Here is an adorable picture of Olivia from today that I just had to share. She started smiling a few days ago and it is the cutest thing ever. It just makes all the sleepless nights, pain, and poopy diapers worth it. We love our little Olivia!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
It's a girl! Introducing Olivia Rose Butler!
We finally had our baby and it's a girl! Olivia Rose Butler was born on March 29th at 4:06 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches long. Everything with the labor and delivery went well, I was induced and started pitocin at about 10 am on the 29th and she was born 6 hours later! I only had to push for a couple minutes so it was much easier than some of the labors with my other kids. Olivia has lots of black hair and chubby cheeks and she looks a lot like Leah did when she was a newborn. She eats and sleeps pretty great so far and we just love having her in our family. All the other kids adore her and have been pretty helpful and nice to her so that's been great. Here are a bunch of pictures of her and our family over the past two weeks.
Before...me at 39 weeks!
After...Olivia at 39 seconds old! She weighed exactly the same as Abbie and Leah at birth, 7 lbs 11 oz. I guess I just make them all the same!
Abbie meeting Olivia for the first time. I love how they are looking at each other.
Olivia's first bath
Porter meeting Olivia for the first time, he loves little "O'Leah"!
Porter and Daddy. These boys have to stick together now that they are really outnumbered.
Grandma T. with the girls
Aunt Liesl soaking in all that newborn goodness. You can't tell she wants another one, right?
Abbie holding Olivia for the first time
Leah holding Olivia for the first time
Mommy getting a little turn
Daddy and his newest little princess
Olivia ready to go home
All four kids with the pink welcome home balloons. A couple cousins and their parents came and decorated our front door with pink ribbon and balloons as a surprise for us. It was so nice!
My sweet little girls
I love this one, aren't they beautiful?
All the girls in the family
Grandpa C. meets his newest grandchild
Leah and Porter get some more time holding Olivia
Proud big sister
Porter finally gets a turn holding Olivia. He loved it so much he kept saying "More, hold baby?" He loves his baby sister and so far has been really nice and gentle with her.
Olivia wide awake in the middle of the night
Striking a pose
Huge flower headbands make a cute baby even more adorable
Mommy and baby a few days after coming home from the hospital
Olivia sucking her thumb
All four kids enjoying popcorn and movie night. I can't believe I have four kids!
Sleeping on Daddy
First bath at home
Olivia with her Olivia the pig doll that Daddy got her.
No more pictures, Mom!
Playtime with Porter
Enjoying the playmat with Abbie and Leah
Before...me at 39 weeks!
After...Olivia at 39 seconds old! She weighed exactly the same as Abbie and Leah at birth, 7 lbs 11 oz. I guess I just make them all the same!
Olivia doesn't seem too happy to be here
Abbie meeting Olivia for the first time. I love how they are looking at each other.
Olivia's first bath
Porter meeting Olivia for the first time, he loves little "O'Leah"!
Porter and Daddy. These boys have to stick together now that they are really outnumbered.
Grandma T. with the girls
Aunt Liesl soaking in all that newborn goodness. You can't tell she wants another one, right?
Abbie holding Olivia for the first time
Leah holding Olivia for the first time
Mommy getting a little turn
Daddy and his newest little princess
Olivia ready to go home
All four kids with the pink welcome home balloons. A couple cousins and their parents came and decorated our front door with pink ribbon and balloons as a surprise for us. It was so nice!
My sweet little girls
I love this one, aren't they beautiful?
All the girls in the family
Meeting a bunch of girl cousins, Olivia wasn't so sure about all the attention
Grandpa C. meets his newest grandchild
Leah and Porter get some more time holding Olivia
Proud big sister
Porter finally gets a turn holding Olivia. He loved it so much he kept saying "More, hold baby?" He loves his baby sister and so far has been really nice and gentle with her.
Olivia wide awake in the middle of the night
Striking a pose
Huge flower headbands make a cute baby even more adorable
Mommy and baby a few days after coming home from the hospital
Olivia sucking her thumb
All four kids enjoying popcorn and movie night. I can't believe I have four kids!
Sleeping on Daddy
First bath at home
Olivia with her Olivia the pig doll that Daddy got her.
No more pictures, Mom!
Porter giving Olivia a kiss
Playtime with Porter
Enjoying the playmat with Abbie and Leah
Even big kids can have fun under a playmat
My beautiful girls
Easter Sunday
I saw these adorable Easter dresses at Sam's Club a month ago and couldn't resist getting them for Abbie and Leah. I didn't even think about getting a newborn one at the time in case we had a girl so after Olivia was born, I went back to the store and they were all gone. I then searched high and low online trying to find a matching one for Olivia but they are nowhere to be found. Bummer! Luckily, I did have a pink newborn dress that was close enough in color so I put her in that and Porter in an adorable blue vest and got these cute pictures of the kids before church last week. Didn't they turn out perfect?
What are the chances of getting them all to smile and look at the camera and not have their hands in their faces all at the same time? Amazing!
Olivia raising her hand as if to say "Don't forget about me!"
Porter is so happy to hold baby Olivia, anytime, any day
Um, I'm not so sure about all this pink, though!
My handsome boy is growing up!
What are the chances of getting them all to smile and look at the camera and not have their hands in their faces all at the same time? Amazing!
Olivia raising her hand as if to say "Don't forget about me!"
Porter is so happy to hold baby Olivia, anytime, any day
Um, I'm not so sure about all this pink, though!
My handsome boy is growing up!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
4 more weeks!
I'm 36 weeks today! Whew, good thing because this last week I've really been feeling it and now I'm really ready to have this little baby. I've been more tired, sore, emotional, and just feeling blah and I'm ready to be done! I still have some things on my to-do list that I want to get done and I know that once the baby comes, I'm going to be even more tired, sore, emotional, and feeling blah but at least I'll have the little bugger outside of my body and can hand it off to someone else every once in a while. Plus we'll get to look at, smell, and hold a sweet newborn so that's a plus! Here I am at 35 weeks, my belly really sticks out there, doesn't it!
Since I was getting a picture standing in front of the wall, Abbie and Leah decided they wanted one too. Here is Abbie acting silly!
And Leah being her sweet little self
Since I was getting a picture standing in front of the wall, Abbie and Leah decided they wanted one too. Here is Abbie acting silly!
And Leah being her sweet little self
I'm hoping to get induced a week early so if I do, that means I really only have 3 weeks left. Woohoo!
Friday, February 3, 2012
January fun!
Things have slowed down a bit since Christmas and the holiday season and it's been nice to spend lots of time indoors, play with the new toys that the kids got for Christmas, and just catch up on things I've been postponing. Plus, I think I've got a little nesting bug going on because I feel this urge to finish up a lot of projects and just get my life organized and ready before the craziness of having a newborn again happens. Updating this blog and posting pictures of everything that's happened in the last few months was one of the things on that list and now I've done it, woohoo!
Here are the kids practicing their handstands. Abbie is taking a little gymnastics class with her cousins from one of my sisters and she loves it. She comes home each week excited to teach Leah everything she's learned and Leah picks up on it quickly and likes doing it too. Porter even gets in on the action and tries to do handstands, splits, and somersaults.
Leah being a Lego robot, something she totally made up herself. Silly kid!
I love the back, she didn't realize her underwear was showing until I took this picture and now she asks to see it all the time because she thinks it's funny. I'm posting it on here so I can easily show it to her at any time and for posterity's sake:)
One of the few outings we've been on lately. They had a free day at the zoo last week so we went with some cousins and it actually was pretty fun. It wasn't too cold that day and not too crowded and the kids got to see lots of animals so I thought it was worth it. I hate going in the summer when it's hot, smelly, and crowded and more often than not, the animals are just hiding in the shade anyway so you can't see much. This was a lot better!
Porter was kind of afraid of the giraffes
The elephants were pretty fun to watch, the baby one kept trying to get some water from this little pond that was covered in ice and that was cute to watch.
Our little boys are growing up!
Of course, the kids had to ride the carousel, it's tradition!
Everyone in front of the big elephant statue
Porter had to have ear tube surgery the week after Christmas because of persistant fluid in his ears and because he has some mild to moderate hearing loss. We don't know if it's fully because of genetics or not, we have a lot of history of hearing loss between me and Jared's family, but to rule out a physical problem and to make sure we cover all our bases, we decided to take care of the fluid problem and see if that helps his hearing enough that he won't have to get hearing aids. We have an appt next week to get an in depth test to see how his hearing is now after surgery (the audiograms we've gotten have been pretty unreliable) and then we'll know more and go from there. Hopefully it's just enough improved that he doesn't need aids and that he'll start speaking better too! Here he is after surgery, he did really well before and during the procedure but afterwards was pretty out of it and kind of mad at me that I let that happen to him. By the time we got home though, just an hour after surgery, he was running around being his usual happy, active self. Good thing kids have a short memory and are quick to forgive.
It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of my pregnant belly so I thought I'd better put something so I can remember this time and also to prove that I really am pregnant, not just making it up for those that never see me in person. Here I am at 20 weeks:
And then at 30 weeks (last week)
Yep, I'm getting bigger and am definately feeling it now. Overall everything is going great and I can't complain too much. We're excited to find out what it is, a boy or girl, and we still haven't decided on a name so we have some work to do. I've been stocking up on diapers, formula, and wipes, though, and have everything else I need for a boy or girl so I think I'm ready for the most part to have a baby in the house again. I can't wait to see what this little one looks like! Only 9 more weeks to go, 8 if I can get induced before March 31st like I want to (for insurance purposes, our deductible starts over April 1st). Wish me luck!
Here are the kids practicing their handstands. Abbie is taking a little gymnastics class with her cousins from one of my sisters and she loves it. She comes home each week excited to teach Leah everything she's learned and Leah picks up on it quickly and likes doing it too. Porter even gets in on the action and tries to do handstands, splits, and somersaults.
They also like playing the twister game that they got for Christmas
Leah being a Lego robot, something she totally made up herself. Silly kid!
I love the back, she didn't realize her underwear was showing until I took this picture and now she asks to see it all the time because she thinks it's funny. I'm posting it on here so I can easily show it to her at any time and for posterity's sake:)
One of the few outings we've been on lately. They had a free day at the zoo last week so we went with some cousins and it actually was pretty fun. It wasn't too cold that day and not too crowded and the kids got to see lots of animals so I thought it was worth it. I hate going in the summer when it's hot, smelly, and crowded and more often than not, the animals are just hiding in the shade anyway so you can't see much. This was a lot better!
Porter was kind of afraid of the giraffes
The elephants were pretty fun to watch, the baby one kept trying to get some water from this little pond that was covered in ice and that was cute to watch.
Our little boys are growing up!
Of course, the kids had to ride the carousel, it's tradition!
Everyone in front of the big elephant statue
Porter had to have ear tube surgery the week after Christmas because of persistant fluid in his ears and because he has some mild to moderate hearing loss. We don't know if it's fully because of genetics or not, we have a lot of history of hearing loss between me and Jared's family, but to rule out a physical problem and to make sure we cover all our bases, we decided to take care of the fluid problem and see if that helps his hearing enough that he won't have to get hearing aids. We have an appt next week to get an in depth test to see how his hearing is now after surgery (the audiograms we've gotten have been pretty unreliable) and then we'll know more and go from there. Hopefully it's just enough improved that he doesn't need aids and that he'll start speaking better too! Here he is after surgery, he did really well before and during the procedure but afterwards was pretty out of it and kind of mad at me that I let that happen to him. By the time we got home though, just an hour after surgery, he was running around being his usual happy, active self. Good thing kids have a short memory and are quick to forgive.
It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of my pregnant belly so I thought I'd better put something so I can remember this time and also to prove that I really am pregnant, not just making it up for those that never see me in person. Here I am at 20 weeks:
And then at 30 weeks (last week)
Yep, I'm getting bigger and am definately feeling it now. Overall everything is going great and I can't complain too much. We're excited to find out what it is, a boy or girl, and we still haven't decided on a name so we have some work to do. I've been stocking up on diapers, formula, and wipes, though, and have everything else I need for a boy or girl so I think I'm ready for the most part to have a baby in the house again. I can't wait to see what this little one looks like! Only 9 more weeks to go, 8 if I can get induced before March 31st like I want to (for insurance purposes, our deductible starts over April 1st). Wish me luck!
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