OLIVIA'S FIRST MONTH

Ok so Olivia. Lets start with a story. First of all you need to understand that Isabella came into the world announcing her presence very loudly and made demands frequently ALL NIGHT LONG. So when Olivia slept peacefully through most of the night at the hospital and barely made a squeak once in a while to ask for food, we were worried. Well let me rephrase. I was exhausted and just grateful, Stephen was worried. At like 3am he finally decided she was deaf and of course needed to prove it right then and there. So he would bang a cup against the metal desk next to him every so often to see if she would react. It's 3am, I just had a baby. So I very nicely told him that if he banged anything again I was going to kick him out of the room and he would sleep in the hallway. If she was deaf there was nothing we could do about it at 3am. Next day the doctor came. And fortunately we found out she wasn't deaf, just very mellow.
Well Olivia has kept up her mellow reputation from day one. Seriously this little girl is chill. She rarely cries and when she does, it sounds like a little puppy in pain. Instead of crying most of the time she groans. We call her our little dinosaur.
I feel like Olivia has a look of her own. She is not quite me or quite Stephen, just has an air of both of us. Sometimes though she looks just like her uncle Adam to me. Those Wells genes seriously! And then there's her wild hair. We also call her our little porcupine. Her mane cannot be tamed. It has a life of its own. Especially after we give her a bath. It just goes Poof! and that's that. She reminds me of Doc from Back to the Future haha. But I love it! It gives her spunk and I find it adorable. She loves it when you rub it softly backwards.
Olivia has been such a testimony to me that Heavenly Father is aware of each one of us and our limits and circumstances. Before having Olivia, We were really nervous of having another kid. We felt burned out and could barely keep up with our overbooked life. We just had a lot going on this past year. Some nights
I would go to bed and think "how in the world am I going to take care of another child?" But little Olivia came and has pretty much taken care of herself. Her spirit is so gentle and calm and just being around her slows me down and helps me breathe.
I have also learned that newborns are a lot stronger than we think. New parents, don't worry if Olivia can survive her crazy sister then your baby can survive anything. Don't get me wrong Isabella ADORES Olivia. Their relationship is soooo cute. But Isabella is a very active wild typical 2 year old and can sometimes get too excited with her jumping, dancing, running, kicking.... Like my grandma says "ay amores que matan". We are working on it...Isabella does do some adorable things though. Instead of being bored by the baby, she pretends Olivia does all this cool things. Since babies have their hands in a fist all of the time, she will pretend Olivia is giving her a fist pump and is so proud of it. She says stuff like "hermana beso me! or hermana tickles me!" Anyways those two are going to be quite the duo. Isabella just wants Olivia to hurry up and grow up so they can take over the world.