10 days old

In the hospital

Here are some pictures from our time in the hospital.

Our dear boy with his feeding tube (which he only had for a couple of days) and his claw (which he had the whole time.)
Having his antibiotics put in through his "claw" drip. This happened 4 times a day and when they did it slowly and gently he could sleep through it.
Talking with Grandpa (whose head was red from his day at the MCG for the Boxing Day cricket!) and Dad.Listening to Grandma singing.Sleeping peacefully with one of his favourite comforters - fingers in the mouth.

First bath

On January 1st little David decided it was time for a fresh start. So he had his first bath.
He was a bit unsure about it at first.
But by the time it was over he decided he loved it! Here you can see he is saying "thank you, Mummy. Let's do that again some time!"

All clean!

One week old

Here is my dear little Christmas angel, one week old today. I woke before him so I quickly took this photo to post before he wakes and I have to feed him.
I have SO many photos I want to share with you of the past week. We only got home on Tuesday. I'll get to them as I can.

It's so funny looking at my last blog post and thinking that was David in that bump! I didn't know who it was at the time.
He's the most lovely boy in all the world.

Competition time...

Time to place your bets...
Bump's arrival date?
Bump's arrival weight?
Prizes for the closest answers.

Seren's graduation

On Friday evening we had the great pleasure of attending Seren's graduation from Nursing at Melbourne University. She's worked so hard for the last 2 years so it was very exciting to celebrate this end!Before the ceremony, with A Lucy (who came down from Sydney) and with a very proud Mum and Dad.
Afterwards Nurse Seren had a word with her nephew about her achievement.We celebrated afterwards at a great Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant and some other of Seren's friends.
I have a great video of Seren receiving her degree but after spending an hour trying to share it with you I have given up and settled on these stills. Sorry.

A day at the farm

Last week I drove with Mum and Dad to the farm. We left Melbourne on Thursday afternoon and left the farm at 6am Saturday so we only really had one day there. But what a wonderful day. I woke early and enjoyed the early morning light...So did Tigger... (He loved being there so much! Lots of prowling through the grass and digging and sniffing.)
Then it rained for most of the day. The area is still badly drought affected so the rain was wonderful.
And in the evening the sun broke through on the horizon to give that beautiful red light, even as the rain was still falling.
There's no place like it.