One Month Later
A month ago today:
Scratchy took that when Louie was brought out of the operating theatre - it was taken with his mobile phone, because we weren’t at all prepared for going to hospital, and had almost nothing with us; we certainly hadn’t brought a camera. It’s not that we never considered the possibility of a transfer - I think almost everyone planning a homebirth does - but we weren’t expecting labour to occur until two weeks later. At the time that photo was taken, I was under a general anaesthetic, and I didn’t even know it existed until Louie was three weeks old. I’m glad to have it, even though I cried the first time I saw it. I’ve spent a lot of this morning checking the time and thinking “this time one month ago…”
Anyway. Here he is, one month old:
He does lots of little things I forgot to mention when I wrote before - for example, he laughs in his sleep. Great big loud chuckles, with heaving shoulders. It makes us laugh too. And there are new things, even in just the three days since my last post: he’s starting to smile more and using his hands to take hold of things. Every day there’s something else, some little change.
Yesterday Barney rocked him to sleep for the first time - which pleased Barney very much indeed. He’s rather keen on Louie, although he’s still just as fond of Toby as always:
More photos below the fold.
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aww baby is getting more handsome - just like you said :). His brothers look well happy too.
Gorgeous photos, Deb. Especially the first one
I absolutely love the picture of the big brother with his arms around the two little ones.
What a beautiful baby.
Darn - now I’m broodier than ever!
He’s gorgeous, and you’re right to be proud of him. And smiling at one month?! WOW!
he has grown so much. Totally beautiful though
He’s beautiful! I think about you and your family often. I hope you are well.
Casey
Wow… I’ve been away for six weeks, slowly catching up. I had heard on the grapevine that the baby arrived, but that it wasn’t as easy as expected, but have not had any opportunity to read blogs. I’ve just read through your last several posts.
Louie is absolutely gorgeous, and you must be so thankful he’s healthy and that you both survived the traumatic experience - yet also devastated that it went so wrong. The old head vs heart scenario. I do hope the bad memories fade, and the good ones take over as Louie continues to grow and develop.
gorgeous photos! of all of the kids! We’ve got a sleep chuckler too, and it is sooooo cute!
Glad to see things slowly getting back to normal - whatever THAT is! x