Nate - Our Gift of God

The day finally arrived, after a long wait to conceive this precious boy, some very swollen feet & a couple of nights in hospital at 7am on the 30th October, 2010, the nurse came in & told me, you better call your husband, your results are in & the doctors want you induced immediately!  So I quickly called Shortty & asked him to come in as quickly as he could as I was being induced immediately, I then called Jules & she started getting things sorted so she could come & support us through this amazing thing called birth :) 

Within 30 minutes I had a drip in my arm & my water had been broken.  I laboured mostly on the fit ball, with my eyes closed, in my own world, I had no real idea of who was around me, in fact, my midwife changed at about 3pm and I had no idea what she looked like until after Nate was born.  Not long after 3pm I started to feel as though I could not go on for much longer, and decided that I wanted to know how far dilated I was, I remember thinking that I can't do another 8 hours of this (as that would have been about how long I laboured with Mia for).  So I was sitting on the fit ball & had just asked to be check to see how dilated I was, then I started to feel like I was sitting on my babies head, like he was right there, when I stood up to get on the bed to be checked I remember saying 'Don't worry about checking, he's coming, call Mia, where's Mia (because Mia wanted to be at the birth), the Midwife very gently reassured me saying, it's ok honey, you still have quite some time, to which I replied, in what tone I'm not sure, 'No, he's coming, he's here'.  I got up on the bed, in the same position I birthed Mia, the midwife did not have to look to closely to realise that 'he' was, in fact here.  Shortty was on the phone trying to get Mia to the hospital, he had to hang up very quickly or he was going to miss delivering his baby Boy.  I remember trying not to push because I wanted Mia there, but it was impossible, our precious little man entered the world @ 3.48pm & we became a family of 4!! 

10 minutes later his very excited little sister arrived, my heart could not have been any more full at that time! Mia cut the cord & was so gentle & loving towards him, my heart swells now just thinking of it.  So here he is, out precious little man :-)

 1 hour old

 2 hour old

Mia checking out her little Bro for the 1st time, 10 minuted old

And the reason this blog is not dated the day of his birth... it took 7 days to name our precious man, Mia ended up deciding for us, choosing Nate from a list of 4 names, so Nate it is, our very precious gift from God!

Birthday Pressies

Thanks Nanny Raine for my horse to hold great Grandpa's saddle, I love it! giddy up horsey.

Mia also got her own big red car, a bargin from a trash & treasure market! Beep Beep, coming through.

Mia's 2nd Birthday - Melbourne Zoo

For Mia's 2nd birthday Shortty & I took the day of work & we heading to Melbourne Zoo, it was a beautiful winters day, no rain, enough sunshine to keep the chills away. We had a great time, Mia loved running from one animal to the next, it was just too exciting. Her favourite animals were the monkeys (you can see her monkey impersonation in the photo's) & elephants. She also loved playing on the seals, but unfortunately the seal exhibit was closed for renovations, oh well, just means we have to go back :-)

Mia's 1st Birthday!!

What a great day we have had!! Started off with presents, yay. Then Mia's favourite breakfast, bacon & eggs, Daddy wasn't complaining about that either :-)

After breaky we all had a shower & got ready for our day out at Melbourne Aquarium, woohoo. Mia loved it, she loved all the bright colors of the fish, i think the sea dragons were her favourite, & the tunnel where all the fish, stingrays & sharks swim all around you, she was amazed. While at the aquarium Mia thought that seems she was , she would try to fit 1 banana in her mouth at 1 time, it was quite funny, i think she was just trying to rush so she go back inside to see more fish!

When we got back home Nanna Raine dropped in for a visit & to give Mia her present, a new pink bike, Mia was so excited, she loved her bike straight away, she didn't want to hop out, we new immediately this would be a toy that would take some convincing for Mia to have a break from! Mia & Nanna Raine shared some big kisses & cuddles before we had to get ready to leave for netball.

After netball we ended the day with Fish n Chips & Birthday Cake at Gramps with Aunty Dan, Uncle Shane, Auntie Kerry, Isabelle, Brian (Isabelle Grandpa), & Gramps of course. We sang Happy Birthday and Mia blew out her candle, i thought Shortty blew it out & Shortty thought i did, but after reviewing the video evidence it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mia blew it out herself.

So we had a wonderful day for Mia's 1st Birthday, can't believe our little angel is one already, how time flies!! Bub's we are so blessed to have you in our lives, our little ray of Sunshine, love you this much

My Birthday

Today we went to Healsville Sanctuary. I had an awesome day, the weather was great, maybe a little to warm for some. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate my birthday with me, I can not explain how much I appreciate it!! We especially loved the bird shows, it was amazing how much Mia enjoyed them, she really focused on the birds as they came in to land or flew over her head, she amazes me! I'm looking foward to going back & seeing what we missed this time. Thanks mum for my cake!! What's a birthday without a birthday cake!