OUR NEWBORN AND OTHER THINGS

ABOVE: Dante getting some sunshine for his jaundice.
ANON FROM YESTERDAY:  Dante is seen by our Midwife every day until he is a week old, then every other day for another week.  She actually KNOWS what she is doing, Dante's jaundice is being monitored very closely.  Sunshine on him is just as effective in treating jaundice as putting him under the 'lights' in hospital BY THE WAY.  Shame you don't know as much as us eh?

Lacy came over for dinner, and Bex and Steve invited her into their room to meet Dante... it went something like this:

   Lacy: "Oh my god, he's so small... *sniff* *sniff* "

 "Awwww, look at his tiny arms, *sniff*  *snivel* "   wiping tears away...

 " Oh LOOK!  He moved, Oh My God ... he's so gorgeous! ... *sniff* *sniff*" .... tears running down her face!

So... after all the snivelling ... I got a few photos of the girls and their babies,  OUR 2012 BABIES...

ABOVE:  little laid back Dante. 

I wanted a photo of the girls, the babies and the Dads....

 ABOVE: Tess, Russell and Bodhi, Bex, Steve and Dante and Lacy, Keera and 'The Banjo'.  Yep, 'The Banjo' is a private family joke.

Dante got his first bath last night, and because neither of his parents wanted to 'miss out' on doing it... they both bathed him.

 ABOVE:  Drying him... they took an 'end' each...

 ABOVE: and for the SECOND time in his very short life, Master Dante pee'ed on his Daddy!  And all over his bath towel.  Well done Dante!

ABOVE:  Bex laughed so much she had to leave the room, so Steve nabbed the baby and dressed him.

Today?  Well... I think Russ, Tess and the kids are going shopping, so I will stay home and get a few little jobs done around the house.

Russ, Tess, Haylea, Joshua, Griffin and Brylee have gone out for the day.  Shopping.  Lunch.  Ten Pin Bowling. Dinner.... so we have a relatively quiet house today.

WELL... as quiet as it can be with 4 babies in the house!
Lacy is coming over to spend the day, so it's me, Bex, Lacy, Sienna, Bodhi, Keera and Dante here for the day.

Our midwife Debs visited and said Dante was doing really well... his jaundice has started to abate... so very pleased about that.

Just fed Sienna and Bodhi their lunch.... and Lacy is going to watch Sienna, Bodhi and Keera while I have a nana nap... Bex and Dante are also having a nap.

Another good job finally done, Lacy put up the Christmas Tree... and Bex and I watched.  lol
Then I put on the 'very precious decorations',  after Lacy had put on all the balls etc.  And I decorated the mirror too.
Bex found her Christmas Decorations and added a few to the tree, and we hung all the stockings, including Bex's ones.  I'm hoping Russ and Tess can get their kids some stockings too, and Kelly, if you read this, bring Rena one please.

End of Day:  well the family are back from a long day of shopping, movies and ten pin bowling... time to wind down the day and get everyone off to bed... WELL, the kids anyway.
Tree photos tomorrow.
nite nite