Self-consciousness or shiny new toy?

Apart from eating, sleeping, and me and Chris, Rose is interested in two things: the mobile affixed to her change table, and the mirror hanging from her baby gym. We noticed her growing interest in the mirror a couple of days ago. No longer were her eyes darting flirtatiously around the various baby gym objects, [...]

Who’s the baby?

We’ve taken Rose on a couple of adventures outside the house this week. On Wednesday it was Anzac Day (and our 9th year wedding anniversary), and we drove up to the Blue Mountains, which are about 2 hours’ drive from Sydney. It was a fantastic opportunity to take Titan (our new car) out for a [...]

3 weeks old!

Rose turned 3 weeks old yesterday, and I’m sure it’ll be a surprise to no one that we’re as in love with her as ever. It’s a truism that babies grow so quickly and we’ve certainly been watching and noting her changes. She looks a lot bigger than she was when she was first born, [...]

The week in review

We’ve had a fairly uneventful week at “Rancho Rose”. Actually, no scrap that, there has been a bit of drama. Here are the highlights:

On Sunday it was Chris’s birthday. His first birthday as a dad! We went to Coogee beach to show Rose the Pacific Ocean, and had a lovely walk along the promenade.
On Monday [...]

Out and About

Over the last few days we’ve started venturing out of the house on walks. On Thursday we headed for nearby Sydney Park, an urban space that’s been converted from a 19th- and 20th-century landfill and brick works into a beautiful large park with wetlands and even it’s own minature bike track, complete with working traffic [...]

Old lady

Rose is definitely an old lady in a young baby’s body. She makes the most amazing facial expressions where she screws her face up and looks annoyed. I keep imagining her thinking “Those damn kids!” She’s also started smiling a lot, although she often does it when she’s waking up, and not when she’s looking [...]

Why did no one warn us how much work it would be?

Just kidding, of course, because everyone warned us about how much work it would be. It’s funny, though, I never anticipated that every single minute of it — including the times when she’s been crying for several hours and we’ve run through our entire repertoire of calming devices (baths, feeds, swaddling, etc) and nothing has [...]

Anecdote

I don’t know if I’m ever going to get through the herculean task of writing up everything that happened at the birth, and our 5 days in hospital. However, I was spurred on my Delwyn, who told me to start noting down anecdotes from the experience. Here’s one for starters:
In the operating room, after Rose [...]

Rose Ursula

We welcomed Rose Ursula into our lives and into the world on 11.55am on Monday April 02, 2007. It’s been an amazing few days, and we’re absolutely overjoyed at how wonderful our little girl is. Early indications speak to a calm, gentle temperament. I don’t have much time to write now about how everything happened, [...]

The facts

Name: Rose Ursula
Weight: 3.855 kilos
Length: 50 centimetres
Gender: Female
Birthday: April 2, 2007
Time of Birth: 11:55 a.m.
Birth City: Sydney, Australia
Birth Hospital: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Astrological Sign: Aries
Chinese Zodiac: Golden Pig