Welcome to our world ~DAVIS THOMAS OLSEN~ 8lbs 14.8oz 22.5in.

He is finally here!  I was due on October 29th but always said he wouldn't be here until November 4th and that's when he arrived!  I was scheduled to be induced at 4am on the 4th and my doctor said if I was any bit late they would take me off the list.  So you can bet we were there on time and ready to go!
They set me up on the pitocin around 5:30am and I started feeling the uncomfortableness of "mild" contractions (seeing I was still only dilated 1.5cm) and 30 minutes later I had the epidural.  Yep wasn't feeling much after that :-).  My Dr came in around 8:30am and broke my water and I was pretty much in and out of sleep the rest of the day until it was time to start pushing around 6pm.  I'm very grateful for the epidural because I wouldn't want to feel all that pain for those 12 hours!
I'll spare you the details but when time came to push my epidural bag was empty and I felt every bit of the birth...that was honestly my least favorite part and for those who were in the room with me saw the "crazy" side of me.  It wasn't pretty.  But at 8:12pm a beautiful little boy came into our world weighing 8lbs 14.8oz and 22.5 in long.  We couldn't feel more blessed!  He is such a wonderful little boy...

Such a proud moment for Gary 

 

    I was lucky enough to have (Gary obviously) my parents in town for the birth as well as my sister Anna and my 2 nieces Alli and Eloise.  My very best friend Dana and Jeff and Grant were also able to make it to meet Davis.  I wish Gary's parents could have been there as well but they will be here this weekend to finally meet him!

My Dad (Pepa) and Davis 

My niece Alli with Davis 

Grant with Davis (who will be a big brother in January!)  

I haven't been the best with taking pictures but here are a few more...

Coming home from the hospital 

Aunt Anna with Davis

My Mom (mema), Eloise and Davis at home

My Mom was such a help while she was in town.  She took Davis every night she was here so I could get some sleep.  Now that she is gone I'm really missing her! :-) I'm so grateful for her and all she did for us while she was here.  Thanks Mom!

Eloise was so sweet with Davis.  She is only 11 months old but she loved being around him!

Uncle Matt and Aunt Aubrey sent him this Glow Seahorse which also plays music.

This past weekend Chris and Chantelle came out with the girls so they could meet Davis.  I was horrible and didn't take one pic of the girls with Davis but we did get some of them at the park :-).  We loved having them out here and wish they could have stayed longer.  Good thing they only live in Nashville and we can see them often.

Katie Duncan 

Lauren Duncan 

Brooklyn Duncan

We are so grateful for the little life we have been blessed with!  He couldn't be more perfect and I'm so lucky to be his mommy.  We love you Davis!

Happy Halloween - Party at The Prows'

Every year Dale and Linda Prows throw a Halloween Party...well this is our first year here in Germantown, TN and with me being 37 weeks pregnant I was NOT thinking about doing any type of Halloween partying.  Well Gary talked me into going and I had to think, the day of the party, what we could dress up as.  Now if any of you know me, you will know I don't have many creative bones in my body so I was struggling!
In September 2010 Gary and I went to Hawaii with my Sister Lucretia and her husband Bobby.  While we were there, we just HAD to find "Dog" The Bounty Hunters Bail Bonds Office...well we found it and next door is a merchandise shop.  I'm telling you this because we bought Gary a sleeveless shirt that says "DOG" on the front of it.  Well that just happens to make a GREAT Halloween costume...as shown in the picture below...

Yep he was a "white trash" guy...

I have to say when we got there no one recognized him...he really had a great costume.  The only way people knew it was him was because we were together and my costume was nothing like his.  I was in all black with cat ears, a tail and I painted whiskers.  Yep I did this costume a few years ago and like I said I'm not too creative...

That's his signature move

I didn't get a picture of his boots...but he was wearing army style boots with his get up.

I can't recognize him in this pic... We drew a few tattoos on his arms too.

Some of the party girls, Me (Pregnant Cat), Belinda (Queen Bee), Christine (Disco Girl), Megan (Flashdancer - and she is pregnant too - I told her I would crop the pic but I forgot, sorry Megan you still look great!) & Emily (Wanda - Waldo's wife).  

I didn't get a good pic of this but there was a contest and Gary won Funniest Costume, LaDell won Best over all (he is the Disco King) and then scariest was The Baldwins - The Frankensteins!

The Disco Couple - The George's

Where is Wanda and Waldo - The Lowes

LOVED their costumes - she was Little Red Riding Hood and she caught the Big Bad Wolf - The Rice's

Mr Adventure and Queen Bee (The Wright's) and Mike and Carol Brady (The Brady's)

The Fabulous hosts!  Disco King and Queen!!  The Prows'

Part of the Blue Man Group - The Klepko's

Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein - The Baldwins

I have to say we had a great time at the party...I'm so glad we went...there were so many other people there and I didn't get pics but everyone was dressed up and having so much fun!  Thank's Dale and Linda for a great party!!

It's raining Showers...Baby Showers that is

Well, I never doubted it but I truly have the best friends around!  My friends Dana and Chantelle were so sweet to throw me a shower in Nashville the beginning of October.  It was perfect!  It was so great to see all my Nashville friends!  The only problem is I didn't take one picture - what is wrong with me!?  Danielle made the cutest cupcakes with chocolate in the shape of a baby's foot...so adorable!  Natalie made my very favorite snack food...sausage balls (Sausage, cheese and bisquick - so good).  We had such a great time (at least I did).  Thanks guys for a GREAT Saturday afternoon!!

A week later the FABULOUS girls from church in Germantown threw me a shower.  I was so overwhelmed by the amount of people who came out to support me and this little guy!  Some of the Young Women were even able to make it to the shower.  I loved everything we got and this little guy is about set, now he just needs to make his appearance! :-)

We had brunch at the shower and look at the sweet diaper "cake".  The sweet Young Women of the ward made that for us

Here are the Hosts and a few of the girls who were able to make it!  Yes the Diaper Cake is there to hide my HUGE belly!

A group shot of the fabulous women of our Ward who came out to support this new addition!  I'm so lucky!!

Catching Up...

Well it's been awhile since we've blogged so here is a little catch up of what we have been doing lately...

We moved into our home in Germantown, TN the beginning of July and are finally getting settled in...We love the house and our neighborhood is fantastic!  Everyone is so welcoming - we really lucked up with the location.  My Mom, Staci, Bryn, Addison and Alli came up to help us get settled in and unpack (which I LOVED!).  It was so nice having them here for a week!  While they were here we did hit up the zoo - Memphis has a pretty great Zoo and I wouldn't have known that if my family hadn't been visiting.

They had such a great time - even though it was pretty hot that day.

Gary was exercising his parenting skills - he's gonna be doing a lot of stroller pushing before long!

Mema with Addi and Alli - Always making the grandkids happy!

We also took a trip to Florida for my Granny's 95th birthday party.  We had a family get together to celebrate her.  We got a picture of Granny with (almost) all her Great Grandchildren.  We love you Granny!

Addison, Hudson, Alli, Carson, Keaton, Bryn, Lailan, Chapman & Eloise

Yep an Elephant cake for Granny

In August we headed to California to visit Gary's parents.  We were there for my birthday so Gary needed a little golf time with his Dad and Scott while Brenda and I went for a foot massage and to see a movie (The Help).  Later that night we went to Cheesecake Factory for my birthday dinner then (birthday) cheesecake and gifts at home.  It was a great Birthday!

Since we left the day before Gary's birthday we went to one of his favorite restaurants (mexican of course) and had cake and ice cream after.

My birthday cheesecake 

Gary's Red Velvet Birthday Cake

Birthday Boy!

After we returned home to Tennessee, The Duncan's came out for the weekend and we went to the BYU vs. Ole Miss game...I was a little nervous with the weather (since the game was at 3pm and it's the south and can be pretty HOT) but we definitely lucked up!  It was overcast and not nearly as hot as I was thinking it would be.  We had great seats and BYU won!  So that made for a great game :-).  Of course the night before, we had to go to downtown Memphis and eat at Rendezvous for some great BBQ.  We never pass up a chance to eat there!

The Olsen's and The Duncan's

And most recently, Gary signed us up for a few classes to prepare for our new addition...We toured the hospital and took a natural child birth class.  Umm, thanks for setting up the classes but I am NOT going natural and especially after the class - I'm definitely going for the drugs! I told my Dr about the class and he said technology is here for a reason and I 100% believe that and will gladly take full advantage of it! :-)

I'm DEFINITELY not one to show any pregnancy pics but my friend Dana has been asking so I sent her one.  This is me at 34 weeks.  I'm posting it because it's very deceiving...I'm MUCH bigger than the photo but I'll take this as a memory :-)

34 weeks

It's crazy to think we will be meeting our little guy in 5 1/2 weeks...I'm not sure I'm truly prepared for it but I don't think you are ever really prepared for this kind of change but we are looking forward to it!

This past weekend, Gary and Walt decided to enter into an obstacle course race in Manchester, TN.  It is called The Warrior Dash.  It's a 3 mile course and you have to army crawl under barbed wire, scale walls, jump over fire pits and dive into mud.  Doesn't that just sound like lots of fun?!  Well not to me but definitely to a guy.  They had a great time and I'm glad they went and had some bonding time...I of course opted to stay home and I think it was a wise choice.

Yep, they left their clothes there after they were hosed off...I think that was a smart choice :-)

Gary's Utah Trip

Well Gary doesn't get the opportunity to see a lot of his friends out west so a group of his buddies got together and took a weekend and hiked around in Southern Utah...I don't have much to say about this trip since I wasn't there but I'm glad he was able to go and catch up with his friends!