Owaya's Room

Olivia's BF Blaine calls Olivia "Owaya", I think it was easier for her to say when she first started talking and it has just stuck. It is one of Olivia's nicknames, we always joke (we meaning Holman's and Radder's) that the girls we be 13 and having slumber parties with Blaine still saying Owaya!

Anyway I am going to be playing some catch up over the next little bit, this post being one of them. At the end of July Marcus painted the front bedroom and transformed it from the storage and random stuff room to a girlie girl room. It turned out so great and Olivia loves it. We now have all of her books in that room and all the toys are now in the jungle room (her old room). The first week of her being in it was a little rough, she would forget where she was when she would wake up and it would scare her. Plus when we would say "go put this in your room" she would go to the jungle room and then we would have to clarify "no, your NEW room!". It has since become HER room and she loves to go in there, turn the lights off and on and pick out her favorite books to read.

I love the color of the paint. It's a pretty light lilac color with a dark purple band going around the top. Then we did white curtains on the windows. Marcus covered up the electrical panel with a cork board that has pictures of us on it. I still have other things that need to go on the wall, I blame the baby for that ;)

Just Hanging Out

Marcus took some pictures of the girls the other day. Olivia thinks when we say "cheese" that we are saying "teeth" so she always smiles and points to her teeth. It is almost impossible to get any pictures of her smiling without her pointing to her pearly whites!

I think Bianca looks more like me, or the Rose side of the family everyday. It looks like for sure she has inherited "the Rose Nose" as we call it in our family. Rose noses tend to be more on the... robust size. Don't worry, it is okay for me to call it this beings as I have the Rose nose myself. I like to think it allows me to have an incredible sense of smell, like a secret superpower or something. My only hope is that in addition to the shnoze she will also have my curly hair!

Olivia loves her more and more each day and I think my body is starting to figure out how to operate being sleep deprived. Bianca is getting better and better at sleeping which is awesome. Plus I totally scored a cheap cradle swing which she is in more often than not. Olivia is turning into a really big helper, throwing diapers in the trash, cleaning up her toys (when I sing the clean up song) and helping to burp baby sister.

Mostly we just hang out at the house, enjoying all the new shows that have started up again. I REALLY love my DVR!

Big Sister

I have to say that the first week of Marcus back at work went better than I expected. I really was bracing myself for the worst, not to say that there weren't a fair share of meltdowns (from all parties) but it was just less than I had anticipated. Olivia really loves Bianca, just as long as I am not holding her, which is slightly problematic as I am holding/feeding her quite a lot. We are working on that though! I'm sure it is not helping that Olivia is teething, so less sleep at night equals a fussy toddler at day.

As far as everything with the baby I feel awesome. I've done it before, I know the ropes and it has gone so smoothly. She sleeps pretty decent for being a newborn. She's on the gassier side (come on she is MY daughter after all!) but instead of crying about it she just grunts quietly to herself. She loves to cuddle and has already given me her version of hugs!

Instead I find myself more stressed with the toddler factor. I have not done the toddler thing before and as such it has been difficult for me to know if I am handling things as best as I should. I have been praying a lot to be a good mom to my babies and as such have been inspired A LOT as to how to handle different situations. I know that eventually I/we will get it all figured out and fall into a new routine. I just hope I still have my sanity when we reach that point!

PS~ I always find I am exhausted at like 6 or 7 and could totally pass out, but then once the girls are down I get a second wind and can't fall asleep until midnight! Does anyone else have this problem, if so how do you help yourself got to sleep earlier?

Here's the Story

Marcus at 40 weeks

Vashti at 40 Weeks

At the Doctor's (1:00 pm):

I had a Doctor appointment on Wednesday and Marcus surprised me by getting off work early to go with me. I am glad he did because I would have been pretty stressed out if I was by myself. My blood pressure was high when they first checked (146/118) and we had even got there early and I had been sitting down in the lobby for 1/2 an hour first. They checked it again at the end of the appointment and it had gone up even more. No dialation whatsoever.

Dr K "So how do you feel about having your baby today?"

Me "Well if that is what you think - I'm not crazy about being induced."

Dr K "Maybe I should have phrased that differently, you don't have a choice your BP is too high"

Me "Oh! Well today it is then"

Run home, get the bags and last minute things tied up. Olivia was with Kaitlyn and ended up staying there the first night (THANK YOU SO MUCH!). I ate dinner at Kaitlyn's before heading in, just in case they weren't going to feed me at the hospital.

At the hospital (5:00 pm):

I am not crazy about being induced. I felt like I had a really successful labor/delivery (no pain meds) with Olivia and I like being able to have most of the contractions at my own home. They give me cervadil at 6:00 and am told it should take 12 hours for it to make me all "loosey goosey" (not a clinical term) and at 6:00 am if nothing was moving yet they would break my water and start pitocin.
Getting the cervadil was NOT FUN. I don't think it helped that the nurse administering it was a prison torturer in a past life.

1:00 am

Contractions start and they are pretty intense. We play some phase 10, but only get through the first three phases before I can't concentrate anymore.

3:00 am

I am dying.

The contractions are right on top of each other and are making me want to crawl out of my skin. They take out the cervadil and check me. I went from nothing to 6 cm in less than two hours.

I am tired and exhausted.

"GIVE ME THE EPIDURAL... NOW"

I knew with how tired I was already that I wouldn't have enough energy left to push. I am still thinking at this point that it is hours before I even get to the pushing stage. They get started with the IV of saline and give me some phentanol to help with the pain. Dr K gets there and calls for the anesthesiologist and I have a couple of more contractions. Then I feel I start feeling pressure like I need to push. I inform everyone of this and then I get on the bed and my water breaks.

Dr K "Oh wow, you are at a 10 and this baby is coming now."

Mad dash ensues as no one is prepared for this.
"Wait a second, wait a second!" as Dr and nurses rush around.

WAIT?!? Are they kidding me?

I literally rip the glasses off my face and chuck them to side bed and 5 min later Bianca enters the world! Poor anesthesiologist got out of bed for nothing!

We almost named Olivia "Bianca" and so it was our first choice for the new addition. It totally fits her and her little personality. Irene is after my Mom, Irene being her middle name.

Olivia spent the first day/night playing at Kaitlyn's house (she totally rocks and is super mom with already having her OWN two kids to worry about). Then she has been staying with my parents and having the time of her life. She just came back tonight and it was so nice to have the down time and also know that while she was over there she was thriving. It is nice to have all of us under one roof again. I am loving how more laid back I feel and it is much easier the second time around!

Bianca Irene

6 lbs 13 oz 19 1/4 inches long
She is here and we love her! Yes that is a newborn onesie that is hanging off of her. The newborn diapers are constantly sliding off her tiny bottom! And yes it is 10:30 pm and I am blogging instead of sleeping, but I couldn't resist!

We weren't fully set up for such a tiny addition (Olivia was 9 lbs 5 oz) so we had to race out and purchase newborn diapers and such and all her clothes hang off of her. She hardly fusses (yet) and sleeps all day and is up all night. She is so tiny I feel like I might break her. We are doing well and enjoying some time minus the toddler as she is partying it up at my parents house. My recovery is 1000 % better than Olivia already and I feel so grateful. My next post will have more details of how she arrived (consider yourself warned).

How Olivia has been preparing for sister...

Consulting with her BFF about how baby sisters change your life...

Testing out all the infant stuff to make sure it is safe for sister...

Playing with Dadda's tools (life can't be all work right?)...

Eating smores! What can I say, the girl is like her Momma and LOVES to eat!

Due date fastly approaching (Wed). We are all really excited to meet the new addition to our family. Struggling with wanting to get out and be busy and hibernating in my house til she arrives

~You STILL haven't had that baby yet?

~What.... No baby yet?

~When are you going to EVER have that baby?!?!

(Like I'm not doing everything within my power to will her out already!)

The weather being so nice really does help with the hormonalness. So I think I will stick with the plan of keeping myself busy, the faster the time flies by the less I will notice all the comments! I am really enjoying the down time with Olivia right now and it has been fun to think up what adventure we are going to do each day.

39 Weeks

What I am thankful for:

~The Fair-It's really making this week fly by which is really nice
I HEART THE FAIR!
~Grandparents that babysit Olivia so that I can work at the fair!
~Sleeping in (as much as Olivia lets me which is usually 8 or 8:30)
~Helpful husband who has been doing a deep cleaning job every night while I party at the fair (by party I mean work, but work is so fun it feels like a party!)
~No signs of stretchmarks yet! (I know there are some people who may want to kill me for this statement, but I really lucked out with apparently VERY elastic skin as this whole no stretch mark thing really surprises me still!)
~Corn dogs-seriously! Kings corn dogs @ the fair are magical and make my life feel complete as I hoover them ;)

I thought I would be in agony this whole summer with being preggers and all, but besides that ONE week (of insane heat) it has been pretty awesome! Tons of things to keep me busy and make the time fly by! I am definitely ready to be DONE being pregnant, but I was a week late with Olivia so I'm really not going to start getting my hopes up until next week. But anytime baby girl wants to make her grand appearance is fine with me! Well maybe anytime after tonight I can't miss Foreigner at the Fair!