Surprise arrival

October 01, 2011

Surprise arrival

my sister was due to give birth on October 21st and i have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first proper niece/nephew (i am an aunty to Sir's brother's children, but it doesn't feel the same).

But apparently the lil one didn't want to wait until the official due date and i got a phone call yesterday to say that my sister had gone into labour 3 weeks early! i was a bit worried for the baby, but everything went fine and my sister gave birth to a little baby boy at 5:36pm. They have called him Callum and he weighed in at 6lbs 1oz, which isn't bad for coming 3 weeks early! He is mainly fine, just a touch of jaundice which he is being treated for at the hospital, but they reckon he can come home in a few days time and apart from that he is healthy and has no problems despite his premature arrival - i guess he just couldn't wait to see the world!

i went to the hospital to visit last night and he is just gorgeous, so small and sleepy and perfect. He smells delicious and has a cute lil crop of fuzzy hair on his head and lil wrinkled fingers and toes. It almost makes me want another baby myself, but then i returned to the chaos of our house with a mini-Finn-whirlwind and a special lil William and a super-bright-Poppy and realised that i wouldn't have the time, energy or resources to devote to a newborn right now and i'm so lucky with the kidlets that i do have. Going to wait till Callum comes out of hospital, then take the kids to see their new cousin - Poppy is already super excited to meet him!

Welcome to the world, little Callum :)