A Special Day

Yesterday was such an amazing and emotional day.  I was able to hold Olivia for the first time.  Its extremely hard for me to put into words what it felt like to have her little chest skin to skin on mine and be able to feel her strong heart beat and lungs working oh so hard to carry oxygen to her little body.  She was a bit fussy when the nurse was getting all of her cables out of the incubator but as soon as she was snuggled in on my chest she was so peaceful for over an hour.  I could have sat staring at her in this position for hours.  When me or Daddy would talk to her she would look up at us with those intense and curious eyes.  I may be a bit bias but she is so alert and so aware of her surroundings.  She knows who her mommy and daddy are without a doubt.  Its amazing to me how small she is yet how aware she is of what is going on.  She deff has an opinion and will let you know about it.  It seems to me that we have a very strong willed opinionated little girl on our hands and I cant wait to take her home and embrace and learn everything about her.  In a nut shell yesterday was such a rewarding day and a step in the right direction for me and baby girl.  Looking forward to many more days like this ....