THANKS DAD !!

Dad and Pebbles (his other baby) taking some much needed timeout !!

It's pretty obvious that Dad has been the one who created this blog, way back when we were only six weeks pregnant. And he has been so good at updating everyone with the progress of our journey, he has made us laugh and cry and since the day baby Joshua arrived he has shown off his baby boy with the most love and pride in the world.

I have to admit had I been left to do this our little guys blog would be sadly lacking and we would not have half as much to look back fondly on in years to come.

So I just want to thank my gorgeous husband for taking the time and effort in creating these memories and most of all for keeping all our long distance family and friends updated and included in the most special time of our lives ever !!

Joshua and me could not ask for a better Husband and Dad and there will never be enough words to describe just how thankful we are for having him in our lives every single day and how much we appreciate all the things he has done and continues to do for all of us.

I cannot imagine having done any of what we have been through in the last two years without Craig, the bad times have been rough but even these have brought us closer together and allowed us to get to know each other even beter, being bad with date keeping I do not know exactly to the day how long I have know this wonderful man and had him in my life but it has been a long time and he still finds ways to show me everyday how much he loves me and I know that Joshua and me are very blessed to have someone who loves us so much in our lives.

Craig THANK YOU for all you have done, everything from rushing off to buy a dozzen bottles of Apple cider vinegar and volcanic clay for my postpartum rash to washing windows, cooking, changing nappies, snapping pics and shooting videos and so much more. As usual it is difficult to get you to sit still, but when you sit down and hold our precious baby on your chest, seeing how happy Dad and Son are together is the greatest gift I have ever received

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, I LOVE YOU BABE !!!

JOSHUA`S THREE LITTLE BEARS

SEXY LEGS

FIRST VISIT TO THE CLINIC

THURSDAY 2008-11-27 WAS JOSHUA`s FIRST VISIT TO THE CLINIC.

HIS WEIGHT HAS DROPPED A LITTLE BUT ALL IS GOOD.HE HAS GROWN 0,5cm.

HE RECIEVED HIS FIRST BCG SHOT AND POLIO DROPS,PUT UP A BIT OF A PERFORMANCE BUT SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE.THEN NIX GOT SOME MORE ADVICE ON FEEDING OUR LITTLE MAN AND IT IS MUCH BETTER.SHE ALSO GOT SOME ADVICE ON "AFRICAN HEALING CLAY" OR "FRENCH HEALING CLAY" WHICH I WENT AND GOT FOR HER RASH,SHE SAYS IT WAS A LOT BETTER AFTER HER CLAY SESSION,SO WE HOPE THIS DOES THE TRICK.MY TWO ANGELS HAD A NICE NAP ON THE BED THIS AFTERNOON AND ME ON THE COUCH,THE SACRIFICES I MAKE.

NIX GAVE JOSHUA HIS SECOND BATH THIS EVENING AND EVEN THAT WENT BETTER,SO ALL IS LOOKING GOOD.

THANX GRANNY JENNI AND BRIAN

THESE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FROM GRANNY J AND BRIAN RECIEVED ON WEDNESDAY 2008-11-26.THANKS ALOT FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR US.THE FLOWERS SMELL LOVELY AND THE ARANGEMENT IS JUST SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL.THANX.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

A NICE GIFT

WEDNESDAY 2008-11-26 WE RECIEVED A NICE GIFT PACK FROM ALBATROS COURIER MARINE FOR NIX AND JOSHUA.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMENTS

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THANX ED.

DADS HANDY WORK

WELL THE COT WAS MY MONA LISA,IT JUST LOOKS NICER THAN THAT BORING PIC THOUGH.HERE IS SOMETHING WHICH I ENJOYED MAKING JUST AS MUCH.ANOTHER MASTERPIECE FOR MY LITTLE MASTER.

ONE WEEK OLD

TUESDAY 2008-11-25.

ALL IS GOING GREAT SO FAR,FED AND WINDED HIM THIS EVENING,FELL ASLEEP ON DADS CHEST,HE WAS RUBBING MY ARM WITH HIS HAND,JUST SO *%^@+~ AWESOME,LOOKS LIKE HE HAS BLUE EYES AND ONE HEALTHY PAIR OF LUNGS,ALL DRIED UP NOW.MOM AND DAD ARE JUST HAPPY HE IS HOME AND WE ARE GOING TO NOT ONLY TRY,BUT GIVE 10000000000000000% IN KEEPING HIM HAPPY AND COMFY.

TONIGHT I GAVE MOM A NICE MASSAGE WITH SOME ARNICA OIL,SHE SAYS IT FELT BETTER,BUT I KNOW SHE IS JUST SAYING SO TO STOP ME FROM NAGGING.WELL I TRY VERY HARD TO MAKE THINGS COMFY FOR HER TOO,SHE DESERVES A LOT OF PAMPERING,SO THIS KID MUST GROW UP NOW AND PAMPER MOM,LOL.OK ALRIGHT I WILL DO THE PAMPERING THEN.

I SUPPOSE WE WILL LEARN AS WE GO ALONG,THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE AND ALL THE OTHER MOMS IN THE FAMILY, SO ADVICE IS ALWAYS AT HAND AND APPRECIATED.

HOME AT LAST

MONDAY 2008-11-24 16:00 WE ARRIVED HOME WITH BABY AND PUT HIM STRAIGHT IN HIS COT,THIS WAS JUST SO AWESOME,IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER AND THE PAST 5 DAYS HAVE FELT LIKE WEEKS.BUT NOW OUR LITTLE BOY IS HOME AND WE WILL MAKE THE MOST OF IT.NIX AND I ARE BOTH JUST VERY RELIEVED THAT ALL IS WELL WITH THE SCAN AND THE BLOOD IS CLEARING UP AND SHOULD BE GONE,WE WILL GO FOR A FOLLOW UP IN 2 WEEKS TIME AND REASSES THE SITUATION.WELL MUST GO NOW AND SIT AND LOOK AT JOSHUA,SO BYE FOR NOW.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE

SUNDAY 2008-11-23,JOSHUA IS LOOKING GREAT,WE SPENT THE MORNING WITH HIM,HOLDING HIM,TALKING TO HIM AND NIX FED HIM WITH THE BREAST AND BOTTLE,THEY HAVE UPPED HIS THREE HOURLY INTAKE TO 60ml .THE SISTERS AND THE DOC ARE VERY HAPPY WITH HIM AND THE DOC SAYS THAT AFTER THE SCAN WHICH IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON,IF ALL LOOKS GOOD THEN HE IS OFF HOME,YUPEEEEE.I CANT WAIT FOR HIM TO COME HOME AND JUST HAVE HIM UNDER OUR CARE AND GIVE HIM ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS SO AWESOME THIS MORNING WITH HIM CHECKING US OUT AND LOOKING AROUND,HE IS NOT JUMPY AT ALL,HE RESPONDS TO SOUND AND JUST LOOKS SO MUCH HAPPIER,HE STAYED AWAKE FOR SOME TIME WHILE WE WERE THERE.NIX CHANGED YET ANOTHER NAPPY,I WILL WAIT TILL HE IS HOME AND WILL THEN START DOING MY SHARE OF CHANGING NAPPIES.

WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY HE HAS PROGRESSED AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIM COMING HOME.JOSHUA HAD SPEEDY GONZALES WITH HIM WHEN MOM AND DAD WERE NOT THERE AND HELPED WITH HIS SPEEDY RECOVERY.

UPDATE

WELL ON SATERDAY BABY IS STARTING TO LOOK SOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTER,HE PICKED UP 115 GRAMS SINCE THURSDAY,THE SWELLING HAS ALSO GONE DOWN SOME MORE.HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY MOVEMENTS LOOK MORE BABY LIKE NOW THAN IT DID ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.MOM FED HIM THIS MORNING AND EVEN DAD GOT A CHANCE TO HOLD BABY.NIX AND I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER WITH MORE POSITIVE SIGNS SHOWING UP EACH VISIT,THE THING THAT HURTS ME THE MOST IS BABY NOT BEING AT HOME,IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY IS SQUEEZING MY HEART WHEN I THINK OF IT,BUT THEN I LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND IT TAKES THAT FEELING AWAY.I JUST WANT HER TO REST NOW AS SHE NEEDS EVERY SECOND OF REST SHE CAN GET.LAST NIGHT DAD GAVE MOM A CANDLE LIT BATH WHICH I KNOW SHE APPRECIATED AND SURELY MADE HER FEEL A BIT BETTER.

Definitely NOT swapped at birth !!

This ones for the day our little Joshua has that moment I am sure most of us have had, shouting at Mum or Dad "I MUST BE ADOPTED" or "WAS I SWAPPED AT BIRTH ?" And in one of my rare moments of Forward Thinking, I already have the answer !!

I will whip out these pics and prove to my little angel that thanks to the modern technology of the age he was born in he most definitely is 100% part of this crazy wonderful group of people we call our family.

Pity I can't get these pics next to each other, it's amazing to see how perfect the scan showed us what our little guy looks like while he was still growing, think the scan was at 28 weeks.

Notice the scan states "Baby Dell" so that's that question asked and answered !!!

LATEST UPDATE ON BABY JOSHUA

WELL MOM AND DAD ARE BOTH VERY RELIEVED THAT BABY IS LOOKING A LOT HAPPIER TODAY,IT MUST BE MOMS COLOSTUM THAT HE HAS BEEN GETTING IN,ITS BEEN A LITTLE,BUT EVERY DROP HELPS AND BRINGS BABY CLOSER TO HOME.WE WERE AT HIS FEEDING TONIGHT AT 18:00 AND HE JUST SWOLLOWED HIS MILK,THEY SAY ITS BECAUSE DAD IS A COP AND COPS ARE KNOWN DRINKERS,SO YES HE TAKES AFTER DAD,HE ALSO FARTS LIKE DAD AS WE FOUND OUT TONIGHT.HIS BLOOD GROUP IS B- AND DADS IS B+.

ANYWAY ENOUGH ABOUT DAD,LETS GET BACK TO BABY.

HOPEFULLY WHEN BABY READS ALL OF THIS ONE DAY HE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH NE MEANS TO US,HE IS OUR LITTLE SHINNING STAR,HE IS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL BUT HE IS VERY BRAVE AND A STRONG LITTLE BOY.WE CANT WAIT TO GET BACK AND SEE HIM AS EVERY TIME IS JUST SO SPECIAL TO US.
JUST ALL WAYS REMEMBER MY LITTLE ONE THAT MOM AND DAD LOVE YOU TO BITS,AND MISS YOU MORE.WE WISH YOU WERE AT HOME WITH US.

FLOWERS

WELL HERE ARE THE ONLY FLOWERS THAT WE RECEIVED,JUST AS WELL AS WE DON'T HAVE SPACE FOR ANYMORE.THIS BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET WAS FROM NIX WORK,THEY SMELL ABSOLUTELY LOVELY,THANK YOU TO WILHELMSEN SHIP SERVICES.

MOM AND DADS ROMANTIC DINNER

TONIGHT MOM AND DAD HAD A NICE ROMANTIC DINNER,IT WAS AWSOME,A NICE VIEW OF TABLE MOUNTAIN,SUN SETTING AND THE FOOD WAS NOT TO BAD FOR A HOSPITAL.THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS BABY JOSHUA,BUT THAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IN THE NEXT POSTING.

ENJOY THE PICS.

DAD WITH BABY JOSHUA,AND MOM FEEDING BABY

DAY TWO AND BABY IS LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER THAN YESTERDAY,YES WE ARE STRESSED OUT ABOUT THE FACT THAT BABY MUST STAY HERE FOR A LITTLE LONGER THAN PLANNED,BUT ITS FOR HIS OWN GOOD AND HE MUST GET A LOT BETTER BY MONDAY OR HE IS GOING TO STAY HERE EVEN LONGER.THIS IS JUST PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SO HE CAN BE MONITORED ,BUT THE PAEDIATRICIAN SEEMS VERY POSITIVE THAT HE IS BETTER AND THAT ALL WILL BE OK WITH BABY,THE BLEEDING IS DUE TO THE BIRTH COMPLICATIONS AND IS IN BETWEEN THE LAYERS COVERING(PROTECTING) THE BRAIN,SO HE HAS A BIG HEADACHE(HANGOVER AS THE DOC SAYS) WHICH WILL HEAL ITSELF.
SO WE HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE WE PUT BABY IN HIS CUSTOM MADE COT AND DESIGNER BEDROOM.

JUST FEELING THE STRENGTH OF BABY IS AMAZING,HE HAS STRONG BIG HANDS AND EVERYBODY SAYS HE IS A BIG BOY,SO I AM SURE MY BIG BOY WILL BE ALRIGHT AS THE TIME GOES BY AND WE WONT HAVE ANY FUTURE COMPLICATIONS.

MATERNITY GIRL

HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS OF OUR TWO BABIES.

ROOM WITH A VIEW

WELL HERE IS NIX ROOM,WHAT AN AWSOME VIEW,DOES NOT BEAT BABY JOSHUA THOUGH.

HERE IS THE LATEST PIC OF BABY JOSHUA.ALL IS WELL WITH BABY,HIS BLOOD TESTS ALL CAME BACK CLEAR,HIS BREATHING AND HEART RATE ARE BOTH NORMAL AND HE EVEN HAD A SUCK ON HIS DUMMY FOR A FEW MINUTES.