And Now We Are Three...

So we can now introduce you all to our baby girl Holly. She joined our little family on 9th October at 4.37am, weighing 10 pound 2 oz.

She is such an amazing little being and we love having her in our little family. It is hard to believe that she is 2 weeks old today! Seems like we have had her for ages and other times it feels all brand new all over again!

She has had so many visitors from all over the place. Even in hospital she had a fan club. It is no wonder as she is pretty cute, but then again I am her mother so I might just be a little bias.

Each day we learn more and more about each other. Both of us have been getting plenty of sleep, which is great. I have certainly learnt the benefit of power naps. It is also really tempting to do jobs that need to be done when she is asleep, but I have also learnt that this is prime time for me to have a rest too. We really like to crash out on the couch and have a snooze. Quality time for sure.

Farmer Brown is doing really well in the father department too. It has been a bit of a shock to his system, but like us, he is learning too. Funny how fast we adapt to new situations and circumstances!

I can hear the little one stiring again, so this will be all for now. We look forward to sharing all our new adventures with you.

From the family of three!

A challenging last couple of days...

So to put it mildly, I am looking forward to going to hospital tomorrow, not only to have Mini Marshall but to finally get away from our visitors! Sounds bad, but that's just the way it is.

I guess when you are 39 weeks pregnant pretty much everything annoys you, but in this case I think that I am justified.

One thing I find very frustrating at the best of times is indecision. The Grandparents made plans in the morning to not be here most of the day so that Farmer Brown and I could have "alone" time over the weekend before we become parents. So when we saw them come back at lunch time, we thought, oh maybe they have just come back to get changed before they head out again. Ah NO! Grannie decided that she was really tired and didn't want to go anywhere so she was going to have a sleep, but it's okay, just carry on like we are not here. Sure - how the hell do you do that when there are things that you wanted to do around the house that create noise, and she wants to have a bloody sleep!

She got up at about 4pm and came out to annoy me in the lounge, where I had been having a nice little nap in the sunshine. She said to me, "do you mind us being here tomorrow evening since it is your last night at home". Sure it doesn't bother me, and it really doesn't, however the last lot of plans I heard was that you were going to be out all Sunday as well as Saturday, so that we could have sometime to ourselves again. But you make plans and then change them, so just do what you want as I don't really see the point in asking me because things are bound to change every 5 mins!

That set her back on her feet at bit, but to be honest, at this point I don't really care. Then Grandad appears from the bedroom to announce that he has a headache is going back to bed. See ya, and make sure the door don't hit you on the arse on the way out - oh I am so naughty!

I didn't realise they were coming to stay with us for respite care. I thought they were coming up to stay because we are having a baby! Stupid me. They have done nothing to help around the house. I am still cooking all the meals, theirs included. Doing their washing and cleaning up after them. They have both said to me "what can we do to help" well have a look around and you work it out. Grandad said he was going to mow the lawsn, but after 4 days we gave up and poor Farmer Brown raced around with the mower between working his but off on the farm and milkings. The responce to that was "oh Grandad was going to do them on the weekend", don't quite know how that was going to happen between sleeping 9 hours a day, having 6 headaches, going visiting and not being here so that we could be on our own for the las time!

Anyway moving on ...today they have gone and they will be back later this afternoon, probably just in time for me to cook them dinner tonight. Farmer Brown and I are going to his parents place after dinner to say our goodbyes, as we probably won't have time to call in to see them in the morning on our way off to hospital.

Hopefully we will both get a good nights rest, but probably not! I am getting so excited and I don't normally sleep particularly well at night anyway.

Seems so funny to think that we are heading off to Hamilton tomorrow and when we come back to the farm we will be parents! Seems like such a long time (all year in fact) that we have been pregnant and to finally be at the end stage is unreal!

We are prepared as much as we can be prepared. Considering you pretty much wing it after baby is born, I think we will be sweet! We have lots of adventures and exciting times ahead of us. We are both looking forward to being parents and having the continuing love and support of our family and close friends.

See you on the other side....

Induction Date...

Well we have a date to be induced now...Monday 8th of October, being admitted to hospital at 10am. Of course we don't really know when Mini will make his/her actual appearance and all going well he/she won't come early!

We are really happy to be induced next week as that means that we have been able to keep Mini on the inside until 39 weeks, which is of course better for bubs. This date depended on what happened at the scan and Obs team appointments that we had on Tuesday. The scan showed that Minis weight had increased by 2 pounds in 2 weeks. This in turn could mean that due to the fat distribution in a baby of a diabetic mother, the shoulders could get stuck. Worse case scenario for this is that, if it looks like baby will get stuck during labor, then we will have to have a cesarean. This is fine with us, as we will still be able to got with a natural birth to start with and hopefully to finish with too. I know that the health of our baby is most important so if the worse case does happened or baby is showing signs of distress, then that is sweet with both of us for the hospital team to do what they need to do. After all they are the professionals!

Funny feeling having a date to go to hospital. Still seems like such a long way away, but its only 5 days! We know that the induction process can take 24/48 hours before any action starts and we get moved to the delivery suite, but it is still really exciting. It has been fun trying to decide what to take to hospital with us. Do I take my hair straighteners or not! I mean after all people will be taking photos of me oh and the baby of course and would only be fair and proper that I look my normal amazing self!

I guess the most important thing to take when we go to hospital would be ME! And on the return trip the most important thing to bring home and not forget, would be the BABY! That's the basics covered so I think we are sorted!

The Grandparents have gone in to Hamilton today to do whatever it is that they do together. We have enjoyed having our house back to ourselves, even if it was only for a few hours. I must admit I have spent most of the day walking around in my undies and not wearing a bra, just because I could! Haha, its that small things that make you smile and happy!

Hope to post again before we pop, but if not we will see you when we are a family of three!