Speedy Delivery

Abigail Lucy was born on 11/7/09 at 12:41 pm. 7 lb. 3 oz., 21.5 in.

Here are a few of our better pictures, but we ended up mostly with movies this time. My water broke at about 7:30 am. We went to the hospital at about 8:45 expecting an epidural. The anesthesiologist didn't make it in until about 12:30, long overdue. By then Abigail was ready to come. Nate was a champ, I'm pretty sure his hands were nearly broken from all of my squeezing. Honestly, when I figured out that there would be no epidural, I felt pretty proud because I'll be the first to admit that I'm a major wimp when it comes to pain, and I was surviving. One push was all it took and she was here. We're all so excited to have her out with us. Here are a couple of movies. I love the one with the two sisters because Olivia is so sweet and gentle with her new little sister.

Indecision

To be honest, Halloween this year seemed to go on forever. There were so many activities to dress up for, we even skipped several but Olivia still ended up dressing up 5 different days. From the get-go, she wanted to be a butterfly, so I got her the wings. But after weeks of anticipation, each time she dressed up, she decided to be something else. For trick-or-treating, I put my foot down and told her she had to be the butterfly.


For dancing and gymnastics, she HAD to be a ballerina kitty.

For the Halloween Parade downtown, she wanted to dress up in last year's witch costume. Of course nate had to be a woopie cushion. Olivia kept saying that he couldn't wear it out of the house because people will laugh at him. I guess when you're a girl, being a little embarrassed of your father starts a little early. Eventually she was okay with it and they worked out a system where she would squeeze him when people asked for sound effects. Great. . .

I didn't get a picture of her at preschool in her Belle dress from her dress-up stash. I have to say, it was fun to see her in such a wide variety this year.