Unbelievable...

...but as its 4am it is also very much a reality! I am a Mummy!!!!!!!!!! I'm sitting on the living room floor with my daughter asleep in my lap (having just cried for an hour and a half!) Although I didn't get to sleep until 7am this morning and won't be going to bed yet for a few hours, I feel wide awake cos just before Evie fell asleep she was looking right at me for a long time and made my heart melt and filled me with energy. Hmmm I wonder how long this love petrol will last.

Its been a really emotional couple of days, which with a 5 day old baby you would expect, but we've had the added upset of poor little Evie not being too well. She's had jaundice (which I mistook for beautiful olive skin for the first few days!) and went from 7lb 2oz to 5lb 12oz. Although babies do lose weight after they're born, this was too much so we had to go back to hospital where she was a brave little soldier (living up to the meaning of her surname) as they put needles in her and she didn't make a peep. The blood tests showed that the jaundice wasn't too bad but she was quite dehydrated. So I've been feeding her strictly every 2 hours, and cos she's so weak she had trouble taking it which was really stressful. We're going back to hospital tomorrow - or today- so we're just praying she's improved and won't have to be admitted and have a feeding tube. She's fed a lot better today so we're very hopeful and positive.

For any NZ rellies who haven't received pics from Dad yet, take a look at "Stevie's Blog" from the list opposite and you will find a mini gallery of proud parent type photos.

...Still playing that game

Well little baby is one day overdue, so far, just spoke to Rosa and she said Ben was 2 and half weeks late!! But I think hospitals now don't let you go more than 2 weeks over. Baby must be very chilled out and just loving it in there, I'm trying to keep positive and think s/he will come when they're ready. Must admit though it is getting a bit difficult to keep trying to find things to do round the house, I've been going for walks but get knackered so quickley and with Steve needing the car for work I'm a bit house bound really. Today I have very carefully and attentively done the ironing, watched "Chocolat" and baked oatmeal cookies. Everything is clean, everything is packed for hospital, everything is ready ...except the most important thing of all -baby!

Thanks to everyone who has rung or texted saying you're thinking of us and praying, really appreciate it. We will let you know when baby is here so don't worry. Just in case anything does happen tonight, we're keeping hospital visitors to family, but will let you know when we're coming home and would love to introduce you to baby then. Steve will be in charge of making sure we don't have too many lovely people round at once so if you could ring or text him before you pop round that'd be cool.

Big love.

Isn't it too Cold for Bees?...

...Me and Jo B were enjoying a cuppa and some gingerbread this afternoon when all of a sudden, out of nowhere...well out of under the sofa I guess -that or my trouser leg!- flew a bumble bee straight at us! It was bizarre. Where did that come from? Has it been in hiding since the summer waiting to pounce at an opportune moment or did it fly in FROM THE RAIN when we came into the house? Isn't water meant to make insects wings wet and therefore unable to fly?

So many questions, no answers, only the bee knows.

Playing the Waiting Game

Baby is due to arrive in 6 days! But I'm not so naive to think that Special K will be on time...s/he could be early! I'm trying a few things to make myself go into labour, drinking rasberry tea, keeping active...I'm keeping away from the hot curry as I know it'll give me heartburn at 3am! It does get so confusing with all the different advice so many people and the magazines give you, some doctors say that if a pregnant woman relaxes then the labour will start... but others say long walks will do the trick. I'm just gonna do what feels right to me and see what happens. It is so weird to think that any day now we'll be parents, if baby is late then I know that the hosp won't let me go more than 2 weeks overdue...so by February we definately will have our little one! We're SO excited.

Not a lot more to say really, I'm still doing a good impression of bird life with all my nesting and that mixed with spending time with friends and family is keeping me from being bored. Was sad to say goodbye to Jules and Cassy last night, I can't believe how quickly their month of being here flew by, was really nice seeing them both.

Ok I'm hungry, I need toast.