Olivia is 7 weeks old

Olivia was 7 weeks old on monday and I can't believe how fast the time has went by. She has grown so much and has become a little chuncky monkey. She actually started smiling at us last week, I haven't been able to get it on camera yet but I am trying. I go back to work on monday the 8th and Eric's parents have agreed to help with Olivia so at least she will be with them or Eric when I am at work. This is a huge relief to us but I am still dreading it. We had a good Thanksgiving, hope that you all did too. I'm pretty sure our families enjoyed seeing Olivia and passing her around, although she had no idea about any of this because she pretty much slept the whole day, except when it was time to eat. (loves to sleep and eat...can't imagine where she gets that from!!!)


5 weeks old


6 weeks old


6 weeks old


7 weeks old


Olivia's 1st Thanksgiving! 4 Tolar generations

The arrival of Olivia Paige Tolar

Well I am finally getting around to making this blog. I have been saying I was going to make one since before I had Olivia and now she is 5 weeeks old and I am just now getting around to it...go figure! Anyways, Olivia arrived on monday October 13th at 5:42 pm. She was 7lbs 11oz and 19 1/4 in. long. At 5am that morning the hospital called and said that my doctor was sick and would not be working that day (she had called my phone the night before, i just didn't know it) so my options were to wait until wednesday or go in that day and have one of her partners be there for the delivery. After having a meltdown i decided that i was ready for her to be here and I was just going to have to deal with some stranger delivering her. So we got to the hospital and they broke my water around 7am. This is the weirdest feeling EVER, nothing like feeling like you are peeing on yourself. After this it was all kind of a blur but I think around 9am they started pitocin. Pretty soon after that family and friends started showing up and we had a room full of people. (I'm sure the nurse thought we were crazy but Eric were thankful they were all there and we agreed that having everyone there made the day go by much faster. So thanks to everyone who was there, we apprecitate it.) I was in no pain at all until this point but when they started the pitocin it was a different story. I tried to hold off on getting an epidural for as long as possible but around 11:30 or so I had had enough and i was ready for my epidural. (I never thought I would be so happy about having a huge needle stuck in my back) At about 4:45 it was time to get the show on the road and after an hour or so of pushing our sweet Olivia was born.

Here are some pictures of her room

I am going to try and keep this thing updated and post lots of pictures so keep checking in on us.

~Jennifer