Baby Olivia

Olivia Marie Bevan made her debut a little earlier than expected!  I can't wait to meet her!  

There are some pictures that my family has sent me so far...

Big brother, Christian, holding her:

Precious little girl :)

Proud daddy:  (PS I can't believe Mark is a daddy!)

I took off on Friday and Peter worked remotely so that we could head over and help with Olivia's nursery.  Since she was early, Mark and Jackie weren't quite ready for her.  Olivia had to be taken to Johnstown for a few days due to her early arrival, but she was due to come home this weekend if all went well.

My mom, dad, and I spent a lot of time fixing up the room.  Jackie's family had already helped with painting it so that it was ready for the "finishing touches".  Her mom also washed and dried all the clothes and bedding so we could all work together to have a a great place for Olivia to come home to!  All of the items in her room are just so cute and precious.    Here's some pictures of what we were able to do.

The rocking chair in the corner is from Jackie's dad's family.  I love that it was so old and passed down.  There were some discussions about painting it or not, but her dad didn't want it painted I believe, so I just cleaned it all up and figured if Jackie wanted it painted later, then she could easily do it.  The white dresser is actually one that my siblings have had at random times.  Mark had it at one point supposedly and then I remember it being in Ashley's room when she was younger.  Again, nice to have family pieces in the nursery.  :)

We didn't have a crib mattress and some other things so we had to leave at one point and go back later. I wanted to snap a picture of the crib though, even if it wasn't finished setting up.  My dad and I put the crib together earlier in the day.

The decals that Jackie bought were just adorable.  We couldn't really hang them on the walls since they weren't smooth so I used the door to her room.  Later, when we went back with Ashley, Ash had great ideas for putting them on the closet doors and on the baseboards.  :)

One last picture at night once we had all the shelves up and some picture frames around.  I actually even printed a few shots of Olivia to put in the frames.  I didn't have many and they can always change them out, but I figured it was better than coming back to empty frames.  :)

On Saturday, we went to the Bedford Fall Festival since the room was all done.  But, I was soooo happy that before we had to head back home to Pittsburgh that we were able to meet this precious little angel.  She is SO TINY!!

Proud Aunt!

Look how tiny she is against Mark.  I love it!

Pap holding his first granddaughter. :)

Some more random pictures I was sent of Olivia:

This little one is just so cute and so loved already.  Welcome to the world, Olivia!

Jackie's Baby Shower

Today was Jackie's shower for baby girl Bevan.  The decorations were great - pink and green!  So cute and apparently the colors that the nursery will be.  :)  

Good food, good friends/family, good times.  :)

Christmas at Peter's Parents' House

Peter's mom and dad hosted our annual day after Christmas gathering with Nana and Aunt Marian.  We had a great meal of turkey, cornbread, and borscht soup.  Yum yum!  

After our meal, we opened gifts.  Nana opened the first one.

Peter and his mom. :)

Now I know where he gets his silly face making skills from!

Auntie M with the book we got her.

Mom with a gift she opened from Matt and Ruthann - a panini book!  They also got a panini maker to go with it, but I didn't get any pictures of it.

Peter is wearing the stuffing from the box that the panini maker came in.  Apparently, it makes a nice shawl.

Another Tin Tin book to add to his almost complete collection!

This is when Mom was about to hand a gift to Nana and accidentally broke the ribbon.  I love how shocked she was!

Nana starts opening the gift that everyone who was there pitched in on...

We all knew she knew what it was because Aunt Marian had her try it out to make sure she liked it.  Nana pretended she didn't know what it was.   

It was her back massager!  It was so funny because apparently Aunt M interrupted Nana's planned and supposedly rehearsed surprised act!

This big box was for Dad!

We couldn't tell what was in it.

Mom got him a guitar so that he can start playing again!  So cool!

Andrew making some stupid face haha

Me opening a Beth Moore book from Auntie M :)

Dad wrapped Mom's present with a big red bow!  Now I know where Peter gets his wrapping skills from.  :)

He bought her a back support for the car.  She apparently knew what she was getting and tried to pretend she didn't just like Nana did.  Must run in the family.  haha

My lovely in-laws :)

After presents, we had dessert and watched a movie and just hand fun hanging it.  It was nice to get to spend the majority of the day with Nana and Aunt Marian.  Especially since last year was so quick with the snow that came in.  

Christmas at Mima's

Christmas Day at Mima's! 

Chatting over a delicious meal :)

Siblings!  Sorry Bill - didn't mean to cut you out of this one.  Peter took it!

Mima brought us a canister from Italy that matches the sugar bowl and creamer that we bought as our souvenir on our trip last summer!

It's very difficult to get a normal picture of these two.  At least it's a nice one of Andrew. 

My lovely in-laws :)

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 Even Uncle Michael made a surprise appearance!