Whats Cooking?

Harrison is starting to have fun entertaining Allister.

Its so fun to watch the brothers play, this is what having siblings is all about, sharing and playing together.

So cute.

I heart them

Yin and yang?

Brothers.

Harrison finally decided he'd like Allister to sit on his lap.

Harrison was a little excited, and Allister a little unsure!

Harrison says- Mwah ha ha ha

Allister says -help me!

Aaaaah that's better!

Brothers chillin :)

Little brother.

I love my boys

This little guy is 2 weeks old today :)

Look how big he is already and see his crazy hair! It's the only
resemblance he has to Harrison right now. Remember Harrison's crazy dark hair too?
He's such a good baby and he loves his swing to bits!

Oh and today would have been my due date. Funny how it feels like Allister has been here forever already! they fit right in :)

Labour Day.

Our final family of 3 photo, this is just before we left for the hospital.

I'm so big!

After a totally painless amniocentesis at 9am, we went to labor and delivery.

This is me before the pain kicks in!

Me pretending to be in pain!

Notice how we don't have any real contraction photos......

My labour coaches waiting.

OK, graphic photo warning.....

Here is Allister being born.

Daddy cuts the cord.

Hi Daddy!

Allister Samuel Blake arrived at 10:03pm after a relatively easy labor of 9 1/2 hours. Almost exactly how long labor was with Harrison. I pushed for 4 contractions (about 20 minutes).

He was 8lb 6oz, 21inches long and had a head size of 14inches.

He has tons of dark hair just like Harrison did at birth, but is much rounder in the body and face. His eyes are dark grey/blue. I have a feeling this boys going to be dark with dark eyes like me.

Hi Mummy!

Our wonderful nurse Mary-Beth.

She was with us through the whole delivery and was awesome.

And below my wonderful OB/Gyn Doctor Rhonda Gaiser. It made such a difference to have the doctor I have known for 3 years deliver my baby.

After patching me up and some baby checks, we finally got moved from the delivery room to our regular room around midnight. We were then bombarded with baby nurses and mummy nurses who had lots of temperatures, baths, checks and more checks to do. They didn't leave us alone till around 3am so we were all very tired by that point! Although daddy did snore through many of the check ups.........

I think I clocked about 2 or 3 hours sleep by the time they started checking in on us again at 7am sharp! I highly recommend having your baby early in the day!

Then the visitors arrived!

Harrison got to meet his baby brother, he was more interested in the new train toy we got him.

He pointed said baby, and that was as much interest as he showed.

After our 2 night stay we were all ready to go home!

All puffy from the IV fluids.

Baby Giggles

Allister is such a joy!
The last few days he has been smiling and giggling in his sleep, its so so cute!
I haven't managed to catch it on film, but its a full on giggle laugh out loud with a wide wide smile.

Its so funny :)

I also managed to catch him with his eyes open, they are very dark grey/blue. I have a feeling he b=may be a brown eyed boy. Look how much he has grown already!

Product Testing

Prior to Allister's arrival lots of baby items appeared around the house in preparation.

A new Bassinet, a double stroller, swing etc etc.

New Babies cause baby stuff explosions.

Harrison was in awe of all this new stuff, and had fun product testing everything! He didn't get that he is "too Big" even though we told him 100 times. He is just now getting used to the idea that all this new fun stuff isn't for him but his baby brother.

All set for a new baby :)

I final have time to update the blog! Here is Allister's nursery all ready for him. The monkey theme is very apt for this little guy as he is a hairy boy :)