Welcome Miss Olivia Merritt Turner

Three days late, but well worth the wait. Miss Olivia Merritt Turner was born on July 18th, 2007 at 4:57pm, weighing in at a whopping 10 lbs 9 oz, measuring 21.5 inches in length and with eye lashes longer than her mothers.

Labor Story:

Leigh had her 40 week Appointment at 4:50pm on Tuesday July 17th, by 5:30pm Leigh was admitted to the hospital, due to "high blood pressure", and Brad was on the way home to get the bags. Leigh's blood pressure was back to normal by the time Brad arrived with the bags, apparently all she needed was to know that she didn't have to wait until July 24th to become a Mom. Both sets of Grandparents arrived at the hospital around 9:30pm. Leigh and Brad attempted to get a goodnights sleep knowing it would be one of the last for many months to come. The nurses woke Leigh up on the 18th around 4:30am, Leigh was already contracting on her own, she was still just 1cm dilated, they started to push Pitocin and broke her water around 7:30am, by 9:30am she was 3cm and "begging" for an epidural. After a two hour nap, it was 12:30pm and Leigh was at 8cm, at 1:15pm Leigh was at 10cm - quick for a first timer, but Olivia was still "too high" so after another 2 hours of strong contractions Leigh was finally ready to push, 30 minutes later Miss Olivia came into the world. The concensus of theBaby Nurse, Labor Nurse, Dr. Davis and Brad was "HOLY $#&*", of course in response to her size. It wasn't until they weighed her did they realize just how big she was, they thought maybe 9 pounds, nope a whopping 10 lbs 9 oz later and Brad and Leigh were parents.

Proof

We can't begin to express how thrilled we are to finally have her in our arms, speaking of arms, Brad is on his way to Dicks to pick up some weights so he can carry around his daughter, he needs to bulk up.







Both sets of Grandparents meet Olivia for the first time.

Daddy's Little Girl

The Turner Family was discharged early morning on Friday July 20th and arrived home to a very excited Big Brother Riley, who took it upon himself to kiss her feet with his large, wet tongue. She loved it.

We've only been home for a few hours and already Olivia has had numerous visitors to welcome her to the world, she is very lucky to have such a great group of friends so early in life.

First Visitors at Home: Brayden and Ellie Gordy, Kaylee Rogers and Anna Tillar.