Almost Two weeks old tomorrow.

they made Olivia go in the lights... it broke my heart. The only way she would stay in there was by mom or grandma holding her hand

Who farted?!!!!

I could not have made it through without this woman. She is Amazing. I cried and cried when she left:)


Ahhh.... we are through the first two weeks! Having a baby is a little more stressful than I thought that it would be.

She is a wonderful baby! She sleeps all day long ( this still worries me, even though it shouldn't) wakes up 2 times a night and goes back to sleep pretty good, and eats like a champ! I think its just new mother syndrome, but I am terrified of her! so worried that i'm not doing the things that need to be done to take care of her, dont know whats normal and terrified that she will get colic.

But on the other hand. I love her so much. Love having her around. Love laying on my bed and talking to her. Love watching her grow and become more alert. My favorite is looking at her and seeing josh in her. How lucky am I to have a baby who looks just like the person I fell in LOVE with!? I still cant believe she is here.

Josh has been an AMAZING dad. He can put her to sleep when I cant. Is willing to do anything we need. and his diaper changing skills are getting so good! I'm so grateful to have him as my husband. He has been so kind to me while I deal with all the changes in hormones that she brought, changes with my body, and changes in becoming a full time mother. I love you Josh.

PICTURES IN THE HOSPITAL

I think the hospital experience was my favorite part. I told Josh I LOVED Delivering Olivia. The best experience of my life. There is nothing like going through delivery with your husband and meeting your child for the first time. I think it helped that it was an extremely easy delivery.  We loved that everyone came up to see her. It made us feel so loved!

 Lovely right?!

 Our very last picture together until we become a family of 3

 The whole time i was pushing, Josh fed me ice chips with tigers blood juice.. it was very good!

 meeting Mom and Dad for the first time

 We absolutely LOVED our Dr. I hope all my kids can be delivered by him.

 Our first family picture

 Nick and Megan ( tyson and lori came too... i don't know why we don't have pictures of them)

 Aunt cuca was called at 5 in the morning and she came all the way up with Grandpa borrowman to be here when you were born.

 We wouldn't let them put her in any of the hospital clothes.... so here she is in her first outfit ever!

 I could not have been any happier that day!

 Josh was was wrapped around her finger the second she came out

 THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

 I don't know what I would have done without this lady here:) She was a huge help in welcoming Olivia.

 BIG yawn!

I wish you could stay this little forever. I don't think i'll ever get sick of holding you!

OLIVIA GRACE MEACHAM- 6 LBS 12 OZ

AHHH! She's here! And we couldn't love her more.

I was so worried that we were going to pass our due date because NOTHING was happening. On the 9th  Josh and I decided that it wouldn't hurt if we drove up to Brian Head ( the very tippy top ) and then drive back down. Josh looked up on the internet that sometimes altitude can help. So up we went. When we got home I was a little disappointed that it didn't work. But I was having this bad pain in my lower abdomen that I thought was constipation :) I called my mom when it was getting to hurt pretty bad and ask her what to do about them. She politely told me that those where what we like to call contractions and told me to time them. They were about 4-5 min apart. for the rest of the night they ranged from 3-4 min. We decided to go in at about 12 pm and just see if I was changing. I was at a 3 1/2 and they decided to keep me. at about 3:30 they gave me an epidural. They decided to break my water when my Dr. decided to wake up. He came in at about 8 in the morning and broke it and told me she had had a bowl movement. 

THEN they didn't check me for 3 hours! My family goes from a 5 to a 10 in about 30 min. Surprise... when they decided that they were going to finally pay some attention to me I was at a 10 and ready to push.

I LOVED my epidural but by the time it was time to push, I could feel everything. They kept telling me it was working and this was normal. Finally when I told them it was hurting pretty bad, they had someone come and look at my IV. It wasn't working!!!! since 8 that morning it wasn't working! So even though I felt most of it they got it going so it took the edge off of it.

After 10 min of pushing, Dr Heath came in and told me a couple of BIG pushes and she would be here. I was so surprised because the nurse said we would prob be pushing for an hr to 3 hrs. So I was SOOOO excited that it was almost over. She was born at 11:32 on 09/10/11

She is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen and she has 

STOLEN MY HEART!

i'm pretty sure Josh feels the same way :)

UGH!

This little girl of mine must be really comfortable in there, She does not want to come out:( I went to the Dr. yesterday only to find out the same thing as the last few weeks. Only at a 1 still and only about 50% thinned. Kinda depressing. He told me he would strip my membranes but I'm gonna hold out until my next appointment because i was to scared it would hurt.

So next tuesday we start that :(

I'm just scared I'm gonna end up with this big ol baby that is not gonna fit coming out.

OLIVIA, I dont want to be pregnant ANYMORE! COME OUT!

You do realize by staying in there your cutting down the chances of you EVER having a sibling? Im not gonna want to do this again if you don't cooperate a little better.

(maybe if i threaten it will work better than the coddling josh is doing)

3 WEEKS

Bleah.... I still have 3 more weeks :) Mostly I'm just so excited for Olivia to come that this next 3 weeks is going to be going by so SLOW!

I can see how the last couple of weeks get to the point where you actually want to push a baby out ;) No more room inside, swollen feet and hands, cant get up by yourself very well with out a struggle. I asked Josh if this was amusing to him to watch this, He just smiled and gave a little laugh to himself. I would laugh at him if he was doing this!

If any of you feel the need to pray for an early baby.... we wouldn't mind!

Also, I'm back to my simple blog....... how I have missed you just white!

BABY OLIVIA'S ROOM

Well, the nursery is ALMOST done :) few things to do here and there but for the most part, its done! Josh has been AMAZING. He's worked so hard to have a nice room for the baby to come home to. Not to mention the "help" ( when I say help..... I mean we could not have finished it without them) we have gotten from Josh's Dad, My Dad, and Nick.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

We are going to hang the name above the crib
Here are some of the Wonderful things that people gave us for my showers. I was absulutly thrilled with it all and amazed with the time that people put into making things for her. It made me feel so loved. Thanks everyone!

This is the stroller and car seat that my mom and sisters gave me! Just the one we wanted!!!
I LOVE LOVE this one:) my mother made her a blessing afghan! It is BEAUTIFUL!
This is the birth announcement that my mother in law stitched for me..... its going to be hung on the wall above the chair. Josh stitched the owl when he was about 5... cute right!

I told you we got spoiled. Josh's grandma Stitched this blanket for her. I cant believe the time that was put into stitching these two. We love them thank you girls sooooo much!

Clothes and blankets! There are some really pretty handmade blankets and afghans in there that I cant wait to use and love her in!

more clothes:) ( you can never have to many ) and look at the cute diaper cake. I dont dare take it apart lol.
Thank You again everyone! My family, friends, and Co workers have made this so much fun getting ready for her. We appreciate everything!

WORTH IT?

Josh and I went to Target the other night to look and see what kind of baby stuff were gonna need here in the next 5 1/2 weeks! This caught my attention and I really want it:) The bad part? Its about 250 for this little beauty!

My thinking is that we are not going to be having the baby in our room at all... its to small and we can barley walk around our bed with the space that we have. I LOVE the idea of being able to check on her without going into her room and risk waking her up. Making sure she falls asleep okay and see what she does after I leave the room when she gets old enough to move around.

I'm kinda nervous to have her in the other room from the beginning. Has anyone ever not had the newborn sleep in their room before?

Also.... would this just be dumb and a waste of money? Mom's.... Dad's..... anyone who's been around babies, what do you think?