people praying for our activity and ate some Easter candy for dessert.

All in all this past week has gone well and we are looking forward to having a relaxing week. Garett doesn't have to go back to work until Wednesday, thank goodness I have another day with his help. Tomorrow we have a lactation consultation at the hospital for my little lazy eater.

A Favor Please!!

Over the course of my pregnancy I have had the fun of being pregnant with more than 25 of my other friends. Included in that group are a few of my neighbors. One neighbor(just two doors down), Laurie, had her baby the day after me. There have been complications and I'm asking that you include her in your prayers. Below I've copied the email that I received....

"Hey everyone,

I just wanted to update everyone and ask for prayers for Laurie, Brad and little P.J.

For those who don't know yet, our neighbors Brand and Laurie welcomed little P.J. Tuesday night! He is 6 lbs. 9 oz and 21 inches long. I've been told he has a head full of black hair too!

Laurie had to be induced 3 weeks before her due date because of early signs of toxemia (preeclampcia). After laboring since 4 am with no sign of progress her blood pressure shot up and she suffered seizures and a mild stroke so they went ahead and took PJ via C-section. Like I mentioned above, he is PERFECT!

Laurie is still having difficulty recovering from the stroke. They have run tests to make sure there is no permanent damage to the brain and so far all is good. But she still has no reflexes and very little movement and speech. They did a spinal tap this morning to confirm it is neurological and not physical. The Dr. told Brad this morning that they needed to start the Prayer Chain and "pray for her body to wake up". They Dr. also told Brad that this was not a normal side effect from Toxemia and that she must have had some pre-existing brain condition that was triggered by the rough labor. If she doesn't improve and get moved into the mother-baby room by tomorrow they will discharge P.J. and move her to the Nurological floor. So PLEASE PRAY SHE IMPROVES BY TOMORROW!!!

She has only been able to hold him once but she was still a little out of it. She told one of our other neighbors today that she just wanted to hold him so badly so she is coherent as far as being aware that he's in the room and what is going on.

I will keep everyone updated when I get more news. But please start praying for Laurie's body to "wake up" so she can go home with her baby and very worried husband!"

SO MOM's lets all pull together and pray for Laurie, it could have easily been one of us.

Our Little Chubbers

Little Miss Olivia is doing well. She went in for her 1st check up. She lost a few ounces but that is normal. She still has Garett's blue eyes and a increasing appetite. She is a bit of a lazy eatter so we have been using bottles but she is happy, healthy and a really great sleeper. We love her and it's great to have her home.

What chubby cheeks!

It's Settled

So we have been going back and forth over the baby's name. Her name is Charly Olivia Trent. What we could not decide was if we would call her Charly or Olivia. We have decided (100% sure) that she will be called Olivia. It feels right.

So welcome to our family Olivia!

Visitors and Bringing Baby Home

Heidi and Christi brought Owen to visit. He was not all that interested in baby, he was more interested in pushing all the buttons (calling the nurse) and looking for snacks.

Aunt Sissy!

Sweet baby right before we dressed her to take her home.

All bundled up ready to go.
So far she loves to be swaddled.
She complains every time she gets loose.

Owen checking out his new sister. He keeps trying to pick her up, saying "I want baby out". He has held her a few times but he only stays interested for all of 30 seconds. :)

Taylor is a wonderful cousin!
She loves to hold the baby and dotes over her as if she were her own.

I didn't get a picture of Mya, but she too is in love with the new baby. She is clearly going to be in the running for the second mommy spot in this house. She comes running at every cry, tries to bundle her in blankets and found her "bear" for nite nite time. (Bear in this case is a pig) But it just shows you how much she cares.

We are lucky and blessed to have such a big wonderful family.

Our New Baby

Charly Olivia Trent was born on March 24th, 2008 at 5:07pm. She weighs 8lbs 8oz. Is 21" long, has blue eyes, long fingers and toes and lots of hair!

We went to the doctor on Monday morning and they were surprised to see me still pregnant. They checked me and I was still at 4cm and fully effaced. (Yet still no contractions) They did and ultrasound to make sure she was head down, and she was. Then they offered to break my water at the hospital. Anyone surprised that I took them up on that? :) Garett and I arrived around noon (and it was snowing - how odd for Georgia). They broke my water at 1pm and contractions started right away. I dilated from 4cm to 7cm in an hour and a half and went for the epidural. Thank goodness for modern medicine! I pushed her out in around 40 minutes? We forgot to check the clock. So from start to finish it was all done in 4 hours and 7 minutes. Not bad.

Doing what I do best - making lists between the first few contractions. :)

Ta-Dah! She is here with a heathly pair of lungs.

Proud Dad. Garett was there supporting me all the way. He cut the cord after she arrived and stayed by her side and took pictures so that I would not miss a minute of her firsts.

This is Kim, our wonderful mid wife, she did a wonderful job with ease. She predicted exactly how things would go, and she was right every step of the way. And she knew exactly what to say to keep me in the right frame of mind. Thank you Kim!

Holding Olivia for the first/second time.

Check out those long toes!!!

And long fingers!!!

Lots of hair!! It feels so soft. I wonder if it will fall out?

Mimi was our first visitor. I still was a bit out of it.

Some Family Shots

Wendi and Marilee

Our pretty Mommy. AKA Mimi

Garett April and Owen

We thought this was funny. It's a sad day when your so big you 6'2" husband can hardly get his arms around you. :) Little did we know that issue would be resolved in less than 24 hours.

And here we are.

One of my favorites.
Heidi, Taylor and Mya are such a beautiful family. :)