THE JOYS OF POTTY TRAINING...

Potty training is going really well - Ian said that this pic is definitely 21st invitation material!

And Madam was MOST upset that I wouldn't let her out shopping looking like this...

Something to make you smile on a Friday morning...

YAY!

Our very special friends Noel and Charne are parents!

We couldn't be more thrilled...

Charne and I met on an infertility support forum and met in person 2 years ago. We have the most amazing and special friendship. I just wish that we didn't live 3 hours from each other...

Emma-Lynn was born on Monday, 12 October 2009 weighing 3.3kg
She is a beautiful little girl with a mop of black hair!

It was a bit of a rush as they had to fly to fetch her

Nay: We are SO very happy for you guys. You are going to be an amazing mommy. We wish God's richest blessings on your little miracle baby...

Please join me in congratulating this special couple!

THANK YOU

Hi everyone

 

Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for all the prayers and support (in the form of sms, phone calls, email)

 

Hannah's op was a success.  She was a star!  It is a lazy muscle.  Her vision is great for her age and she doesn't need glasses to rectify the problem.  When she is older she will have to do exercises – but for the moment, it's not serious and won't deteriorate. 

 

The nil per mouth went a lot better than I thought.  I pumped her so full of fluids until 9.30pm that the next morning she was weed wet from her armpits to her socks!  She slept right through.  This is honestly an answer to prayers!  Last night we were back to our normal wake up bottle sessions.

 

She only asked for juice once – on our way to hospital.  I climbed in the backseat and distracted her and we were all okay again.

 

She told most people to go away at the hospital.  Wasn't interested in the doctors or nurses and mommy/bunny had to first get any medicine or checks.  This didn't always go well!

 

The hardest part of the morning was me having to walk her into theatre.  All along Ian has been mentally preparing himself up to do it – and madam had her own agenda.  Mommy or nothing!

 

Now we all know what a baby I am when it comes to things like this – but I put on my big girl (mommy) panties and dealt with it! All was fine and dandy until the anaesthetist held the mask on her face (she wanted to share the gas with me!)  She pleaded with me to help her and I cried.  It was really hard walking away…

 

20 minutes later she was in my arms and happy.  She didn't cry when she woke up, just spoke Afrikaans to the nurses and asked for mommy!  Such a little social butterfly.

 

We were home by 10am…

 

And yesterday afternoon was spent in panties doing all the business in the potty!  YAY!  All by herself. 

 

So thank you all for taking the love and time to pray for Hannah and for us as a family!  It is much appreciated.

 

Love

Ian, Nats & Hannah

xxx

 

 

 

PLEASE PRAY...

Hello everyone,

 

I know that I've been scarce and I'm sorry for that!  But I am SO pre-occupied about Hannah's procedure tomorrow that I haven't been able to focus on anything other than that.

 

I know that she is in excellent hands of a superb surgeon, and I know that God will be watching over her and ensuring her safety…

 

I'm really stressed about keeping her nil per mouth!  REALLY STRESSED!

 

So please keep Hannah in your prayers tonight – and Ian and I!  Luckily he is able to take a day's leave as well – I couldn't walk her into theatre and leave her there…

 

Will ask Charne to update on my behalf tomorrow sometime…

 

xxx

CONGRATULATIONS...

To our wonderful friends Neil and Carmen

 

Congratulations on your wedding this past weekend and enjoy your honeymoon!

 

We were honoured to share in your happy day and look forward to many years of laughter, friendship and happy memories…

 

Love you both dearly

xxx

 

P.S.  Have some more pics but want Carmen to first post her pics…for now, here's one of Carmen and I taken at the reception. 

 

 

 

P.P.S.  Will be back soon with a lengthy update post…things are just going all over the place at the moment!

 

FACEBOOK

I finally caved…I joined probably the biggest social network on the internet…

 

FACEBOOK!

 

It's been wonderful catching up with people that I lost contact with!

 

2 people I'm please to have "found" is my friend Mia who I au-paired with.  Mia is from Sweden.  And the other is the "little" girl I looked after while I lived in the USA!  Needless to say she is a young lady now!

 

It's addictive!

 

Have a fabulous weekend everyone

xxx

 

 

WELCOME

Welcome into the world Quinn Cowley!

Born on the 8 September 2009 and weighing in at 3.3kg

Big hugs and lots of love to daddy Tristan, Mommy Nicola and little dude, Quinn

P.S. Can’t wait to meet you on your first PE visit in November…