Kenzie Joanna

Yippee, I have another niece! Maria was overdue by 10 days and was given the midwives concoction several times, then was induced by the gel 2 or 3 times and finally, at 5:11am this morning, Kenzie arrived. Maria managed to labour at home until about 7cm and then once she was at the hospital, had Kenzie just 1 hour and 15 minutes later! Maria def. had a bit of a rough go by not being able to sleep very much the past few days (or at all last night) and then just you know, pushing out a 9lb 7oz girl:) I'll let her blog the rest of the details.

She is a perfect little girl. Like a lot of big babies (both of my boys), they are concerned by her lower blood sugar levels and are `making' her feed every three hours (and with formula too) and pricking her heel every three hours to check if it's improving. So frustrating!! I remember with Koen how exhausting and unnatural the whole thing was. It took Koen 24 hours to be `normal'.

To me, this sweet little girl reminds me of Annika but she is def. her own little person:) When I told Kai her name, Kai said she be called `Meatball' (although Rose Petal was his first choice). I asked why. He said, `Because meatballs are just to nice and yummy!'.

I'm so excited for a new little baby in the family, gotta keep em coming with 4 sisters around:) My sister Jackie was there for the birth. I don't know that I could do it. Seeing people I love in pain just hurts my heart to the core...thank goodness I'm the one that went into labour and not Gary, I couldn't bear to watch him!

I just had a short visit as I had my mother in law at home watching the boys. I may have snuck in another visit this evening. A short one.

Proud auntie Louise!!

Suddenly Sami looks like a super cute giant next to Kenzi. These two are going to be super buddies, like Kai and Ani, being that there are just 6 months apart.

Yay for babies! Yay for family!