Category: Family

Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary! To celebrate, Megan and I left Grace with Nan and Pop, and went out for a pizza at Centerpoint Pizza in Kiama. They’re always fantastic. We had intended to then see Serendipity at the Shellharbour Cinema, but we got there late and had to be content with The One.…

Wow! Getting mentioned on the front page of Joel On Software really kicks your hits! I got 3,300 pageviews that day, and several thousand more over the next couple of days. Thanks, Joel! Megan and I left Grace with Nan and Pop for a few hours this afternoon, and went to see Lord Of The…

Grace got weighed at the clinic today – she’s put on 375 grams this week. Chubber!

On her third attempt, Joyce finally made it through the bushfires to Kiama to meet her first great-grandchild. At the end of a thoroughly enjoyable day, Joyce still couldn’t believe she’s now the mother of a grandmother! Joyce’s first cuddle with Grace: Four generations together for the first time: Of course, everyone else wants a…

Joyce, my grandmother, travelled up from Malua Bay (near Batemans Bay) today with Mum, Dad and Todd. Grace is her first great-grandchild, so she was understandably anxious to meet her. Only the bushfires down south have been able to keep her away this long! Joyce still can’t believe she’s the mother of a grandmother.

On the Friday after Megan and Grace were discharged from hospital, we invited our neighbours, family and some local friends over for drinks. It was a great opportunity to catch up, have a chat, and introduce Grace to the people she’ll be terrorising over the next few decades. The number of kids at these get-togethers…

The midwife told us we were likely to be allowed to leave today! After a seemingly endless procession of doctors, nurses, counsellors, etc came to see Grace and Megan and sign off on our discharge papers, we were finally allowed to check out at about 2pm. It was a long hot drive home, and fortunately…

Happy New Year! Robyn, Ian and Todd visited us today, and we had lunch at the Doncaster again. Grace’s breast feeding is going a lot better now, and she’s getting into a regular sleep/feed pattern of roughly every 3 hours.

More visitors today – Basil, Ros, Maryanne, Gus, Therese, Alf, Jo, Lauren, Jenny, Mel, Brian, Marion, Stuart, Craig and Corinne (who is 4 weeks away from giving birth to their first child). Grace had her first bath today. She cried a lot until she got into the water, but seemed to love kicking around in…

Lots more visitors today, including Mark, Narelle, Emma, Ryan, Adam, Paula, Bradley, Mat, Sharon, Jamee, Kayla, Nina and Paul. We just got everyone through one-at-a-time visits to see Grace in intensive care, when the nurses told us she was being released! Grace is now totally unplugged, and is staying in Megan’s room.