As cute as a punch in the face

3 months and 3 weeks into Ms. Olive's life and she has seen some things and watched as her cluless parents try to fake their way through it.

Mom's Birthday Roses. My 28th birthday. again...
First trip to the aquarium (although she slept through it)
Alisha & My Good friend CallieJustin and one of his best Buds Terran
Smiling and Dancing through out the day
The Cutes Sweetheart turns 3 months old on Valentines Day. We have been able to catch up on some sleep. Well some of us have!!!

Spending time at Dad's office. Future Politician? grumpy baby Olive hanging with the Amy's and taking her first punch to B.F.F. Dimitra

Two Cute

Two month's old. Seams like only yesterday ORow joined our family and now she is Teething (a bit early but it is still happening) Olive got her shots this week, she is doing fine but I am traumatized. We both cried but we will get over it, until next time...
Christmas Dress
Santa Baby
Best Presents Ever

Maggie unwraps her own presentOh sweet Daisy

Grandma's Birthday and Olive in the hand made drees from Grandma
12th Night at Grandma Connie's. what a doll Ms. Olive is

Happy Flower Dress for Mama's Birthday

What you Lookin' at
This outfit was Olive's birthday gift to me for my birthday. How sweet she is.

Dear Passy

Dear Pacifier,

Passy, nubbie, binkie or whatever you want to be called. oh how we love thee... I can't believe I was a parent who thought MY KID WON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE!!! oh how wrong I was. You are a God send. We love you very much. I imagine my whole "parenting game plan" will change every day. We will be the parent's we swore we would never be, I can live with that especially if it means getting more sleep.

With love,
the newbies who know nothing

1 month down

I can't believe one month has past since Olive joined our family. Tired doesn't begin to explain it. there's anxiety, constipation, and sore nipples to start it off and that's just Justin's symptoms. Caring for this little stranger has been the toughest thing and the most rewarding thing ever.

Baby in a pile of candy chocolates, what a way to celebrate your one month birthday. I think I might do that for my B day next year.

Baby O hangin' out in her new doggie jams

how sweet and precious are those little hands...but someone needs a manicure

Festive decoration TAKE ONE...Justin's year to choose the Xmas decor, he went traditional with red and green and one of his favorites Penguins...but then we went shopping and found these really cute University of Utah decorations and had to redecorate.

We have been working hard on our yearly newsletter but I am afraid The O train may have sucked the snark out of us, so we will see if it becomes humorous enough to send out and if our fairy godmother delivers us 110 free stamps...

Olive: before and after

Before Olive came there were lots of things going on...

Baby Showers Bed rest and lots of bonding time with the puppies.

Then we brought our new bundle of joy home

Maggie's first meting and she goes right in for the lick

First dinning out, ironically this is the last place Justin and I ate out before the bed rest

Guard dogs on the watch
our special baby

Our special dogs

First Family photo

In less than 2 short weeks of life Olive has lived through her first 32 hr. power outage that sent us for her first outing and sleep over at Grandma Becks house last Sunday. Snowmagedden 2010, first dinning out experience, shopping at the Target, one broken furnace on the coldest day this year and a night of 5 wardrobe changes and a change of sheets. She has been a busy girl.

Baby Olive

So I have intentionally gotten my self pregnant. I question how sane my decision was. I intentionally made my self sick to my stomach for the first 15 weeks, vomited at the sight of a strawberry or the scent of sugar, I've been swollen from head to toe. I cannot seem to function a day with grace or any sort of tact, the gas that flows from my body, almost non stop, makes that nearly impossible. I have now ran into a friends car, tripped while being introduced to the sames friends Father in Law, walked in on a stranger in the bathroom (while they were in their own home no less), left the refrigerator open all day several times, lost paper work at work and home, forgot to put memory cards back in cameras (repeatedly), forgot to add soap to the dishwasher just to name a few of the things I have never done before. I fell like a crazy person try to navigate a strange new universe with a tumor growing and now kicking in my stomach. I am told it will all be worth it. I must keep that thought with me or at least try to remember what the hell I was think about 30 seconds ago. What was I thinking??? yeah I want some ice cream............ yeah that is what I was thinking Ice cream sounds good... Then there was the bed Rest 5 weeks of no outside world except the numerous Doctor appointments and during the election season I didn't even get to see Justin for what seamed like days on end but trying to remember it will all be worth it.... to have the baby 3 weeks early in a sudden C section was a bit emotional but nothing prepared me for this... It is defiantly worth it.Olive Rose Daniels Nov. 14 11:34 AM 5lbs 11 Oz. 18 1/2" long and absolutely perfect in every way.

Baby Hitchcock

Eyes open and finally awake

Nun baby