Olivia - 7/8/09

Well I didn't make it to my 40 week appointment as I started have contractions at home earlier Wednesday morning. Around 2:30 I woke up with the start of them and around 5:30 I finally woke Steve to tell him "This is it!" We got ready and dropped Jack off at Grandma and Grandpa Battaglia's house and then were off to the hospital.

They hooked me up to all the monitors and then it was just a waiting game. At 4:43 pm, after a very easy delivery, Olivia Nicole was born. Surprisingly she was bigger than Jack was at 7 lb. 15.5 oz. and 21 inches long. (Jack was only 7 lb. 1 oz.).

It is also kind of fun because she was born on 7/8/09 and what also turned out to be Steve's parents 31st wedding anniversary.

I ended up staying in the hospital until Saturday morning due to me not feeling quite as well as expected, but now we are home and everyone is doing fine. Jack seems excited and upset at the same time. There are moments when he is kissing and hugging her and even trying to give her 'knuckles' and then the next he doesn't want anyone holding her and he wants to drink her bottle and use her pacifier. It should be an interesting next few weeks.

I have been trying to get some pictures posted, but have been so busy. Here are a few from when we were in the hospital.





I have also started Olivia's Baby Website, similar to what we had for Jack. Although I will probably do most of my updates on here, it's nice to be able to have the site to track milestones, growth, and add additional pics.