"A child is a gift whose worth cannot be measured except by the heart"
Theresa Ann Hunt

That is so true..I'm finding that i love my Little Girl so much is hurts...and that's due to to fact she is a little baby...as Bear never was....:-)

But i love Bear so much it hurts too but in a different way....never thought i could love too people like this but it so different ways...KWIM?


The first vacuum was so large it was brought to a house by a horse.....must have been invented by a male i say!!!

"As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war...
You have to learn when to leg go. and that's not easy"
Aretha Franklin

So right....about the tug-of-war bit as you would think that eating dinner was an easy thing to do yes? dinner is cooked, it's put on a plate and the plate is put in front of you and you eat it right...wrong not when your the Bear....last night we had a show down over dinner.....he didn't want to eat and mum wanted him to eat...so we had a very interesting time...where mum took jeep away from Bear and packed up all the toys in the living room and Bear sit in his high chair and cried, yelled and carried on...until mum asked if he had been a good boy today and so should have a swing after dinner? "Yes mum very" was the answer...."do you think it's a good thing to refuse to eat your dinner?" asked mum "No" came the very quite reply...and so dinner was eaten all of it and a swing was had and all were happy.....

Fun and games i can tell you....


by the way did you know that Emus and Kangaroos can not walk backwards...

bye for now

Home

Came home on Sat late morning then silly me thought it would be a great idea for us all to go to Glendale to shop....hmmm whatever was i thinking....

I really wanted to go as i had just spent 4 days in hospital and had a bit of cabin fever and as little girl came early we didn't really have stuff for her like a baby bath, formula, wraps so i want ed to get these...then Hubby said we need to get food as we had none........so off we all went....trip went OK but i think i over did it a tad

Sunday was great as Hubby looked after little Girl whilst i got to spent time with Bear....i really missed him over the 4 days i was in and now I'm still finding it hard as I'm also so used spending my days with just him.....so am trying to aim for the mornings as Bear and Mum time and the rest of the day wing it!!!!

Midwife was here today and she is happy with little Girls progress....thanks to Diana who came over and told me to check what i was feeding her as we were trying to give her too much....don't want an over weight girl on my hands..she will never forgive me!!!

so we know how much roughly she needs per day based on her birth weight, that makes mum much happier as any of you that know me knows...i like my routine hehehehe

Will be kind to myself in the next few days and will use tomorrow when Bears at Grandmas to rest and do nothing......oh well maybe catch up on some of the programs that i taped

What you've been waiting for

Olivia Rose

So our little baby girl made her entry into this world 3 weeks early...hmmm looks like we have a get and go girl on our hands....

Olivia was born @ 5:44am, weighting 5 pound 9 or 2.51kg and 49cm she was just .1kg over having to be sent to the nursery...phew very happy about that...

My labor was fast...and only about 8 hours from when my waters broke...but only really 4.5 hours of any hard stuff...so when you guy's hold a pregnancy ritual i think a disclaimer should be added...could induce labor...and it will be like a freight train...only kidding

I think maybe my post on this blog also had something to do with it..coz I'm sure i could feel your support whilst in labor...so ta very much!!!!

I wouldn't say my labor was orgasmic..but it was very special this time around and I'm very glad i got the chance to experience it again..but as they say

"That's all folks"

not going a third time...oh no way....

Olivia is sleeping OK at the moment..she still thinks day is night and night is day...but that will all change in the next few days / weeks...especially if her mum has anything to do with it!!!!! will be waking her up to feed more during day and hopefully sleep more at time!!!

Her big brother Bear is so very proud of her....he loves to have a hold and cuddle and he seems to know that he has to be very gentle with her...

Labor

Yes that's right I'm in the early!!! stages of labor...little girl does not wish to wait hehehe

So looks like she will be a Pisces!!!

only issue is that she will also be 2 weeks premature..and I'm having to go to the JHH not Belmont..oh well cant be helped.....

Pregnancy Ritual

I wanted to say a very big thank you to Lisa and all those that put the effort into my pregnancy ritual on Sunday...

it was truly beautiful.....many thanks to all that came you made it a very special time for me

It was nice to just let someone else do it....as you all know how much i love to be in control of everything!!! so to let go and just enjoy was wonderful

We did have one muggle with us and i was wondering how it would effect the rest of the group but it was great and she really enjoyed herself.

I think that every women should have a ritual to celebrate their pregnancy as so many times it is all about the baby...when you are pregnant you have to do all of the hard work yourself with no help...as in the fact you are the one carrying the baby and nurturing it, growing it...so to have a ritual that focus on you the women is a truly special thing....

It also helps to focus lots of positive energy into your mind and spirit to take into the labor.....

So thanks again i loved every minute.....even if i came there very tired i left feeling uplifted and happy