Introducing....

Oliver Presley!! Oliver made his entrance last Sunday, Sept. 19th at 8:45am. He is absolutely perfect. I have to say that this delivery was soooo much better than the first. But, lets start from the beginning. Saturday night we went to Chuck E Chesse with my hubby's brother and his family. I really wasn't feeling any different that day. It was a little harder to walk, but I was used to that. We then went to the grocery store to get a few things and saw so many people that we knew. We got home, put Jamie to bed, I folded some laundry and was getting stuff ready for Sunday. We were suppose to go to a baptism for a friend's baby and then a birthday lunch at the in-laws. I went to bed around 1am....I was watching a movie! I was up at 2 to use the bathroom and then again at 3. I laid back down on the air mattress and started getting these cramps. I didn't think much of it at first. I went back to the bathroom and noticed that I was leaking a bit. I tried to fall back asleep, but that wasn't happening. I went upstairs and started to pack a bag. I woke Eric up a little after 3:30 and told him we needed to leave. He called his mom (they live like 2 minutes from us) and she headed over to stay with Jamie until he woke up. We got to hospital (which is also only a couple minutes away) around 4. By this time, I wanted to die! The contractions were horrible! They were already a minute apart by the time we got to the hospital. There was no easing into this birth....Oliver had a different plan! I, or Eric, asked for the epidural right away....haha. Once I got to the bed, I just stayed on my side and grabbed this cart that was next to me....it had open slots on it to push it and that came in handy during the contractions! They had to call in the epidural guy (sorry, can't spell the correct word) and thankfully it didn't take him long to drive in. They gave me some Stadal in the mean time. It doesn't take away the pain, but just helps to relax you a bit. It was enough to hold me over until I got the epidural. I was already dilated to a 7 and completely thinned out when I got to the hospital. I told you, he wasn't messing around! I got the epidural around 4:45. Then my water broke completely and I was dilated to a 10. Can't complain I guess. Well, I could until I got that nice pain medication! It was crazy how fast and hard those contractions were. My hubby knew it was bad when I started to whimper.....yeah, I didn't know what else to do! Anyway, since I was basically ready to have the baby, they waited for him to move down a bit more on his own. Less pushing for me and I wasn't feeling any pain so I didn't care! I could still feel the pressure of the contractions, but that was nothing! My wonderful nurse had me start pushing at 8:15 and after a couple rounds of pushing, she called the doctor in. I pushed a few more rounds with him and then Oliver was here! I was super calm during it all also. I just felt good and knew I could get it done. I was talking and joking. I think I was in shock a bit at how fast everything happened. I mean, I didn't push for very long. Anyway....Oliver was 9 pounds and 21 1/2 inches long! He was bigger than his brother. And he looks just like his brother, except Oliver has darker hair. Oh, Sunday was also our oldest niece's birthday! She was very excited to get a new cousin for her birthday.

Jamie came to visit before church and was so excited to meet his baby brother. I came in the room saying, "baby Ollie, baby Ollie." He wanted to hold him right away. He got a little too excited a few times, as he still does, and was a little rough with Oliver, but Oliver didn't care. I felt really good, and I looked much better, after this delivery. I really didn't feel like I had a kid. Well, except for my tailbone. That is still killing me and it stinks that there isn't anything you can do about it. Oh well, I will take the tailbone pain over all the stuff that happened with Jamie. I have been moving and doing a lot of stuff since we got home also. Then yesterday my side was hurting. Yep, just did too much and pulled the ligament. As long as I take it easy and don't bend over much, that feels better. I will definately post more pictures later. I still have to upload a bunch. Ok, I need to head off. Jamie has a cold and is possibly getting his 2 year molars.