Little Isabel came into the world on 15th Jan weighing 8lb 5 (3748g). She was 3 days early and came very quickly. I won't go into too much detail about the birth but there are so many things I am grateful for. I'm glad I listened to Paddy and got into the car when he told me to, I'm grateful it was a Sunday morning and there was no traffic and I'm so glad the midwife I had seen earlier in the night who introduced herself as Bitchie Ritchie and had told me I hadn't even started labouring, had finished her shift. We left home at 6.45am, arrived at the hospital at 7:05am and Isabel arrived at 7:27am. The other day I had to take Paddy to work and we left about the same time, if it had been a week day Issey would have been delivered by her Dad next to a cemetery. The only negatives was that there was no time for pain relief and they insisted on making me lie down to examine me even though I was telling them I wanted to push. At this point we think Isabel was scratched as she was born with a cut on her head. Gravity certainly sped things along, I highly recommend kneeling up and leaning over the top of the bed. I remember saying how small she was, the midwife said 'she was a chubba'. I couldn't believe her weight. Lydi was 7lb 4 (3333g).
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| All brand new! |
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| Proud big sister |
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| Lydi seemed huge even though she is still diddy. |
Lydi met her new sister that evening and loved her straight away. She was desperate to pick her up and hold her. She has been a great help and it's hilarious watching her mimic me with her toys. I think every doll and cuddly toy has been breast fed (though she has asked where her boobies are), winded and rocked to sleep at some point in the last 10 weeks. Lydi has come through the huge adjustment relatively smoothly. She was pretty much potty trained in the 2 weeks before Isabel's arrival and there have been very few accidents since. I was hoping to just have her dry during the day but once she stopped wearing nappies she refused to wear them at night too. Again there have only been a few accidents. I'm so proud of her.
Three weeks after Isabel's birth we had Lydibug's second birthday. It took some organising but we had a lovely afternoon tea party out in the garden with lots of her little friends. I even managed to make her cake even though I was up past midnight finishing it. Lydi was a very lucky girl and we are in need of a playroom to store everything.
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| It tasted pretty good too. |
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| Sadly she was bitten by a bull ant just before the cake so not a very smiley b'day girl. |
Life has changed so much with 2 little munchkins and I constantly feel that my hands are full and somethings just have to slide, mainly the housework. But we are having such a wonderful time getting to know Issey and watching her grow. Lydi continues to amaze us with what she can do. She talks so much and seems so grown up at times it is hard to believe she is only just 2. We were looking at pictures of her at Christmas and she was surprised to see herself in nappies and with only a few bottom teeth. So much has changed in just the first few months of this year.
I have lots of video to go through but for now here are some pics of our year so far. Of course Lydibug is still a dancing/music queen and there is a great video of her copying ballet dancers, promise to have it ready next time. She currently loves One Direction, I can't believe she is into her first boyband already!
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| Oz day |
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| Scooter queen |
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| Multi-tasking |
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