"Edited to Add"....

This started as a pregnancy blog when I fell pregnant in May 2009 after four years of finding a donor, doing all the counselling / paperwork / tests and trying.

And now, thanks to a 4WD which skidded onto our side of the road, killing our baby daughter at 34w and injuring me, my partner and two of my stepdaughters on 27 December 2009, it has turned into something else. We didn't want this something else, but apparently it is all we've got to go on with.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Our boy

Just a quick post to put up a photo of Ali looking suave (I think!).  He's had to spend some time under UV lights in the special care nursery for jaundice due to ABO incompatibility, but we're home now and he is feeding beautifully and charming us completely.  We are feeling so so lucky.  He looks a lot like his sister - everytime I kiss him I get another little reminder of how soft her skin was too.  I've written something for Angie's Where I am right now project, but it'll take me a while to sit down and type it up. Thank you so much for your congratulations - I really wasn't sure whether we would ever get to this point.  xxxxxxxxx h

Posted by Hanen at 6:39 AM

13 comments:

  1. still life angieMay 31, 2012 at 6:47 AM

    Gorgeous boy! Love to you all. Squeezes for Ali.

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  2. jessieMay 31, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    He's gorgeous! Love that hair!!!

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  3. briannaMay 31, 2012 at 8:46 AM

    simply beautiful. what a wonderful way to start my day today. xoxo

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  4. PufferfishMay 31, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    Congrats!! Oh, I am so, so happy for you. How wonderful. He's beautiful!

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  5. PomegranateMay 31, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    he's so beautiful. and that hair!

    so happy for you, hanen. XO

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  6. RenelMay 31, 2012 at 1:43 PM

    Oh soft skin and nursing...baby mama bliss land! just perfect!

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  7. Hope's MamaMay 31, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    What a long road it has been for you. I'm honoured to have walked it with you and to have witnessed this most beautiful of outcomes.
    Ali is pure joy.
    xo

    ps: and yes, the hair! Already about 10 times more hair than Juliet and she's nearly 10 months old!

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  8. Catherine WJune 1, 2012 at 1:01 AM

    He is the very personification of suave. Gorgeous boy.

    And the hair! THE hair! He has 25 times more hair than Reuben (even Juliet is beating Reuben I think!) and possibly twice as much as Jessica! And she's nearly four years old! Go Ali with your lovely hair! Hope you are having such a lovely time with your wonderful family xo

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  9. JennJune 1, 2012 at 4:40 AM

    Oh My Goodness, Hanen! Congratulations!!! He is adorable, just adorable. And the hair! Oh, such wonderful news, he is with you and alive and well. Congrats, again, mama! xx

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  10. JeanetteJune 1, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    Beautiful boy, and yes another one here envious of all the hair. Ernest will be two next month and his is only just starting to grow!

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  11. ericaJune 1, 2012 at 4:15 PM

    He looks like he knows he is very loved - a very confident, suave, beautiful boy indeed!

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  12. Josh JacksonJune 2, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    A little late to the party, but a big HELL YEAH! from Los Angeles. He is a beauty and I love that name. Seriously, seriously, seriously...I know the feeling. Our little guys are just a few weeks a part.

    Peace to you guys as you walk ahead...

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  13. SchroedingerJune 9, 2012 at 6:09 PM

    Hanen,
    I apologize I am so late in congratulating you! He is beautiful. I am so happy for you.
    xoxox
    K

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