Ten days after her due date, Lily made her way, posterior & "sunny side up" AKA not without significant effort, into the world at 0535 on Sunday 8 June in the pool @ Gisborne Maternity. She had a feed while Matt slept on the couch beside us, then we crossed the unit to our room where Matt & Lily got a few hours kip before we headed home via Matt's mum's where Mila had spent the night.
It's been a crazily busy few months - I've been working 30 hours a week since October, Matt's been working hard to grow his business to a point that we could drop to one income by Lily's arrival, we had the kitchen & deck rebuilt (piles up) and so stayed with Matt's mum from mid March til mid May. I worked until my due date & we moved back into Hurahura. Somewhat ridiculously, I feel like Lily's arrival marks the end of the chaos and the beginning of a period where I have time to do all the things that have been on hold over the past few months.
In the last few months Mila has transformed from a toddler to a little girl. Her language and development has suddenly accelerated from a handful of words to nonstop parroting, full sentences and a cacophony of new words and sayings. "Let's go!", "All done, Mama", "Sweet dreams, Sister"... She comes into our room in the morning and has a cuddle until she is ready to get up, which is announced by placing her breakfast order: "Apple, pear, grapes, toast, fluffy". She loves "tap tap eggs" and has recently become quite the little negotiator. If she asks for a "bobo" and we say yes, it's "Big one!", and if we say no it's "Half bottle! Half!". She's starting I develop relationships with the other kids at Farmyard - Lila, Mas, Lily-Rose, Liliana, etc.
I'm making the most of Lily's sleepiness and the new kitchen and have been doing lots of cooking, perfecting the classics: beef cheeks, creme brûlée, brownies, potato dauphinoise, banana loaf & individual steak and cheese pies.
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