Cotton wool kids

I would really love to be able to wrap my kids in cotton wool and keep them near me 24/7, just to know they're okay. Reality, i know i have to let them go and just hope for the best. So hard for the heart.
Mum is taking Maggie to Blenheim for the weekend. Her first trip away and i am very anxious. I am looking forward to the break from her. Charlotte is pretty independant now and Ryan being a baby just sleeps, so Maggie at 19mnths is at an age of being the most work currently, so will be nice to have the break, but she'll be so far away. Charlotte has done the trip before, which i was anxious about also, but has always made it home safe and sound. I just have to let them go, but it is so hard. Really not looking forward to them being late teenagers wanting to go to town or even worse wanting to do their OE! Yay for them. I really want them to experience those things, but it's gonna be tough on their Mum!

The Kids

Nice to no longer say 'the girls'. I now get to say 'my children'. (Tear in the eye - SOB!)
Ryan is now 2wks and has put on 400g in a week, PIGLET!

Dr GRRRR!

I had to take Maggie to the Dr the other day (she had a lovely case of hives). My Dr was away so i had to see his associate (who i've never been fond of) and the minute he saw Ryan he started commenting on his birth mark. How it would probably fade, but it would be very easy to give him plastic surgery when he's a little older to get rid of it etc. Really hurt my feelings. I know some people would probably be bothered by the birth mark (Daryl is a little), but i love it. Wouldn't have bothered me so much if i had asked about it, but i wasn't even there about Ryan, i didn't ask, i love it and he should just keep his views to himself! Some people want perfect babys, but to me the birth mark is what makes him perfect. If he wants to get rid of it later that will be his choice not mine.

Ryan and Family

Ryan has been awesome. He has slept 2 - 2 1/2 hr stints during the night. I am wrapt and have had some nice wee stints of sleep myself. It's 5.20am here now.

DDs adore him. DD#1 gives him lots of hugs and kisses, but she has been a little side-tracked from him as her cousin is here to play. DD#2 thinks he's her baby. Instead of being jealous (which i expected), she is possessive of him. Kinda cute, but she sometimes tries to rub his head a bit hard. She cuddles him and then tries to pick him up, so gotta watch her real close. She was cuddling him on me the first day and her cousin came over to look. DD#2 gave her such an evil look and hugged him tighter.
DH has been awesome with him too. He was great with DD#1 (first born), but with DD#2 he said been there done that, let me know when she's 5mnths. He reckons he's not a baby person and sure enough from when she was 5mnths he really started paying her attention. This time though he's quite happy to snuggle/ fall asleep with Ryan. Must be a first born boy thing.

Ryan's birth

Our birth wasn't too bad other than getting a shock at his size (first two were 7lb6 and 7lb5). My labour was established at 11.30pm and he was born at 6.03am, so mw has said labour 6hrs 40min. Pretty happy with that! I had a show at 2am and called mw at 3.30am. She lives a fair while away, so arrived an HOUR later, took one look at me and said straight to the hosp. I didn't get too many stitches. And his birth mark isn't too bad. I did really well getting his head out, but his shoulders almost got stuck, so mw had to give a hard pull, which is when i got a little ripped. Not very deep, but the scarring was skew-whiff, so mw put a couple of stitches in to keep things tidy.(Bless her!) His birth mark is right on the hair-line, so will hopefully be mostly covered (although he has a cow-lick right beside it, unlucky kid). I actually love his birth mark. It's quite distinguished! (Daryl is already talking laser surgery though, LOL!)
The only other thing is that when i was pushing, i decided i didn't want to prolong it, so pushed with everything i had and now have some burst blood vessels in my eyes. Still it's not bothering me, just looks good.

I've actually already forgotton the pain of the labour. Not of the pregnancy though!!

Ryan Philip Bonis

Born 6.03am, November 6th, 2007. 4085g (9lb). Photo is at 2 days old.

The tacky belly bump pose

I never did this with the girls, so this time wanted to, being hopefully the last!
This was done using the self timer on the camera. 39wks 4days.