A bit of Catch-up...

Meet Olive.

She was born at 4:14am Sunday the 5th of April, 7lb 10oz. Our little Thumper!!!
I said that I'd start a blog once the baby was born but it's taken 3 months to figure out how and to find the energy. We have a lot of catch-up to do! I have no idea how to sum up the last 12 weeks but I'll include a few of our favorite shots and we'll take it from there.

This was Tom and I a year ago...

Then this happened...basketball!!!

Then this happened...


Tom: Well done Mum -your the bravest person I know!


And Papa gets his first cuddles on day 1 at Kingston hospital. They FINALLY released us Tuesday afternoon and we were desperate to get home to start our new life.


The new proud grandparents were waiting expectantly to welcome the newest Pilgrim to the brood.

This was taken just after our first bath, a slightly harrowing experience and the first time Olive really exercised her lungs (now she loves it! (bathing, not shouting!)).

40 winks! -look at all that hair!!


Her first ride in her trendy chariot!


Asleep on Mummy's tum just like a tree frog!

This picture was taken just after we paid a visit to the jaundice clinic at Kingston Hospital--notice the bandaid on Olive's hand. It was a horrible experience, more for Mummy than Thumper. Olive was born with a bit of jaundice, which is completely normal, but it did not clear up as quickly as the midwives would have liked so, as a precaution, they sent us in for tests. They took four vials of blood from my little girl's hand. She peacefully sucked my pinkie while I wept copiously and nearly fainted. Such a brave little girl!!

Obviously, all was well and her jaundice faded shortly after. It was also, incidentally, our first trip out in the sling and our first trip on public transportation.