pictures of olive!
thanks to my wonderful husband, who just happens to be an excellent photographer....we have great pictures from olive's birth. i have clearly had no time or motivation to take pictures, so he has picked up the slack in that area, and they really look great. i'm so excited about them! i will take credit for the picture of him holding olive right after she was born, only b/c it's my favorite! these are just a few, to see the rest, go to my flickr page.
also, check out ryan's blog for more updates!
also, check out ryan's blog for more updates!
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finally...
Tuesday, Nov 25 2008 11:38
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okay, so finally, i have a few moments of peace and quiet to try and catch everyone up on miss olive grace. i actually did try to blog about everything friday after i had olive. but, of course, after i finished my long blog, the internet dropped out at the hospital and i lost the whole thing. i was so mad, so you can just go to ryan's blog to get the full story, if you are interested. plus, his is way more entertaining than mine would be. but, for now...
so now we've been home since saturday, and doing well...for the most part. i must say, it's definitely easier the second time around. i'm definitely not near as worried about every little sound and movement this time. my recovery time was definitely shorter and easier this time. i'm just worn out from feeding this kid! ryan and lucy have been spending lots of time together. of course, lucy has been getting very comfortable with her little sister. she now tries to hug her all the time and even pick her up when i'm not looking! and last night she hit her in the face so hard it made me cry and then tried to color on her face with a purple crayon. it was a dramatic night. well, that's all for now. i will try to be more regular at this blogging thing now that things have calmed down a bit. and i'll have some pictures up very soon. for now, go to my flickr page to see some pictures!
olive grace byrd was born friday, november 21 at 5:06 in the morning. now, let's just say, when she decided to come...she didn't want to wait. long story short, we were at baptist around 7 pm thursday night to visit one of my best friends who had been induced that morning. she had been in labor all day, and it was moving slowly. i went home and i told ryan..."i think i could have this baby tonight." and i was right...as usual. i went to bed, slept for an hour and woke up about 11 having contractions. after trying all the tips to stop labor if it was false labor, i said "let's go now!" andrea, my sister, was on her way to stay with lucy, and when she got there we were out the door. contractions now about 2-3 minutes apart. literally thought i was going to die, and trying to get there in time to get an epidural. or i would have for sure killed someone.
we had a fabulous nurse who immediately informed me that i was already 7 cm. and that my contractions were now about 1 minute apart. she gave me the crazy medicine, which just made me mad b/c you still feel everything, you just feel crazy. finally, got the epidural and some relief. our families arrived around 3 am and we waited...really don't remember most of this or what i said...who knows. finally, i begin to start feeling that this baby is coming out. so we wait impatiently on the doctor. and my nurse tells me i can't push, b/c if i sneeze, this baby will fall out. doctor arrives...5:05 am start pushing...5:06 am...olive is out. that was the best part.
there she was, pretty as i could have ever imagined. she started screaming immediately and they informed me that she was indeed a girl. she weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19.25 in. long. she's got kind of golden hair...it's not brown, but not blonde. but it's pretty. we have no idea who in the world she looks like....no one in this family for sure.
lucy had arrived at the hospital while we were pushing and was the first to get to meet olive...which was classic. she just stared at her forever. such confusion and curiosity, which led to the poking of the eyes and ears and everything else. but it was so great! she loves her. so thanks to our families for helping take care of lucy. especially ann, who came to stay with lucy in the middle of the night. and thank you to my wonderful husband, who i definitely couldn't have done this without. let's just say...i don't do pain. and i'm serious about that. ryan knows this and was overly supportive, even though he kept trying to get me to wait to go to the hospital b/c he was afraid it was false labor. seriously, i wouldn't want to go through this with anyone else in the world. through the breaking of his back trying to get me out of the tub, to taking the never-ending skywalk into the hospital, he continued to tell me i was doing a good job...even though i'm sure i was very embarrassing to be toting around the hospital. i am so thankful to have such an amazing husband who is so supportive and willing to sit with me through anything and everything...and i mean anything.
so now we've been home since saturday, and doing well...for the most part. i must say, it's definitely easier the second time around. i'm definitely not near as worried about every little sound and movement this time. my recovery time was definitely shorter and easier this time. i'm just worn out from feeding this kid! ryan and lucy have been spending lots of time together. of course, lucy has been getting very comfortable with her little sister. she now tries to hug her all the time and even pick her up when i'm not looking! and last night she hit her in the face so hard it made me cry and then tried to color on her face with a purple crayon. it was a dramatic night. well, that's all for now. i will try to be more regular at this blogging thing now that things have calmed down a bit. and i'll have some pictures up very soon. for now, go to my flickr page to see some pictures!
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oh, the joys of parenting...
yes, as my first bog entry on our new site, i thought it should be something fun and entertaining. but apparently lucy thought it should be gross and entertaining. so, this morning, lucy got up as usual and acted completely fine. never let on that anything was wrong. we got her ready for church and she was a little whiny and crabby, but we just thought she was sleepy.
so we get to church, check her in to the nursery. but just as i was about to take her in, i noticed she was shaking a little and just wanted to lay on me. so i decided to take her in to church with us...which i'm totally against. so she laid on me all throughout the service nodding off and then waking up, just being weird. so finally i decided to take her out for good after she cried out.
and then it happened...literally as we walked out the doors to of the church service and began to look for a place to sit down.......she began puking uncontrollably all over the place. and by place, i mean me. b/c as a mom, you try and catch as much throw-up as possible in your shirt to avoid anyone else having to clean it up. however, this did little to control the mess. as it went all over me and the floor and her. not to mention we were standing in the food court type place, where people were enjoying their coffee and bagels....and a kid puking everywhere.
it was quite a show. so as i said a few words to myself that i really hope were to myself, since we were at church...i took off for the bathroom. but the puking continued on the way to the bathroom, over my shoulder. and some sweet lady offered frantically to help and helped us into the bathroom. and then she went and found some other very sweet ladies to clean it all up. oh wow...yeah it was as bad as it sounds. the smell was horrendous as i realized that it was all milk she'd had at breakfast. so there i was absolutely drenched in throw-up, in the bathroom floor with a crying baby trying to text ryan who was in the service to come help. luckily, he got the text while reading his bible on his iphone...convenient. and he and ann came to assist, as did other ladies in the bathroom who felt really bad for me and weren't too grossed out by the smell.
thankfully, lucy and i were both wearing tank tops under our clothes, as the throw-up had soaked through our shirts. ryan took lucy out, and passed the nice ladies who were cleaning up the mess, i'm sure about to puke themselves. and ann found a coat in her car, which, of course, wouldn't go around me. but we somehow managed to get one button buttoned around me and we got out of there as fast as possible, without causing anymore drama. now, if this had been me...i would insist that we never go back to church there. but since it was my kid, and completely out of my control...i guess we'll go back. i'm just so glad that we left the service when we did. i just keep imagining how they would have had to evacuate the whole place if we'd have stayed another 2 seconds...it was that bad. poor lucy.
so we get to church, check her in to the nursery. but just as i was about to take her in, i noticed she was shaking a little and just wanted to lay on me. so i decided to take her in to church with us...which i'm totally against. so she laid on me all throughout the service nodding off and then waking up, just being weird. so finally i decided to take her out for good after she cried out.
and then it happened...literally as we walked out the doors to of the church service and began to look for a place to sit down.......she began puking uncontrollably all over the place. and by place, i mean me. b/c as a mom, you try and catch as much throw-up as possible in your shirt to avoid anyone else having to clean it up. however, this did little to control the mess. as it went all over me and the floor and her. not to mention we were standing in the food court type place, where people were enjoying their coffee and bagels....and a kid puking everywhere.
it was quite a show. so as i said a few words to myself that i really hope were to myself, since we were at church...i took off for the bathroom. but the puking continued on the way to the bathroom, over my shoulder. and some sweet lady offered frantically to help and helped us into the bathroom. and then she went and found some other very sweet ladies to clean it all up. oh wow...yeah it was as bad as it sounds. the smell was horrendous as i realized that it was all milk she'd had at breakfast. so there i was absolutely drenched in throw-up, in the bathroom floor with a crying baby trying to text ryan who was in the service to come help. luckily, he got the text while reading his bible on his iphone...convenient. and he and ann came to assist, as did other ladies in the bathroom who felt really bad for me and weren't too grossed out by the smell.
thankfully, lucy and i were both wearing tank tops under our clothes, as the throw-up had soaked through our shirts. ryan took lucy out, and passed the nice ladies who were cleaning up the mess, i'm sure about to puke themselves. and ann found a coat in her car, which, of course, wouldn't go around me. but we somehow managed to get one button buttoned around me and we got out of there as fast as possible, without causing anymore drama. now, if this had been me...i would insist that we never go back to church there. but since it was my kid, and completely out of my control...i guess we'll go back. i'm just so glad that we left the service when we did. i just keep imagining how they would have had to evacuate the whole place if we'd have stayed another 2 seconds...it was that bad. poor lucy.
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welcome to babybyrds.com!
welcome to babybyrds.com! this is the new home for all things, well, baby byrds. this is where you can come to check up on lucy and olive...and all other byrd children to come. and, in the process, you'll get a little glimpse of what's going on with christen and ryan.
mainly, christen will be blogging and giving updates on the girls (although this is ryan writing this post). i'll be on here from time to time, but this will mainly be christen's thing.
also, do a couple things for us:
1. bookmark/subscribe to our rss feed. you'll notice a link to the right in the sidebar. it will help you keep up and it makes us feel important... :)
2. check back soon/often. right now, as you can see, we don't really have any other pages up right now. we'll probably have, at least, an about us page and maybe a photo album page. for the time being, i just wanted to get up the home/blog page to get the ball rolling (because we very well might be putting this site to good use in the coming days if olive decides to pop out).
so, enjoy the site!
mainly, christen will be blogging and giving updates on the girls (although this is ryan writing this post). i'll be on here from time to time, but this will mainly be christen's thing.
also, do a couple things for us:
1. bookmark/subscribe to our rss feed. you'll notice a link to the right in the sidebar. it will help you keep up and it makes us feel important... :)
2. check back soon/often. right now, as you can see, we don't really have any other pages up right now. we'll probably have, at least, an about us page and maybe a photo album page. for the time being, i just wanted to get up the home/blog page to get the ball rolling (because we very well might be putting this site to good use in the coming days if olive decides to pop out).
so, enjoy the site!
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