Time is flying

How can it be that my 'newborn' is nearly/only 4 weeks old?? Feels like she's been here forever and I am really enjoying her! I think with my other 2 I always felt a bit more confident when they reached a couple of months old but this time I feel much more relaxed - maybe it's because I'm not too sleep deprived, thank you Alice and long may it continue! Babies change so fast - hurry home Bex, I need some decent pictures of my baby while she is still a baby!


Eliza has been having a few issues with wetting herself the past couple of weeks but it seems she is getting a bit better - we only went through 3 pairs of pants today! Still, I'd rather wash a few extra pairs of pants than change more nappies!

Esther is doing pretty well though her pre-school teacher took me aside on Monday and said Esther had a bit of a 'wobble' and kept asking for her mummy but after a few cuddles she cheered up apparently.

We survived the week without mum but she is back now for the weekend and to see Bex when she gets home on Tuesday - we're all pretty excited about that! It's been nice to get back into a routine and take charge of the house again!

When it goes quiet...

... you know Eliza is doing something she shouldn't be! Butter wouldn't melt eh? She'd been getting arty with the pens!

This is not the first time she has coloured in her legs and arms. A few Sunday's ago all was quiet upstairs and Eliza comes down with green pen all over her cream tights - it looked like she had been drawing grass on them! There was no way that pen was coming out of the tights so in the bin they went! In these pictures Eliza is actually wearing a dress my mum made for my sister Bex 30 years ago! Thank goodness she chose to draw on her legs and not the dress!

Another little sucker?

Eliza is a big fan of her thumb - it seems Alice might be also! She flashed me a little cheeky smile (alright, probably wind....) whilst I got photographic evidence of her first thumb suck!

Sisters

We finally got some pictures of the girls with Alice! They are both being great with her, Esther is especially affectionate and wants to help with everything - getting her changed, changing her nappy, soothing her if she is crying. She likes to sing to her, talk to her, show her toys and generally be a great big sister. Eliza is pretty good too but doesn't understand the purpose of being quiet at times! If Alice starts crying Eliza tells me that the baby wants a drink of 'tummy juice'! It cracked us up the first time she told us!

Some pictures as promised!

Here are a few pictures of Alice when she was born. This is me (obviously) must have been an hour or so before giving birth - the gas and air life saver is hanging on the wall just behind me but was in full use not long after this picture! It was quite funny because Ben and I were doing a crossword with the midwife inbetween contractions! This is actually the same Delivery Room Esther was born in and the midwife was one who had I'd seen for my routine check-ups when I was pregnant with Esther! I got the room with the ensuite! The Delivery Ward was soooo quiet that day - I'm not even sure there was anyone else in except me! Shortly after birth - me looking glam!

The clock on the wall shows she was about half an hour old here - she was born at 8.28am.

All dressed and wrapped up sleeping!

We need to take more pictures! It's been a bit hectic though - Ben was back at work today full time - he has a lot of things to do and we figured since my mum is here he may aswell have time off when she is gone and things have hopefully quietened down a bit at work for him.

Alice is doing pretty well, looks just like her sisters but has dark hair! More to follow as there were quiet a few interesting details to tell but I must get some sleep before she wakes me up!

Easter Present

We got our 8lb 3oz Easter present this morning - Alice Bethany born at 8.48am! We're home now - I'll write more later!

Easter tree

Here's our Easter tree. I already had some cute little eggs and my mum brought some eggs for Esther to decorate. Mum chopped down some branches from the blossom tree outside to hang them on! I love it!

Long awaited pictures of our lovely new kitchen!

Ok so this isn't our new kitchen, this is our old, old kitchen! It was a big mess in the picture... The kitchen itself - lovely....

And ta da! New kitchen!

We have a nice little seating bit at the other end with the kids little table too, we still need to buy a rug for down there and a light shade and put up our a mirror or something but we are there! It's almost a pleasure to keep it clean and tidy!