Wedding, worries and weight!

This past weekend, Uncle Joel and Aunt Kristi got married! We travelled down to George on Friday afternoon and got ready for the weekend festivities. On Friday night, we attended rehearsal and rehearsal dinner before getting back to Sheryl and Warren’s house around 10:30pm. Saturday morning around 7:30am, Olivia and I were off with Emily and Alicia to Grand Falls Casino where we met up with Sheryl. The girls got their hair done at the casino while Phil and the other boys went golfing. Everyone got back to the house around 11/11:30am, so it was a quick change into our dress clothes and off to the wedding! Joel and Kristi looked wonderful of course and the day went very well. Olivia enjoyed her first wedding out of utero and did great.

While the wedding was wonderful and tons of fun, the past few weeks have been worrisome for Phil and I. Our darling little girl just doesn’t seem right and we are at lost for answers. She was 12 weeks as of yesterday and while every baby develops on their own schedule, and we know Olivia will probably be behind in a few things, she just doesn’t seem comfortable some days. When she was born, there was a slight issue with her bottom and colon, but after prepping her for surgery, they ran tests and decided she did not need the surgery. However, she has been having continued tummy troubles and in the past few weeks, she has spit up more often than usual. We have discussed this issue with her doctor and after the increased spit up, as well as some other factors, her doctor prescribed Zantac at her appointment on Friday morning. Olivia is doing a little better, but we are ready for her to just feel good. She continues to sleep about 2-3 hour at a time during the night and then during the day, she’ll sleep about 1-2 hours at a time. Other than that issue, she’s doing great! She rolled from her back to her front on May 9 (she despises tummy time) and at her appointment on the 17^th, she weighed in at 10 pounds! So basically in 12 weeks, she has doubled her birth weight. Currently, she’s in the Moby wrap, since she’s been fussy since noon (and it’s about 4:30 now). She loves the wrap (as do I- I finally was able to get to the dishes, laundry and now blog) J

If you’re my friend on facebook, you’ve probably seen my posts about how much Olivia enjoys walking and bouncing at night. With all of that walking and bouncing, I am finally within 3 pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight! I have so celebrate the small things in life, so while I would much prefer sleeping at night, I have to look at the brighter side of things. In terms of other health issues, I continue to do well and am keeping my blood pressure within normal range. I still feel lightheaded/dizzy at times, but it’s nothing that my doctor is too concerned with.

This weekend, we are looking forward to getting Olivia’s pictures done! Since we didn’t get her professional pictures taken after she was born, we are doing 3 month pictures.  I figure at 10 pounds, she could still be considered a newborn J Especially since the babies on the Tiedeman side are frequently in the 8 and 9 pound range!