One month

My little man is one month old all ready. Where has the time gone.
 

I saw this cute photo on pinterest and this one on a google search that gave me the idea of taking a photo of baby boy in the bathroom where he as born and on the towels he was born on and wrapped in.......so cute and snuggly.

So blessed.

A big thank you to my amazing friends who have blessed us with yummy meals, home baking, care packages and love.

As I sat at the breakfast table this morning half asleep I glazed across the table and saw a pile of tupperware sitting waiting next to the beautiful flowers that I was given by a lovely friend.

As I saw this pile that is only half the size it had been I realised how blessed we are to have friends who care.

Over the past 3 weeks we have had meals made on occasion, baking of yummy cupcakes, cookies, slices, muffins, tins being refilled with lactation cookies and yummy afternoon tea's dropped off along two very special care packages, one from up north filled with all sorts of lovely things for baby, mum and the kids.
Then this morning we were surprised with an amazing care package from a friend down south......she must know me well or read my blog as it was filled with lots of my fav foods.

Thank you to you all who have show us you care - you are all so amazing and we love you all xxx

Love these words......

After feeling a little blah recently I came across this photo. 

I just love the words. It is so true.......... Happiness is good for everyone.

So when I'm feeling blah I'm going to remember these words, and remember to smile :)

I'm Loving......

I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something that you can be thankful for... no matter how simple it is.  

Here are a few things I'm loving this week.....

This photo of Miss 4 and Mr 1 week. It just melts my heart. 

His squidgy little face. 

I am loving all the love and offers of support and meals we have had from friends this week. You are all so amazing and we are so blessed to have you as part of our lives.

I am loving being cuddled up on bed enjoying the afternoon sun streaming in the window. Winter has arrived but the afternoon sun is just divine.

I am loving how Miss4 keeps telling me about my big "surprise" for mothers day. she is so excited she can't keep it quiet :) As I type this she is off with Dad making part of my Mothers Day big surprise and she keeps coming to tell me what is going on and to make sure I am hiding in my room lol.

For the very last time I am linking up with Paisley Jade

Thanks for doing the "Things I'm Loving" linky Kirsty. It will be missed, but  I will continue to do this on Fridays when I remember.  It is a great time to sit and reflect on the week and think of things that I have been thankful for during the week.

Introducing Baby Boy........

 9lb 12oz - Arrived Friday 4th May

After patiently waiting for his arrival baby boy decided to arrive in a huge hurry last Friday.

From start to finish labour was about 2 hours and it all happened so fast we had no time to transfer to hospital or prepare for his arrival. He was born at home, much to the surprise of our Mid Wife who never thought she would be delivering him that day let alone in our bathroom where we ended up having a HBA2C (home birth after 2 c-sections).

It was such an amazing experience compared to the other two births, even if we did end up with having to transfer to hospital for minor surgery.

We are all in love and so blessed to have such a relaxed and placid little man.

While we wait......

The count down is on and this little one has decided to be just like its brother and sister and take his time to arrive. Dad has been on parental leave for over a week now......He has done lots of painting the outside of the house (mainly windows and eave's) he has been to work to fill in an afternoon, let me rest while he picks up kids from kindy and entertains them and well we still wait.

But here is what we have been doing while we wait......

Building Duplo towers that touch the roof

 

 What to do on a nice sunny day while you are waiting for a lazy baby to arrive......go to Raglan and to bridal veil falls for the afternoon.

 Lots of steps to walk down and then back up :)

 The view from the bottom.

 While walking across a run way to get to the beach in Raglan a plane took off.....it was very exciting for Mr2

 Miss4 collecting shells

 Mr2 being a digger

We have also been doing lots of visiting, baking, walking to Kindy and Crèche and well anything that fills in the day and is relaxing. It has been a bit of fun having some much needed family time, but I think we are all nearly over the waiting stage.

We had a sneak peek of baby in a 3d scan this morning. As we are over due and a high risk pregnancy we had to have a check to see if everything is going ok. Baby has lots of fluid but is healthy and happy. So far they are not concerned about anything so lets hope it stays that way. But they did estimate baby's weight at 10.2lbs - give or take 600g. a scan a couple of weeks ago estimated his birth weight to be high 8 - low 9lbs.....so lets see what scan person is right :)

Hopefully this baby arrives sometime soon as we are running out of things to fill in our days.

The Punctuation Of Life.

A friend introduced me to Charlotte Gambill this week.

I love how she shows how a mums life can be so busy and how to priorities and organise life - how to have a life with purpose.

This is just a small clip of the message - the whole message was so inspiring and made me think about the full stops, commas and explanation marks that I need to add in my life. that it is OK to end things/ relationships in life that are not purposeful. At the end of a full stop come a new sentence / chapter in life.
She talk about how it is good to use commas in life. To take a break and refuel when you need, but also to add explanation marks in life - to have some excitement and enjoy your time.

If you get a change and can find the whole pod cast on-line it is worth listening to or watching. A very inspirational lady with some good messages to share.

But for now this clip is great - her use of the treadmill to show how a "typical" day of a mum goes made me reaslie that days like this.....no wonder mum (my self) can be stressed out and tired. I am going to consciously add in more punctuation into my life.