October 2003 Archives
For all you people who wonder why I haven't called, emailed or msn'd, I just thought I would let you know that I haven't forgotten you! Especially for Lydia, Panda and Sal (to name a few) - I have been meaning to contact you every day since Emily was born and I am looking forward to have big long chats with you. The time just flies by when you have a little teeny person latched onto you all the time! But just remember that I am thinking about you all and I can't wait to speak to you.
And the amount of absolutely gorgeous (and pink!) gifts that you have all sent is just amazing - thank you everyone. We promise to be in touch soon and we promise to get you more pictures soon too!!!!
Well as Warren has said I expressed for the first time over the weekend. I was expecting to feel liberated but instead felt very weird, protective...and yeah Lydia, very territorial! I am sure this is only a temporary thing and eventually I will be glad to get a break, go shopping or even out for a drink some night!! I even had a beer on Monday - I expressed two bottles thinking I would have a couple of beers but after one beer and one feed by Woz I just couldn't handle it!! I decided for now I would rather feed...maybe in a couple more weeks I will try the alcohol again!! Who'd of thought it aye?!
Saturday saw a momentous moment for me - I fed Emily for the first time. Max got the hang of expressing some milk, and we had our first experimental feed in the afternoon.
Emily took to it right away, which was good, and I did OK too.
Max on the other hand didn't enjoy it quite as much as I did. She has already confessed that she didn't like it much. It's HER job, not mine - it just wasn't right. She tried to put on a brave face at the time, but confessed later.
I don't think she'll have to worry too much - I think it will only happen when we really need it (Max has to go somewhere, etc.).
Heaven's knows what we'll be like the first time we hand Emily over to a babysitter for the evening....
Its like discovering a whole new world becoming a parent. Not just finding out what its like to be up at 4am but everything is different, I feel like I am only just beginning to explore the world as a mom.
Sunday we decided to go into town. It was like a big adventure; packing the suitcase for all eventualties and discovering the unknown terrain of city centre shopping with a pram in tow. Suddenly you start to notice everything, like the fact that a massive shopping centre car park has absolutely 0 mother and baby parking spaces - I mean how is it feasibly possible to park in a tiny space and open the door wide enough to get a car seat out - there is no chance. I would need to get there early in order to get a space on the end of a row to be able to open the door! You would think that this kind of place would cater for this.
But we had a really good time actually, pushing the pram around and having a look around the shops and Emily was very well behaved, sleeping through it all. Mind you the one shop, where we both wanted to get something from, was a total kid free parent free zone - not only was there no lifts but the music in the shop (which usually is great) is so loud that it would probably have burst Emily's tiny little ear drums. But we still managed to shop there, we just had to take it in turns waiting outside with the pram!!
All in all the adventure into town was a success and really good fun. But I feel like there is a lot more disovery to be done and this is only the start...
We can't believe how much Emily changes every day and we have been meaning to put up regular pics but somehow we just haven't found the time!
But we managed to sneak in a few minutes to put them up today so click here for a few pics over the past 2 weeks.
She is already even starting to grow out of her moses basket!! Oh and ignore the pics of me, looking a bit rough!
We made our first experimental trip to Tescos today. This normally gentle place seems a lot more dangerous than it used to be.
We couldn't fit the car seat into one of the fancy car-seat trolleys, so Max put Emily in one trolley, and I got the shopping in another.
Somehow I managed to avoid stopping various people who were strolling round with their trolleys staring idly at the goods, and shouting "OI! Watch where you are going! Can't you see we've got a BABY HERE?!"
Well today is the start of many entries that mean everything to us and not much to anyone else hehe. But finally just when we thought Emily would keep her crusty cord forever it fell off! Just like that! Revealing her lovely little non-crusty bellybutton below. How exciting! Unlike her little hospital tags and name card I don't think we'll be keeping the crusty cord, I think we will just treasure it in our memory instead :)
I am sure no-one has been suprised at my lack of entries over the past week...I think I have been (and still am) in some kind of weird 'what planet am i on state'! If anyone knows what that means. So don't expect much sense out of me (although Woz will probably say 'no change there then'!).
I can't believe I am mom. That I have a little baby...does it ever sink in or do parents spend their life in some altered state? hmmm...I am so happy, sometimes I could sit and stare and cuddle her all day long, even when she is crying puking or pooing! Mind you I am bloody knackered! And under strict instructions not to do anything for a while...which is very hard when I spent the past few months not able to do much...as Warren puts it I'm a very 'impatient patient!'
Anyway just wanted to show my face, so to speak but I will be posting more very soon, including more pics of our lovely daughter!
Off for a cup of tea before entering the endless cycle of feeding, puking, pooing and sleeping. :)
...normal service will be resumed shortly.
We are all alive and well, we just haven't had a chance to post anything new for a while. Suddenly, we seem to have gotten rather... erm... busy :D
