Goodbye Feet

Our son is about to have an identity crisis. Not only does he now own t-shirts supporting New Zealand and Holland, but he has Socceroo and Team GB teddy bears!  He has also been surrounded by a whole heap of different accents recently so goodness only knows what kind he will have. Yep, this has… read more »

Taking up more room in his bassinet and practising sleeping with his arms out.

  First things first, we want to say a big, big thank you to everyone for the incredible collection of cards and gifts that we have received for us and for Samuel. We have been so, so spoilt and it has been awesome to know that so many people are happy that he is here!… read more »

And in usual fashion, this was the result:

So, we haven’t really had much of a chance to write any posts, that tends to happen when you’re in bed by nine PM and are surprised if you manage to sleep until seven AM. We think we may have navigated Samuel’s first growth sprut. Correction, I managed to bumble through a few extra nappy… read more »

Wow… Today should have been the date when little Samuel calmly, hypnobirthingly landed in our world with a perfect dismount to rival Tom Daley. Not to be of course, but my goodness we’ve had some extra bonus fun over the last 3 and a bit weeks! The unseasonable Sydney weather hasn’t helped us much this… read more »

So here we are – we’ve almost emptied all the boxes, almost put together the furniture. Let’s just say we’ve been a little distracted by a little bundle of noise… Samuel has definitely established himself as the centre of attention at 6/98 Alt Street. He has received all kinds of beautiful gifts and cards, and… read more »

Well well well, apologies for the delay between posts. A lot has happened in the last couple of weeks and we’ve been slightly distracted! It all started, of course, in the queue at Ikea. With us, nothing is ever simple, but this story really takes the biscuit. Having had some bleeding a couple of weeks… read more »

I’m not entirely convinced Baba wants to stay inside. Looks like he/she is looking for an escape route!!  Maybe Houdini would be a suitable name!

Slight detour this week! My misbehaving placenta decided to have a little bleed on Monday so I’ve spent the last 2 days eating hospital food. I don’t recommend it without lashings of salt and pepper, and even then….. No panic, all is fine. They kept me in mostly for observation. It does mean that I… read more »