She's here!

My little bundle of joy finally arrived at Easter, all 9 pounds 6 ounces of her! (Apologies to those of you who understand kilograms - I'm afraid I still work imperial, whether it's babies or baking.) My 6 year old girl and 3 old boy have been kissing their new sister constantly since we arrived home, which is probably why she has her first cold at just over three weeks old, poor thing.

Labour and delivery were straightforward and fast and because I was so sick through the pregnancy, I am now a size smaller than I was - bonus!

Photos will be uploaded soon, I promise.

Rainbow

My little girl is just finishing up her reception year at school and today the class teddy bear, Weatherby, invited the whole class to a party. The invitation included a cuddly friend each, too. They were instructed to bring party clothes in a bag and The Girl Wonder was up at 5.30 this morning getting ready! She chose her favourite party dress of all time, a dress I made for her to her specification... the rainbow dress. It's made from a pile of fat quarters, some apricot net and chiffon and a string of silk flowers. It's a little short now (made last year), but she so loves it that I think I might have to convert into a tunic to wear over her jeans. By the way, I should tell you that she wore the dress with the blue and green monster socks, exactly as seen in the photo!