And Now We Are Three

Introducing Holly Jane, our gorgeous little baby girl. Twelve days old and already she's changing quickly. We're starting this new blog to reflect the change in our life. An Australian-Canadian family of three. While we are both Canadian residents, Holly has already beaten us to Canadian citizenship. However, we will not forget her Aussie heritage. When toast finally gets on the menu, it will be topped by vegemite!

Two observations about labour: 1) It hurts more than anyone can prepare you for. 2) It's true; it's all worth it. Even after 36 hours of induction and another 22 hours of labour, when she popped out, I was moved to tears by the awesome sense of love I have for her, and for J (and not just because they had pumped me full of oxytocin).

Both J and I will be posting here (hopefully more than we did on our own blogs). But even though there will be lots of baby news, we promise to keep it sufficiently geeky. I mean, J hacked into the wireless network in the hospital when I was in labour to keep people updated about my progress. And Holly's already dressed in dinosaur-laden jammies. And we're hoping to get a camcorder soon so we can post videos of our little girl.