We had a few more visitors on Sunday which was nice, including cousins Charlie and Mollie. We didn't get a photo of 4 month old Mollie but she reminded us how quickly they grow in just a short amount of time! Only seems like yesterday we were in visiting Scott, Katrina and newborn Mollie in hospital. Chiara was a good girl for her visitors and slept pretty much the whole time.
{Charlie & Chiara} {Uncle Scott & Chiara}
{Ange & Chiara, with Emily supervising in the background}
{Melinda & Chiara}
{Ali & Chiara}
The girls popped back in for another visit on their way home from church. I don't think they could stay away. I knew the girls would want to come and visit with us often while we were in the hospital but I didn't think it would be as hard as it was for them to leave every time.
I remember when I had Emily, it was hard for Leilani to say goodbye and she got quite upset at the time - which then made me upset, but she was only 2 then and it was more because she missed her mum. I thought the girls would be fine this time but they were so desperate to stay and hold their new little sister they really struggled saying goodbye, and most of the time they wanted to stay - well I think they really just wanted to take Chiara home!
Once they left they were fine and had a great time with Grandma & Grandad but I think it was a hard couple of days for them knowing Mummy & Daddy were in the hospital with the new baby and they couldn't stay with us.
I had a nice restful afternoon on Sunday, just Chiara & I, as we decided Mick should go and stay at home with the girls because they had already been at Grandmas for 3 nights now. We also weren't getting a real lot of sleep in the hospital so thought it best that at least one of us get some shut eye tonight! So Mick went down to Mum & Dads for dinner and then took the girls home. I missed not having him in hospital with me, but ended up with quite a bit of company in the end as Lisa came and visited that night which was really nice and then I also found out that my Boss from Salamanca Inn was actually staying in hospital as well because he and his wife had just had their 3rd baby!!!
It was really funny actually because I had seen on Facebook earlier in the day that they had their baby, but I wasn't really sure which hospital they were in. As Lisa was leaving that evening I was telling her about Andrew and Emma and how I was wondering if they were 'just down the hall' and as I opened my door to say goodbye, who did we see - Andrew! He was actually chatting to a Midwife to see if I was here - as he had also read on FB that I had my baby! We had a quick chat in the corridor and then he went and got Emma and their new little baby boy Frank and we spent the next hour or so chatting in my room! It was great to catch up with them and so exciting that we had both had our 3rd babies together! They had their 3rd boy and we had our 3rd girl!!!!!
The hospital was actually really busy the whole time we were in there and I feel really grateful that we even got a birthing suite. Andrew & Emma missed out and were stuck in this tiny little room down the other end of the corridor (until I checked out the next day and they asked for my room!!!) We also bumped in to some other friends from church on Sunday morning who had just given birth to their 2nd child earlier that morning, so it was all happening at the Hobart Private on show weekend!!
A BIG thank you to everyone that came and visited us while in hospital, and for all the lovely gifts Chiara was given. It's a shame I didn't get a photo of everyone who visited - but we remember who you are and we really appreciated it.
