Bit of an update...

Well some things are going well and some things aren't.
Larissa is piling on the weight. 100grams a day which is insane. She has dropped out of her lovely sleep pattern but it is probably just another growth period. She is very alert and seems to be taking everything in.
Claire has again recovered wonderfully in a physical sense from the c-section. The pain is gone and she is able to do everything again.
The big "plus" we have is we are absolutely (short of having an ABR) positive she can hear. She is woken up by noise, flinches at loud noises and turns and looks to noise. We have an ABR booked for the 25th May (the audiologist is on leave for a month and has a backlog when he comes back... and they don't have a locum... hmmm... do we live in a first world capital city or not!!!).
The big "negative" is that Claire has PND (Post Natal Depression) again. However we have been through this once before and we can get through it once more. PND makes no sense other except when we realise that we live in a fallen world.
So lots to be thankful about and definitely some stuff we would appreciate your prayers for.

Some more pics of Larissa

More photos of Larissa

We took Katya to meet Larissa today. She was quite taken by her.

My Mum and Dad are down as well.

Claire is struggling at the moment with things. The "baby blues" are well and truly kicked in. We need to watch things least we slide back into PND again.

Larissa has a one track mind. She just wants to feed, feed, feed.

Introducing...

Larissa Louise Gardiner
Born at 2:57pm 14th April 2009 by c-section
Weighs 3.020kg


Mother and Larissa (and Dad) doing well.

More painting

These are a couple of progress shots. The green is now done. I have finally got some Tangerine paint from Resene so have almost got tow coats of that up.

Tomorrow I will work on the second coat of the ceiling, mounting the lights and final touches to the study.

Then we can start moving stuff out of the lounge.