Wow 3 weeks already.Okay well I said I would get on here and post more details of our little one but it has taken me a lot longer than I thought.  It has been an amazing (and a little crazy) last 3 weeks so I will try my best to give a quick synopsis of what has gone down.

Chantel's arrival.... Tuesday September 2nd we arrived at the hospital as planned for my induction after dropping Maddy off at school. By 9:30 the pictocin was flowing and I was super ready to have this baby. The first 4 hours were very serene and relaxing. I was having contractions but none were painful so all was well. At 1:30 my doctor broke my water and by 2:00 I was starting to feel some real contractions. By 3:15 we were into intense pain. The nurse gave me a shot of something (already forgot the name, but basically worked as a muscle relaxant. )It didn't take the pain away but it helped your whole body to feel completely relaxed. I remember saying something to Dean about why would women do this with no drugs at all :) Lol I had the first 2 kids with no drugs but this time I was not feeling like trying to be supermom. Maybe if there's another I'll go for the really good stuff.:)The nurse walked out for a moment and Dean said when she came back I was out cold. I fell asleep for about 3 contractions and was snoring. In the next 15 minutes I went from a 7 to a 10. At 3:35 the doctor arrived and Chantel was born at 3:45. She came into this world already with her own little personality and spirit. Although my doctor tried several times to convince Chantel otherwise, she decide to be born with her back arm out first. She was a persistent little one. She has shown us many times that she was indeed very ready to be here with our family now. She was born very alert, hands and feet were red, and one healthy set of lungs. Even a first for our doctor and our nurse who gave Chantel 2 perfect 10's for her apgar test . Yes, she and I were both ready for her to be here. The first moment I got to hold her was priceless. She was wailing and yet I felt as though it was the most precious sound. I had waited a long nine months to hear that sound. We love you Chantel!

      Chantel enjoying her swing, first bath, and napping. :) Maddy loving Chantel's little toes and comparing the feet the girls have both gotten from dad.

Friday...So how would you like to spend your 2nd day home from the hospital? How about by making a trip back to the hospital to take a tour of the ER? Yeah, it wasn't exactly how I was dreaming of spending my first full day at home. On Friday evening Logan was climbing up the couch, fell backwards and hit his head on the corner of the desk. Instant fear as I see blood gushing from Logan's head. My mom and I started to control the bleeding while Dean raced home. He was here in only a minute or two. We hopped in the car and after seeing that our urgent care was closed raced up to the ER in Santa Barbara. It was a pretty scary feeling holding Logan on my lap in the front seat feeling his little body so heavy and still. His little eyes were fluttering as I tried to keep him awake. We reached the ER to find ourselves assessed and then waiting with a lot of other people already there. Oh and through all this I forgot to mention I was BAREFOOT!  So incredibly gross. I feel queasy just thinking about standing on that emergency room floor with the lady next to me dry heaving over her barf basket. Truly nothing like a mother's love right? Anyhow the wait was going to be forever so we took Logan to an urgent care close that had no wait. (After we left I can understand why there was no wait) The doctor  who greeted  us was extremely nice but unfortunately not so competent. I knew it was a bad sign when the doctor was asking the 3 year old if he wanted staples or stitches? It was kind of downhill from there. Her showing him the equipment, then starting with 1 staple, he didn't like that so she went for the stiches,didn't care for that, and then back to the staples. The doctor told Logan to tell her to stop if it hurt (he's 3, of course he is going to tell you to stop, It DOES hurt )So after a very long time we were finally done. He had 6 staples and a lot of stickers to take home. I actually felt really bad for the doctor. Afterwards she told us that Logan was the first child she had worked with. By the time we got home several hours later I had blood streaked across the front of my shirt, was completely emotionally drained and was dying to get in the shower and scrub my feet off.

Logan's first trip to the ER

Aside from our frequent trips to the hospital,the last 3 weeks have been pretty busy. :) The 3rd time around you have to be up on your feet pretty fast. I think this has really been Heavenly Father's gift to me though. I had a rough pregnancy but the recovery has been fantastic. Maybe just 2 days I was sore, otherwise I have felt really good.  The first week and a half it was hugely helpful to have my mom here. She's fun to have around and is amazing to be able to fit in all the cleaning, cooking, laundry, shopping, organizing, and playing with the kids. Even if you are only 45 minutes away I miss having you here mom! You are incredible. Thanks for everything. I just need you to come back and show me how you got all that laundry done. :)  We have also been getting into the Kindergarten routine(I must say I love it, it's pretty adorable to have a kindergartner) Logan started preschool, which entailed paperwork, several meetings, and registration. Then we pulled him from that preschool (just had to go with our gut  feeling) and then do the work to find another preschool after that. I have had my own doctor's appointments, Chantel has been to 3 doctors appointments, Logan had his 6 staples out, (crying while I held him down) Maddy turned 5,  planning a birthday party and a baby blessing, getting ready for the primary program, both kids getting sick, Chantel and I both have Thrush and the list could most defiantly continue. We have also had our first successful outing as a family of 5 and I have conquered my fear of taking all 3 kids to the doctor by myself.(anywhere but the grocery store or the doctor's office please) Although we have had a lot going on in the last 3 weeks the best part  has been getting to know our  sweet little baby. Here's a little bit of life lately...

   Logan's first day of preschool                                Still best buds                                            Maddy turn's 5

    Grandma and Logan                                    First family outing                                   Playing Peek-a-boo with Chantel 

One of Logans favorite things to do is visit his Dads work.  In every case he gets to sit and play on his "special" computer while eating good snacks.

Logan Hard At Work

     Video: Logan Hard At Work

She's finally here! Our precious little baby Chantel came into this world on Tuesday September 2nd at 3:45 PM. She weighed 7lbs. 13oz. and was 20 inches long. I promise to post more about our new little family in the next few days but for now I am going to try to get some sleep. :)

Oops forgot to post this a few weeks ago.

It was a pretty monumental week at the Oliverson's this week. On Monday Madelyn had her first day of Kindergarten. Monday will for sure go down as one of my favorite days ever. Maddy was beaming as she got ready for school. All 4 of us loaded up in the car and took Maddy to school. Maddy has been so excited to start school. She has been loving it. She loves her teacher, her new school and all the new rules. :) The other day she told her dad she didn't need his help getting something because she was a kindergartner now. I couldn't be more excited for her. I must say I was a little bit choked up but most of all I was really proud of her. She sat right down and was excited to be a big kindergartner. To add to the greatness of the day it was my birthday as well. I went to the doctor and when I came home dean and the kids were here to surprise me with cards and cake and flowers. Thanks honey. You know my favorite thing are the small sentimental things. The cards the kids wrote for me were priceless. Translated word for word. I loved it. Then as the cherry on the top I saw my doctor today and things went great. Since I am already at a 3 and 80 percent effaced my doctor agreed to induce me on Tuesday. Well she is going to induce me because my blood pressure just started to rise. Yeah, it was a great day.