A Baby Story Pt 2

So after all the fun of the day I was in the office busy working on re-doing a commission piece when all of the sudden my water broke. It was about 8:45 pm and I called home so one of my parents could hit the road. My dad (who would ask if I was calling because "it was time" for the last couple of days when I'd call home) pretty much ran for the car. We then called Laura, Dave's cousin, and told her she needed to come over to watch Cohen. She got to our house with Ellie (her youngest daughter) and we headed out the door. While driving I started to get strong contractions but they still weren't consistent. We got to the hospital and had to check in at the ER after that we waited a while for someone to come and take us to the delivery ward. We finally got picked up and my contractions were starting to kick in a little more consistently. The nurses checked and I was at a 5 and they asked if I was an epidural girl which I replied and said YES! While we waited for the epidural to come I would get freezing cold between my contractions and shake a ton. We had to move rooms because the BP checker wasn't working in the first room. After we moved rooms the anesthesiologist came in, but it was too late and I was told I'd have to deliver naturally, which was not what I had been planning on at all but that was how it was so I had to accept it.Well pretty soon after the Doctor came in and it was almost time to start pushing. After A LOT of pain, praying, and a few screams little Olivia made her appearance at 11:45 pm. Just barely making it into this world on November 7th.

They handed her to me pretty much right away and I held onto my sweet little girl until they did the routine measuring and weighing. Our baby girl was 7 lbs 12 oz and 21 in long. Coming into this world bigger than her big brother (7 lbs 8 oz and 19 in long) and only 2 days past her due date unlike Cohen's 4. 

After they finished measuring her Dave finally got a turn to hold Olivia.

First time being held by Daddy

We were finally taken to our maternity ward room where Dave spent the rest of the night with us. He went home and slept some more and Olivia and I hung out at the hospital doing all our routine checks.

 Around 11:45 am Dave, Cohen and my Dad stopped by for a visit. Cohen was super cute and loved looking at "Wivia". He would have to announce to the room whatever she was doing at the moment too. He was "So cited" to hold baby sister but as soon as a nurse came in the room he had to jump off the bed to tell her that he was holding her. He was quite the proud big brother. Before heading back home for Cohen's nap Cohen gave Olivia lots of kisses on the cheek which warmed my heart so much. Especially since after being nervous about Cohen waking up to us not being home in the middle of the night that he'd hate her/be jealous from the get go.

looking at baby sister for the first time

kisses for baby sister

We had some more alone time together with more routine checks. How is anyone supposed to sleep when someone is coming in every half hour... I mean I can handle there being trash in the trash can while I'm staying there. Later that afternoon Dave came back to hang out with us and watch Olivia so I could nap.

taking a nap together

After he went home that night Olivia had a lot of bonding time that night deep into the morning.

That morning at 8 the nurse said if we wanted to leave we were set to go, which meant we really couldn't leave until 11, but we weren't aware of that so Dave got there at like 9 while we waited for them to check us out.

ready to head home

We finally made it home which was BEAUTIFUL! It was so nice to be home with my little family and my dad.