7 months already!

Since when did my baby turn 7 months old... oh, yeah, yesterday.  That just doesn't seem possible!  We're on the down hill slide to his 1st birthday.  What happened to my little newborn?  Oliver is getting so big and is learning so much everyday.  It's amazing to watch him!  Since we're a few monthly pictures behind on the blog I'll update all of them for you.  This is his picture from when he was five months old.

 This one is his 6 month picture.  I could not get him to take that thumb out of his mouth for anything.  So I just took the picture with it :)

 And this is the most recent monthly photo.  7 months old!  My Mom and I made his this onesie yesterday just for his picture.  It turned out so cute!

Here are some fun facts about Oliver at 7 months old:

• He rolls over all the time and is starting to get into everything
• He is trying to learn to crawl.  He can get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth.
• He's doing better with solid foods, so far he likes sweet potatoes, avocado, banana's, mashed potatoes, and french fries :)
• He waves bye.  It's so adorable
• He loves watching scooby-doo with me
• He loves the dog (she tolerates him)
• He is such a technology baby.  He always wants your phone, or computer, he loves playing on grandma's iPad or my iPod.  

Well that's our update for now.  I'm loving being home with Oliver and I wouldn't trade it for anything!

The First Four Months

Oliver is now four and a half months old and I haven't done an update post yet! So I thought I would do an all in one type thing and then hope I do better for the rest of his monthly posts!  This picture with his tie onesie is his one month picture.  I can't believe how skinny his legs look!

 This next picture is his two month old picture.  It's amazing how fast they change!

 Brandon was able to bless him on September 25th and it was absolutely amazing he did such an awesome job!  I realized after we were all done and had changed him out of his little outfit that we forgot to get a picture of the three of us (talk about feeling like I had a little Mommy fail moment) but at least I remembered to get a picture of each of us with him!

 This is his three month old picture.  His little smile gets me every time!  He is such a little cutie!

This is his most recent picture at four months old.  I can't believe how big he is getting already!  At his four month old checkup he weighed in at 16 pounds 10 ounces and was 26 inches long!

A few little fun facts about Oliver right now

• He rolls over every time you lay him down on his back.  He used to roll from his tummy to his back but now that he has figured it out the other direction he can't quite remember how to get back to his tummy!
• He is still very serious about everything but has the most adorable giggle ever when you can get him to laugh!
• He is starting to figure out that if he can pick something up he can put it in his mouth and he sucks on just about everything!
• He's getting more cooperative about taking a binky but he still prefers his hand or his binky clip or the back of his binky or his blanket

Well there is a quick update on our little man (who's not so little anymore).  We love him so much!

Oliver Daniel Phillips

Introducing our little peanut Oliver! Oliver was born on July 21, 2011 at 12:54 p.m. He weighed 9 pound 9 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was exactly a week overdue and we had quite the adventure getting him here! Because I was a week overdue my doctor and I decided it was time to induce labor. We went in to the hospital on Wednesday (the 20th) at about 9:00 at night. We were prepared to be there for quite a while because that's what my doctor had said. She was hoping that by having me go in the night before then he would hopefully be here by dinner on Thursday. When we got to the hospital I was dilated to a fingertip (so basically nothing :) ) and at 9:30 they got me started on a medicine called Cytotec which helps prepare your body for labor and can also start labor more naturally as if you had just gone into labor yourself. The nurse had told me that they would keep me on this giving me a dose every 3 hours until morning and then they would start me on pitocin. So at 12:30 in the morning the nurse came in to check me and give me the next dose, well surprise I was already dilated to a 3, which is normally when they like to start pitocin and break your water. Everyone seemed really surprised because normally it takes people all night to get to that point. So I was really hopeful, especially because I hadn't been feeling any of the contractions that I had been having. So at 1:30 Thursday morning they broke my water and started pitocin. About an hour later my contractions were coming right on top of one another and were really painful so I decided to get an epidural. They checked me again after the epidural had set in and I was already dilated to a 5 and feeling much more comfortable :) At about 3 ish in the morning I was finally able to fall asleep until about 6 when Oliver scared us because his heart rate kept dropping during contractions and then wouldn't recover back up to where it's supposed to be. They put me on oxygen and we were finally able to get him stabilized again. When they checked me at 6 I was already dilated to an 8 so they decided to help him stay stable and since I was progressing so good they would take me off pitocin. The next time they came and checked me was at about 9 Thursday morning and I was dilated to a 10 and it was time to push! I couldn't believe it had gone that fast, since I had prepared myself to be in labor for almost 24 hours. At 9:30 we started pushing and kept pushing for 2 hours. At this point I was completely exhausted since I hadn't slept much the night before and hadn't eaten anything since dinner. When my doctor came and checked on us she was really concerned because Oliver hadn't made any progress in the birth canal since we started pushing. So at this point we decided it was time to head in for and emergency c-section. I was terrified, I had no idea what to expect and to be honest the thought of a c-section had never even crossed my mind. By this point though I just wanted him here safe. We started the prep for the surgery and headed in. Oliver was born at 12:54 and hearing him cry for the first time was the most amazing sound I have heard. Brandon of course was awesome through this whole process and was right there with Oliver from the second he was born and was able to sit there with me and hold him the rest of the time I was in surgery. Everything went well and we both are doing awesome. Recovery was hard at first because I couldn't even get out of bed for the first day, but I've been getting better every day and even though I'm still sore every once and a while I feel a hundred times better.

As for Oliver, he is absolutely wonderful! We couldn't be happier with him. He's absolutely adorable and is such a good baby. He makes the cutest little facial expressions and is already holding his head up. He is such a little cuddler and already is doing really good at sleeping through the night. Although I have to say that I can't think of anything that makes being up at 2:30 in the morning more worth it then looking down and seeing that little baby grin!

Well, here are some pictures for you all. I can't believe he is already 2 weeks old today, it's going by to fast already!Our first family picture.

This last picture is from today. He really is a little heart breaker!