Butterflies at Bellagio

My Grandma Briggs was in town helping my uncle Cody get settled in his new house. We had heard about the butterflies at Bellagio and decided to go take a look. It was so much fun! They had the butterflies in this little entrapment and you could walk through and see all the different butterflies. They had so many colors! After we decided to take a walk over to Ceasar's Palace and get some dinner and cheesecake! It was so much fun! Here is one that is black with pink striped wings!

Dan, Olivia and Grandma Briggs. The Butterflies are housed in the little building behind them.

Dan and Olivia looking at the butterflies

Olivia having fun looking at the butterflies! We got so many people telling us how cute she was. We definatley agree! It was a nice way to spend a day and celebrate spring!

Our Lucky March

Dan and I decided to bless Olivia up in Utah. It only made sense since we are the only ones in Nevada. My parents bought our air fare to Salt Lake for our birthday's! It was the best present ever not having to deal with a crying baby for 12 hours! I bought the sweetest blessing dress I have ever seen! I don't have a picture of it yet but once it get one I will post it! Dan did an awesome job with the blessing! We were able to be in Utah for St. Patricks Day. This is a big holiday for the McGarvey family. We were meet in the morning by little green leaprachaun footprints. We followed the footprints to the front room where we found some treats that the leaprachaun left and some lucky charms for breakfast. YUMMY! The Leaprachaun also dyed the milk green! We then went to my nephew's birthday party! It was so much fun! For this eventfull day, I made olivia a green tutu. Here are some pictures of her that we got. She looks pretty cute in them!

I was also able to be up in Utah for Lindsay and I's birthday. We went to a resturant called Zupas. It has delicious sandwhiches, soups and salads! We went shopping afterwards. My mom and dad were also nice enough to watch Olivia while Lindsay, Jeff, Luke, Dan and I went to Outback for dinner. We then went back to my parents house for cake. Lindsay did an awesome job on my flower cake! I felt bad because I didn't have time to make a cake for her and just bought my at the store. It was so fun to spend time with our famalies and we can't wait to move back to Utah in June to be closer to them.

Olivia Ann McGarvey

Here she is! Our little Olivia was born on Jan 6, 2011. She was 7lbs 5oz and 19 inches long! I ended up having to have a C Section since she was breech. The little stink was sitting indian style and wouldn't drop. It was hard having to have a C section versus normal delivery but, we got our cute little daughter and that is all we could ask for! Enjoy some of these pics, they had a professional photographer at the hospital and she came to our room and took pictures!

6 Months

I am offically 6 months!! It has gone by so fast! The baby is kicking more and getting bigger (which makes me get bigger)! Here are pictures of my belly.

We are having a GIRL!!

Dan and I found out a couple weeks ago that we are going to have a cute little girl! We are so excited. My mom and sister Taylor were able to come to Las Vegas for the ultrasound. I was happy that they were able to be there! When i got there for the appointment my mom bought me a Vitamin water to drink. She told me they can see the baby better when you bladder is full. I already had to go to the bathroom and I drank all the water my mom gave me. So as you can imagine, my bladder was pretty full.

When we got into the ultrasound room the tech checked our little girl and she was scrunched in this ity bity ball:

We didn't think we were going to be able to see her gender. The technicians panned over to my bladder and said "OH! You have to go to the bathroom!" My reply "Yes I do!". She sent me to the bathroom. Apartently there are some places that want you to come in with a full bladder and others that don't. Once I came back, the tech looked at our little baby again and she was spreading out. Poor thing, my bladder was so full she had no room to move! Then next pictures we got were these:

We were so excited to see her and watch her move! Having a baby is the most miraculous thing! I can't wait until we can hold her!

Trip to the Emergency Room

The baby and I had a scary experience on Friday. I went to a primary care dr on Friday to get a check up. To my suprise I found out I was bleeding. I was very scared and was by myself since Dan was up in Utah taking some boxes back up. I drove over to the emergency room and was checked in. On my way to the ER I called my mom and dad who called my grandparents in St. George and my uncle in Vegas. They also got a hold of my bishop who called my home teachers and visiting teacher to come to the hospital to help me. Everybody was so wonderful who came! The ER dr was not very personable and talked to the chart the whole time. They advised that they didn't know why I was bleeding but gave me medication for a UTI and ordered bed rest. I was on bed rest for 5 days until I could see my dr today. The dr told me that since the bleeding stopped that he will take me off bedrest but told me that I couldn't do any household chores. He said just go to work and then come home and pretty much be a couch potatoe. Which is okay by me! They still don't know why I was bleeding. They said everything looked fine with the placenta and the baby was doing great. They said if it happens again they will put me back on bedrest.
I can't wait until next week where Dan and I will find out the gender of our baby! I am so excited to find out and my mom and dad are coming to town! I can't wait.

Our First Baby

After almost 4 years of marriage, Dan and I are going to have a baby! My due date is January 12, 2011. We are very excited and nervous at the same time! There are so many preperations that we have to do before the baby comes! The good news reached us just in time for us to renew our lease to our apartment and we are moving to a 2 bedroom apartment by the end of this month. Poor Dan! I won't be to much of help since I can't lift heavy things but, I still have a lot to do. Here is a recent picture of our baby. I am going to the dr the end of this month and they will probably schedule the ultrasound for the sex of the baby next! I am so excited to find out what this little baby will be!