making faces

em and nate

a trip to the park

Today I left home for the first time since leaving hospital to go for a walk to a local park with Woz. It was so nice to get out after being housebound for so long. It was a beautifully sunny day and Woz and I just hung out together and chatted which felt so normal!

Mum flew out for Denmark this morning to spend a week there with her two brothers. It has been a long time coming so we're so glad Nate came early enough for her to be able to take some time out.

my precious boys

cuddles in bed with dad

due date

Today was Nate's due date. It was so surreal seeing him already lying in his basket and being able to hold him in my arms. Woz and I are both so in love with him and so happy to have him in our lives.

gran and nate

proud dad

jaundice

Two days after Nate was born he had to have light therapy for his jaundice. I hated seeing him stuck in a bubble under the harsh light for so long without much human contact and constant blood tests but after what seemed like an eternity he was given the ok and we were discharged from hospital on Sunday evening.

recovering in the post natal ward

only an hour old

a picture says a thousand words

This isn't the most flattering photo of me but this picture says so much. I had just been wheeled out of the operating theatre and was totally exhausted from the labour and lead up to the operation. Little Nate was not yet an hour old and seeing his Dad for the first time.

and baby makes three!

At 3.50 on the morning of June the 8th Nate Parker entered this world and our lives. Having initially visited the hospital three days earlier with contractions five minutes apart it was a long lead up to what we had hoped would be a natural delivery in water. I did manage to make it to the birthing pool but Nate just wasn't prepared to come of his own accord so with my exhaustion and pain tolerance levels reaching an all time low I was given an epidural (magic!) and an emergency caeserian section.