Welcome Matty!

Dear Matthew

Well, you're finally here! I am writing this post with you passed out in my arms, milk drunk after a feed. It's been a few weeks since I last posted and that's because your dad and I have been busy getting to know you!

I won't tell your birth story in this post (it was quite eventful!) but I will tell you about you. 

You are divine. My precious baby boy, you have made the transition to motherhood so very easy. You feed and sleep so well, have a beautiful temperament and make your dad and I smile and laugh every day. We are so very lucky to have you as our first born, especially given karma could have really hurt us, as apparently I was a devil child!

You make these little 'ahh' sounds when you're content that make my heart melt. You have the most gorgeous olive skin and amazing blue eyes. I cannot believe that I helped bake you, you are so perfect. 

Everyone who holds you says you are so calm and happy. You very rarely cry and when you do you can be comforted very quickly. 

I never really understood the 'overwhelming love' thing that parents would talk about in relation to their kids, but I totally get it now. 

I know we will have our ups and downs in the years to come, but please know that I will always love you. My darling Matthew, I am so blessed to be your mum. I love you with all my heart baby boy. 

Love, 

Mum xxx

Your first Facebook photo :)

You're almost here!

Dear Matthew

Today, Sunday 20 October 2013, is your due date! Your dad and I are very excited that we get to meet you soon!

No one knows it yet but at a check up last Friday your doctor was concerned about my blood pressure, as it was mildly above normal, so we've decided to start inducing you tomorrow afternoon with the hope that you'll arrive sometime on Tuesday. The reason we're doing this is to prevent me developing pre-eclampsia, which would be very bad for the both of us. I would have liked to go into labour naturally but our safety is of course what's important. 

As we haven't decided to tell anyone (we want everyone, even your grandparents, to be surprised) we have had to tell a few lies and I may not make this post public until next weekend when we're home with you :)

The benefits of knowing when we'll meet you are that we are able to make sure everything in place, your dad has organised everything at work so that he can have 2 weeks off without having to go in at any point and we have a good story put together as to why your Grandma and Gramps need to come pick up Soda tomorrow night. 

This morning I had a few cuddles with Pepper and Soda- it's as if they too know that you're on the way and wanted to sneak in some last minute peaceful Sunday morning cuddles! See below! 

Can't wait for our first cuddles, probably in about 50 hours from now :) I hope you know that we love you very much and can't wait to start our next adventure with you. 

Love,

Mum xxx

Getting ready

Dear Matthew

Just thought you'd like to see how we set up your nursery before you came along :) This week we have made the final touches (i.e. stocked up on nappies!) and we also finally got your car seat installed. Feel free to make your grand entrance any time now, your dad and I are ready (or at least we have plenty of supplies on hand!). We took Soda for one last walk along the beach to see if we could walk you out, but no such luck! Never mind, we'll meet you soon enough :)

Love, 

Mum xxx

Showered again!

Dear Matthew

After the baby shower we had at home, my work friends surprised me with another baby shower! It was absolutely beautiful and I was yet again blown away by the 'above and beyond' factor that my Notre Dame family always seem to achieve- they had secretly been making you a quilt for the past few months! 

The theme of the quilt is Dr Seuss, and as you can see from the photos below it is full of colour! It is absolutely gorgeous and I was overwhelmed by not only the time and effort it would have taken to make it but also the fact that the ladies who made it know how important quilting is to our family. 

While I am excited to be on maternity leave now, I am definitely going to miss the people I work with (although I'm sure we'll be popping in often so you can have lots of cuddles with them all!). 

Love, 

Mum xxx

Showered with love

Dear Matthew

Last weekend we had a baby shower in your honour. Your aunty Pia, aunty Bec, aunty Alysia, Grandma and aunty Robyn hosted and helped at the event, which was held in the backyard on an unusually beautiful September day. 

35 of my lovely friends and family ate, drank and spoilt you with an abundance of goodies. 

The two games we played were bingo as I opened the presents and the 'my waters broke' game (where everyone is given a jelly baby frozen in an ice cube for their drink and the first person to have their ice cube melt and to call out 'my waters broke' wins). 

It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon, we really are blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful people. I can't wait for you to meet them all. 

Love, 

Mum xxx