Well, unlike his big sister (who came a bit late) Elijah (Eli) chose not to keep us waiting and arrived into the World 11 days earlier than anticipated.Amy's waters broke yesterday (Tuesday) and we paid a visit to the hospital in the afternoon to see whether all was well. They told us that the pregnancy was imminent and to go home and wait.
Rather than waiting till the next morning -as with all good babies, Eli chose to arrive at night. Amy and I spent from around midnight counting contractions and spaces, then travelled to the nearby Canberra Hospital around 2am to meet our wonderful midwife Julie. Baby Eli arrived sometime afterwards (after MUCH pushing) around 6.30am.
For the record he weighed in at 3.27kg (7lb 2 oz in old money) and measured 50cm - a tadge smaller than Audrey. He's a lovely baby (can any excited new father say otherwise?) and he's got all his fingers, toes etc.
We're also really grateful to Andy for 'volunteering' to look after Audrey in the middle of the night when we left to go to the hospital. It was great too that he could drop Audrey back to us for her first view of her baby brother.
Initially she wasn't really sure what to make of him and walked round the bed saying 'baby, baby, baby'. After a little while though she was happy to kiss him (it would have made such a lovely picture!) and even though she probably doesn't appreciate the impact he'll have on her life she seemed pretty happy that he was around.
Audrey and I returned home leaving Amy in the birth centre. Now Audrey has retired for her afternoon nap I'm going to lie on the bed for what will I suspect may be my last bit of rest for a while!
mum and bub
proud dad
The shame of it all!
not terribly impressed!
10 comments:
How exciting. Congratulations to you all. Best Wishes Denise
Congratulations! What a gorgeous wee boy. I must admit to having a wee tear in the eyes looking at the pictures of you all - lovely, lovely family.
xxxx
Wow, so exciting, congrats to you all. Love the pictures, hope you all are going well.
Amy and Trevor and big sister Audrey , what a beautiful addition to the family - he is gorgeous! I so wish we were closer so I could come and see you all and have an auntie cuddle. I love the name you chose and miss you all. Love and Best wishes and well done Amy - your're wonderful! Love Catherine
Congratulations, Trevor and Amy! Elijah is gorgeous. And what a beautiful name. I'm so, so happy for you!
Love,
Veronica x
You look ridiculously refreshed for someone who has just given birth my gorgeous girl! congratulations!!
Fantastic news - congratulations!! You all look wonderful, especially you Amy. Getting very excitied myself now. Three weeks left and, as it's the size of Eli already and put on half a kilo this last week, if you know the secret of an early arrival let me ASAP. Take care of all of you.
Catherine, Brendan and Conor.
Catherine let some of us in Poland know Elijah had arived - fantastic . ButI just can't believe that little girl is tiny tiny Audrey - she will always be 12weeks old and dressed like a film star in my mind
congrats - Mary P and charlie
Ahh, you all look great!
Lovelys pics of new the new arrival Trev Prague was great, unlike Reading yesterday
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