Baby Olivia's First Month

First Family Photo

What a blur the past month has been but a wonderful - albeit exhausting - one indeed. Today Sweet Olivia is one month old and growing and learning more by the minute. Much like the day she entered this world (March 5, 2009), she continues to be a thriving strong, alert and responsive baby whose future we are eager to help shape.

Since we brought her home Sunday, March 8, she has packed on more than a pound and a half, grown longer, grown more hair, grown more vocal and has become more bright-eyed. She enjoys snuggling and hanging out on her play mat batting at the toys dangling above her tiny head. She likes it when her mommy sings silly made-up songs out of tune and loves when Daddy uses funny voices when talking to her. She's had her first walk down to the bayou, her first (and a few extra) trips to the pediatrician, her first outing to her Aunt Beth's house on her birthday and wore green for the first time on St. Patrick's Day. Olivia hates being buckled into her car seat (or any other seat for that matter) but once the car starts moving she loves the ride. She dislikes her swing when she's awake but can sleep in it for three hours during the day. She's even started getting used to bath time. Oh, and she's already had her very first modeling session when my girlfriend Christine De Lessio took some beautiful pictures of our adorable angel. Most of all, of course, Olivia does what baby do best: eat, sleep and make dirty diapers. But she also melts hearts.

Each day David and I are learning more and more about Olivia and Olivia learns more about Mommy and Daddy and the world around her. It's an amazing journey for all of us and we will use this blog to share hightlights with friends and family. We hope you enjoy the ride as much as we do.

In case you missed it here's the note we sent the day after out her birth:

Friends and family sorry for the delayed announcement but for those who haven't heard the news (and trust me you're not alone because when it was all over we made few phone calls) we welcomed our daughter, Olivia Leslie Davis, at 9:07 Thursday night. She shares her birthday with David's biological father which is pretty cool. Briefly, because we still need to try to catch some zzzzs, it was a long, difficult day. It started at 6 a.m. and Olivia remained stubborn and even more than a week late wanted to continue chilling in her mother's womb, which clearly must have been one heck of a place. Throughout the day she showed signs of minor stress requiring her mom to be placed on oxygen several times. Once pushing finally began around 8:30 p.m. Miss Olivia decided nearly immediately she didn't like all the pressure so off we went - after nearly 14 hours of labor - to have a c-section. She came out will a hardy cry and we were so very relieved and immediately very much in love. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce and is 21.25 inches long. We are all doing well but are, as you can imagine, very sleepy and still as of nearly 8 a.m. today have hardly slept a wink with all the medical folks in and out of our room. So please forgive us for not reaching out sooner and for sending out this relatively short e-mail. We will tell you more later. Thanks to all for your continued love, support and understanding. Warmly, Lisa and David (the very proud new parents) and the star of the day and now our life, Olivia.