December 09

It's been a busy few weeks... we've been to Glossop for Esme's Nanny's 60th birthday party and up to Loch Lomond for a little holiday to tie in with Fraser & Grace's Naming Ceremony.

A lovely time was had by all and we're now enjoying a few days at home (catching up on the washing!!!) before travelling to Southport to celebrate Christmas at Nana's!

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

x

Growing up fast

Our little girl is no longer so little! Clever Esme has been feeding so well she's now weighing in at 11lb and has outgrown all her newborn clothes ... it's a good job she is such a lucky girl and already has a well stocked '0-3month' wardrobe received as gifts!

We're continuing to enjoy being parents especially as Esme now showers us with smiles and giggles. She's cooing and gurgling too - mainly to Mr Lion during her 2am nappy change!

Bathtimes have become a favourite time of day for us all. Esme loves to kick her legs and splash us. We're starting swimming sessions with her soon so it seems like she'll love that!

We've continued to introduce Esme to family and friends as well as taking her for her first half day at school. She's proving to be a sociable little girl...totally chilled about meeting classes of excited children and sleeping through the school bell ringing!

Oh yeah...and we dressed her as a pumpkin!!!

Sunny Southport!

Firstly Esme apologises for monopolising her Mummy's time and so preventing updating of the blog however she insists that having a full tummy, clean nappy, lots of cuddles and entertainment are priorities!

We've been on our first little holiday...to Southport to stay with Nana whilst Simon popped over to Germany. Esme and I had a wonderful time being well looked after and meeting lots of friendly faces.

We can't believe how fast our little girl is growing - she's already outgrown her newborn clothes! She's doing new things everyday and now delights us with beautiful smiles on a regular basis.

Time flies!

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted here but to say things have been hectic would be quite an understatement! All culminating in an overnight stay in hospital for Esme and me on Monday night!

Things had been running smoothly with us all adjusting to family life and introducing Esme to more and more family and friends when I became unwell.

To cut a long, and painful, story short... worsening abdominal pains resulted in hospital admission, IV anti - biotics and

some lovely strong pain relief! Esme was fine through it all, with her Daddy being an absolute hero,

and she stayed in hospital with me so we could continue to breastfeed. Thankfully the drugs DO work so we were home after 36 hours with more tablets to get me through the week.

Nana came to stay and has been an absolute angel once again feeding and clothing us all especially as Esme continues to enjoy explosive poops over whoever has the pleasure of changing her nappy!

I'm slowly feeling better and getting back on track with being a Mummy - it's fab! Esme is a sweetheart and is more and more alert everyday. Fingers crossed for a quiet Esme & Mummy week next week!

One week on

So a week has passed since Esme arrived and we're loving being parents. In fact it actually seems like she's always been here.

We've had a busy week full of visitors keen to meet our beautiful little girl, trips into the big wide world and a hell of a lot of washing!

Our trip out to a pub for lunch resulted in the manager refusing Esme entry...already taking after her Daddy!

Esme is changing every day - as is her routine so we are responding as best we can as we all get to know one another. We are very well acquainted with her bodily functions - Simon was attacked by a projectile poo during a 4am change! It certainly woke him up.

She's feeding really well and at her 5day midwife check had only lost 0.8% of her birth weight (1oz) rather than the expected 5-10%.

Anyway bath time is here so I'd better go and play in the tub!

Esme Elizabeth Webb

She's arrived!

After what felt like an amazingly long pregnancy Esme Elizabeth Webb made a safe and speedy entrance into the world on Saturday 19th September at 3:21am.

We're loving every moment of having her with us - it feels so natural that she's here and already we can't really remember what we did with our time before. We find that hours have flown by and all we've done is look at our little girl, especially when she opens her eyes and mesmerises us! Thankfully Esme has had her Nana staying to make sure there's been food on the table and clean clothes to wear!!!

For those of you who are interested, the labour was...over in a flash! Things seemed to be starting at 4am on Friday with weak contractions every hour or so. These continued through the day but with no signs of Esme making an appearance. So at midnight on Friday the hospital told us to try and get some sleep!!! Three hours 21 minutes later she had arrived!!! With just an hour and a half at the hospital. The midwife was rather surprised by the speed! So surprised that she had Simon working hard: monitoring heart beats; holding local anaesthetic bottles; assisting with taking blood and cutting the cord once she was out!

We came home from hospital Saturday evening as feeding was established and we all wanted to be together in our own home...and we are still loving that feeling.

Those of you who know Simon well will no doubt be concerned about his sleep situation...and so far...he's managing brilliantly. We've had a couple of pretty sleepless nights and a couple of good nights so we're still waiting to see what Esme's routine will be but Si's keen to start daytime napping for us all!!!

Talking of which - that's what I'm supposed to be doing seeing as Esme fed more or less continuously from 11pm to 3am!

Thanks for all the lovely messages.

x

39 + 6 weeks

1 day to go!!!

So, tomorrow is the big day! Due date. Not that many babies actually arrive on their due date but you never know! I've been talking to Crab lots today about making an escape.

Midwife check up went well - all good there. I just think I might burst soon!

Hopefully the next post will be news of our new arrival. Fingers crossed please!

x

Count down...

Sorry I've not posted for a while! Not quite sure what I've been up to but...been busy!

We've now got just 6 days left til due date and we're doing the best we can to encourage Crab to make an appearance as soon as possible. All was well at our hospital check up on Tuesday so now it's just wait 'n' see!

The past few weeks have seen us decorate the entire house, build countless items of furniture, buy and (fingers crossed) sell cars, attempt to empty and organise the garage and construct baby 'essentials'! We also managed a night away in Nottingham to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary

and a weekend in Llandudno to allow us to stop the DIY for 48 hours!

So for now we continue to find jobs to keep us busy and enjoy being 'just the two of us' until our little one decides it'd be more comfortable out here in the big wide world!

Will keep you posted!

x

Scan number 7

We're just back from the hospital for scan number 7, anti-D injection and consultant appointment...and all is well!

Scan showed Crab is growing well and confirmed that feet are well positioned under my ribs!Fibroid is behaving - keeping out of the way and no more expanding. So all good news. Back in 4 weeks for what will hopefully be the last scan.

Can't wait to meet the little one now. 6 weeks to go!

The newest member of the family!

Yesterday we travelled to Warrington to meet the newest member of the Webb family ... Chobe - Andy and Debbie's gorgeous Jack Russell puppy!

Testing...testing...

Well, I've started it now! I thought that alongside a healthy Facebook addiction creating our own blog would be a productive use of my time - especially as I am repeatedly being told to sit down and rest until Crab arrives! Only 6weeks 6days to go!!!

Hopefully this will become a place where we can share news and pics of Crab so I'll spend the time before D-day getting the hang of it all!

Bear with me folks!