Here she is!

Hi there, time for a bit of catching up!

I must say I’m thrilled to have the pregnancy behind me, not all the blossoming womanhood in cute maturity clothes that I had pictured…9 months of feeling sick, fat and moody with everybody giving baby tips and commenting on my size....fun! This is why there have been no blog entries and certainly no photos!

But, it has all been worth it as now we have our very own baby girl. Amber Elise Little is her (long awaited) full name and she arrived weighing 8.4 pounds after a 9 hour labour at 5am on the 1^st of December. I was thrilled to achieve the natural birth that I had hoped for with the help of a birthing pool, fantastic midwife and Jon and Heidi cheering me on.

Now I must admit that I had ignorantly and arrogantly thought that with all my childcare experience that motherhood was going to be a piece of cake…ha! Wow, was I wrong, I have new found respect for all mothers in the world – 9 months of incubating, then labour and then non stop running around after a little being that vomits on every outfit and screams at you when you’re not fast enough with their milk order. It’s taken us a while to get into the swing of things because we had to move flats when Amber was only 2 weeks old (If any one knows black magic our old land ladies name is Celia Spencer…evil women) so between house hunting, packing, cleaning and unpacking Amber has been a little star and incredibly chilled. We now have in a sunny wee home in Mt Victoria with a view of the harbor, a garden and only 5 minutes walk to the beach or city centre…lovely! Now all we need is some other mums and babies and then we’ll be sitting by the seaside sipping our lattes…ahhh my ever elusive picture of motherhood!

I’ll leave you with a load of photos

This is Amber just a few days old....there were just 3 modes..sleeping, crying for food and eating.

Our dear friend Katie came to stay with us in the first week to help out...thank you, thank you, thank you!

Glowing Grandparents, my dad and step mum Janie.

And this Jon's dad Pete who is the proud holder of two new grandchildren. That's Amber's cousin Erin on the right, there is only 2 weeks between them.

This is their first Christmas...as you can see they were pretty bloody excited!

Christmas day, Amber's great grandparents.

Bath time. How cute is she!

Nap time for Ambie Pants and Suzie Poos

Beach by our new home..lovely jovely

And here's a nice family shot from when Jon's sister Katie was over from oz. Lisa, Jayden, Katie, Matt, Jeremy, Jon and I...pre baby.

Thats all for now but being new parents I'm sure there will be more soon.

Loads of love Sarah, Jon and Amber!
xxx