O Happy HAPPY Day!

For many reasons!!!

1) I CAN NOW OFFICIALLY CARRY EMILY!! This is SOOOOoooo amazingly good for me. Oh my! For nearly 8 months I have not been able to lift or carry her - first becuase of the pregnancy and then as I recovered from the s-section. BUT NOW I CAN!!! We have been for a rainwalk (Emily in her gumboots and raincoat!), to the swings, for a SWIM!.... I have put her to bed and gotten her up, lifting her in and out of the cot myself. Woo hoo! The list of marvellous things we can do together goes on and on -- e.g. I can now take her in a taxi somewhere on my own, go to nursery together at church... and just plain SWING HER IN THE AIR whenever I like!!! (mind, after 8 months of not carrying anything heavier than a newborn, lifting Em is quite the workout :-)

2) Jemima went SEVEN HOURS between feeds! Yes! You heard that right! The girl who was last week feeding every 1-2 hours has been on a three hourly feeding schedule. I waking her in the night to continue this but last night we let her sleep and WOW - I was able to sleep most of that myself (I had to wake to pump tho) and it felt AMAZING to get so much rest!!

3) Today we went to Jilly's place and played with M and E. It was SO much fun. I have really missed Jill who has been a constant source of encouragement to me here in this city. And Emily had a BALL playing with the girls.

4) The wonderful man of our house has been giving me lovely FOOT MASSAGES in the evenings at the end of his own stressful workdays. What a husband!!
All things to be grateful for. Deeply grateful!