remembering

Some stuff has happened over the past few days, that has made me think a lot, back to my pregnancy, Gaby's arrival, and the early days of her life.

I still find myself crying, when I think about her arrival, and the whole process. The attempted induction, deciding to have a c/s, losing my plug, my waters breaking, the prostin pains, waiting to go in for my c/s, being in theatre, the c/s, hearing that Gaby had been born, hearing her cry for the first time, seeing her for the first time, Stu holding her, my first hold, the 4 hours in recovery, Mum coming in & meeting Gaby for the first time, everyone meeting her for the first time... Even as I write this I am crying because of those memories.

It was such an amazing time of my life, and such a momentous occasion. I don't think anything can EVER compare to that - probably not even my future children's births. OF COURSE I am going to be moved by my future children's arrivals, and I'm going to do the same crying, my heart is going to grow just as it did with Gaby - but it's going to be a little different, because it won't be my first child's birth. I cannot wait to go through it all again - to go through the excitement & let down & final joy of TTC (trying to conceive), the anxiety & excitement of pregnancy, the anxiety and total, pure, utter joy of giving birth & seeing my baby for the first time.

she's growing up tooooo fast!

ong... tonight Gaby is wearing her first pair of flanelette pyjamas!!!! The past couple of days I have bought her some clothing which is size 0...... Size 0 already! Seems like just yesterday she was wearing NB size - and some of them were too BIG for her! Terri refuses to believe that she's big enough for size 0, and I feel the same way!!!!!!

My precious little girly is going to be turning 6 months old next week - where has time gone??? In a way it's nice that time's going so fast, but on the other hand, it is VERY scary! I want her to be little forever, but I can't wait for her to start crawling and walking.....

Mel & Raph came over and visited the other day, with Ryan - who is just way too adorable! He's such a cute little guy! Little is the operative word too, he looks like a little tiny, miniature baby next to Gaby! Hehe. I got a couple of holds, and he is SO light compared to my little heffalump! I can't wait until Gaby & Ryan are old enough to play together, and to be little friends!

feet apparently!

Feet apparently, are VERY interesting! LOL they are definately Gaby's latest favourite toy! It is so cute, she plays with her feet for hours, when I go in to get her out of her cot, if she's been awake for awhile, she will be playing with her feet, and acting like they are the most amazing thing in the world!

Dad puts her on his shoulders, and then crosses his legs & wobbles his feet, and Gaby laughs hysterically! We don't know what the big appeal is, but it never fails to make her laugh - which is just the most adorable sound in the world! This morning I noticed she was watching my feet, and copying me when I was moving them - she was moving hers too! Hmm maybe she has some weird sort of foot fetish? ... so long as she isn't like her Aunty Terri, and doesn't start chewing the skin off the bottom of her toes! Hehe, that is something I'll never forget!

She has also started chewing on her flanelette sheets as well! I guess it is something to do with the texture of the sheets, and the feeling of them on her gums... Her poor aching gums! Still no teeth through yet, but HOPEFULLY it'll happen soon! The past few days she's been quite good as far as the teething goes, which makes it all a bit more bearable... Not that it is ME that has to go through the excruciating pain! I wish I could go through the pain for her.

I think I'm quite lucky that Gaby hasn't been sick yet - she's had no cold's, flu's or tummy bugs - so I think that's pretty good, considering she is close to 6 months old! I am expecting she'll get her first cold soon-ish, considering it is now the middle of Autumn. I think I'm ready for it though - surely the older they get, the easier (slightly) an illness is to deal with... not that it's going to be any fun!

I must run.. the rugrat appears to be awake!

testing testing times

Gosh, would those teeth just pop through already? My perfect baby girl has turned into some sort of.. monster! Admittedly a bloody gorgeous monster, but a monster all the same. After sleeping through the night for ages, she's all of a sudden waking up at the most random of hours, and isn't particularly unsettled, but isn't wide awake either.

I blame it on the teething, that makes it seem more bearable or something! She's started blowing raspberries, and with all the drooling she's doing right now, the spit just flies! She's gotten me in the face quite a few times, LOL no one told me that was in the description of being a Mama! I am pretty sure I can feel the tooth about to come through, so hopefully this time next week it'll be through? If not, then I'll keep on keeping on!

Gabs is sitting up splendidly now! It's amazing, she can stay sitting by herself for 5 minutes or so, and her balance seems to be improving each day - it never fails to amaze me how much she changes, on a day to day basis! I can't wait for her to start crawling, to start standing, to start walking.... although i'm sure that'll also be a little bit sad, because with each milestone she reaches & passes, she becomes less of a baby & more of a child!

Solids are something she still isn't particularly fond of, although she really likes the Golden Circle chicken & spring vegetables! She is only having solids once a day at the moment, I don't see any reason to push it, she'll have more when she's ready. That said, I might try her on some solids tomorrow morning, and see if I can get into the routine of solids in the morning & at night, so that it isn't such a shock when she DOES have to start eating solids more regularly.

I can't believe Gabs is almost 6 months old - it seems like just yesterday she was born.. infact, it seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant! It was a little over a year ago that I had my first scan, so this time last year I was feeling pretty damn good!!!! My love for her continues to grow with each day that passes, and i'm not quite sure how that is possible, because my heart is pretty much exploding as it is!

rather monstrous time

Gaby is officially teething, and boy, is she letting me know ALL about it! She's been very uncharacteristically grumpy the past few days, and is in a lot of pain. I'm doing everything I can to help her & make the pain as bearable as possible, but it feels like I'm not doing enough.

She has her two front bottom teeth coming through - you can see them right beneath the surface, I hope that they come through soon!! That said, she is still being very cute, and everyday seems to learn something new! All of a sudden she has found her feet, and won't take her hands off them! She's also started sitting more & more by herself, which I didn't think would happen for another 3 months or so! Scary how fast she's growing up!