My Boys
Taken by Rachael Brown Photography, David 7 days old with his 2 year old brother Timothy
As the kids had been in bed when we headed to hospital, when they woke in the morning we called them into our room to show them their new brother. 'Have you been to the hospital Mummy?' Penny asked. Yup! And it was lovely to have gone home so quickly afterwards. There's no place like home.
On arriving home, approximately 3 hours old
The 'big' kids are thrilled with their little brother, they want to kiss him, stroke his head constantly or hold him. I love just how much they appear to love our new addition. These photos are a bit misleading of poor David, they make him look HUGE, but I think in these pics he's all puffy from the birth still (plus being wrapped like a mummy bulks him up a lot too)
David and his siblings, approximately 12 hours old
We all love David to bits.
Sadly though, while breastfeeding and snuggling with him there has been plenty to watch on the telly. Coincidentally, on his due date of the 22nd, New Zealand was shocked by the catastrophic earthquake that hit Christchurch. I can't even begin to summarise the damage and devastation that's been caused by the earthquake - but my friend Ali has managed to post about it and has some great photos on her blog here. I remember when the news of it started scrolling across the bottom of the programme I was watching on telly while feeding. It simply said something like 'Aftershock in Christchurch, more news to follow shortly' and I had just no idea of the enormity of the destruction of the earthquake. And when the news followed with it's unedited footage straight from Christchurch it had a mesmerizing affect - it was awful to watch, but we couldn't turn it off as it was just so unbelieveable.
When you look at some of these images with before and after pictures of the buildings, it's amazing that some people have been rescued from them - sadly though the death toll at the moment is 147 and rising. In September people were so thankful that the earthquake had occurred in the middle of the night, this time though the earthquake was at 12:51pm - lunchtime and so Christchurch was bustling.
The CTV building
The Pyne Gould Corporation Building
The Christchurch Cathedral
I can't even imagine the grief and loss people must be experiencing at the moment. And so this post seems a bit like yin and yang - on one hand we're thankful and thrilled with our new baby, and on the other we're so sad for the people of Christchurch and the loss...of lives, of homes, of water, power, of jobs - so much.
gorgeous baby pics, congratulations on your new arrival, what a beautiful family you have
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on the arrival of David! Nice to see you briefly- wish I'd had more time to pop in and have a wee cuddle. Beautiful piictures, btw. I want to get some done by Rachael when our wee one arrives, too. She's a legend with kids!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What a wonderful start he has had
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new addition to the family. David looks like a lovely baby - so nice too, that his older siblings are already taking such good care of him. Trust you are doing well Julia. Much love, Amanda xx
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