An update.
Here is the long awaited update on my busy Christmas season. It all started with our customary tree decorating rituals. When we were first married and had no kids we couldn’t be bothered having a tree so Husband pulled out a tripod and jokingly put a star on top. One year it was an innocent joke, the next a funny memory as he brought it out again, the third year I realised that it was a very sad tradition that we had started and yet it has stuck with more decorations being added each year. This year all of the decorations were home made, the kids had a lot of fun decorating it and were extremely proud of their ‘Christmas tree.’
I tried to do things with the kids each morning and so after the tree we progressed to painting wrapping paper, then we did baking and then each afternoon I would collapse exhausted. I’ve heard people say that pregnancies get easier as you know what to expect and though it was all very normal I can honestly say that I have never been so exhausted in my life.
As the weather got warmer I started contemplating our Christmas plans and began having nightmares about the most awkward place for my waters to break, whether at a family Christmas dinner, Carols by Candlelight or in the middle of a shopping centre, none of it sounded very enticing and so it was with great relief that I went into labour at home on the 15th of December and after two and a half hours little Willem Kipling was born. The labour seemed horrendous at the time but in retrospect it all went really well and was about as good as you can get; no drugs, no complications and quick. He was 6 pound 7, 50 cm long and looked remarkably like his older brother.
A week later we headed off to a family camp which may have been a little ambitious as I was completely exhausted most of the time but the kids loved it and it was nice to spend time with the extended family. So now we are home and trying to get sleep and hoping that we don’t have one of ‘those children’ (more on that later.) So that’s it, Christmas has come and gone, Willem is here and I am just praying that one day I won’t be tired.
December 29th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Congratulations on your beautiful new addition to the family! Hope Wrigglebot and Squirm are being helpful little bunnies!
December 30th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Congratulations on the birth of your little man! Hats off to you for being able to head off camping so soon…that’s amazing!! I may need to contact you for advice as I’m 16 weeks pregnant with my third (and a little worried about how I’m going to cope with three once the baby arrives in June).
January 9th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Congratulations! I can so relate to your tiredness. I hope it gets better for you and well done on getting back into the swing of things! Look forward to seeing Willem soon.