Arrival of Keiki

[nanila]

[Image of Keiki sleeping on me in the hospital ward.]

He's a little early.



Keiki & Mummy's legs stretched out down the hospital bed, waiting to be allowed to go home.



Keiki at home in the moses basket, at last.



Humuhumu in her new role as Elder Sibling...



...bringer of orange slices and pats on the head.



Keiki and me about five minutes after he was born.

Comments

[thirdbird]

Hooray!!!! Oh, gorgeous pics. Love love love to you all.

[nanila]

Thank you! ♥

[shirou]

Congratulations! What a sweet little face he has.

[nanila]

Thank you! I have to admit, I was a bit baffled when I saw the full head of hair. "Where's my bald baby?" :P

[davidgillon]

Oh, wow, congrats!

[nanila]

Thank you! :) It was a bit of a surprise, being quite so soon...

[ceb]

Yay! Congratulations :-)

[nanila]

Thank you! All well here.

[happydork]

Oh, he is beautiful! Many, many congratulations -- wishing your family all the joy in your first few weeks together.

[nanila]

Thank you! We're doing well. The biggest challenge is getting enough sleep, especially as I start to feel better and think I can do more (when I should really still be sleeping whenever baby does).

[oursin]

Awwwwww! Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you! We weren't expecting to see him in time for Christmas, I must admit.

[boundbooks]

Congratulations! These are beautiful photos, thank you for sharing.. :)

[nanila]

Thank you! Glad you like them - there's a mix of "shakily held phone camera" and "shakily held proper dSLR". :)

[cmcmck]

Beautiful pics!

Congratulations! :o)

[nanila]

Thank you! Very happy, albeit a bit surprised since we definitely weren't expecting him to turn up before Christmas.

[sunflowerinrain]

Beautiful :)

Congratulations. Hope you're recovering and get some sleep.

[nanila]

Thank you!

Sleep is the big challenge. The trouble is, as soon as I start to feel better, I think "Aha, again I can do All The Things!" when the point is not that I can't, but that I shouldn't - I should be sleeping when he does.

[azurelunatic]

BABY BABY BABY YAY

[nanila]

WOOO BABY! :D FUN TIMES

[yvi]

Oh Yay, Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you! So far so good. :)

[soliano]

Congratulations! Great pictures, especially that of you and Keiki. So precious and wonderful.

[nanila]

Thank you very much. I'm glad it occurred to me to take that one of him and me - it may be grainy and dark but I know I'll treasure it. :)

[lurkingcat]

Lovely pics. Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you!

[uninvitedcat]

Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you! I'm very happy, if a little surprised. :)

[recessional]

BAAAAAABY!

[nanila]

WHEEEEE! TINY SQUOOSHY SQUAWKY THING!

[ankaret]

AWWWW TINY PERSON! Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you! He is so small. It makes me realise how big Humuhumu's gotten.

[pulchritude]

Congrats! :D

[nanila]

Thank youuuu! :D

[cosmolinguist]

Hello Keiki! Good luck everybody :)

[nanila]

Thank you - we'll need it for getting through these first few sleep-deprived weeks...

[quoththeravyn]

Woo! Congratulations! And I'm so happy everyone's safe and sound.

[nanila]

Thank you! Yes, I'm hoping we stay so over the holiday period.

[pretty_panther]

congratulations :)

[nanila]

Thank you! :)

[rmc28]

BABY! babybabybabybaby

*ahem*

Congratulations, wishing you a swift and thorough recovery :-)

[nanila]

Tiny tiny baby! (Humuhumu looks positively gigantic next to him. How they grow so fast?!)

Thank you. I'm already moving better, which is a tremendous relief.

[crystalpyramid]

Congratulations!! He is sooo tiny and adorable, and you all look so beautiful in these photos.

[nanila]

Thank you! We're all very happy, albeit a bit surprised as we definitely weren't expecting him to turn up before Christmas.

[sfred]

Welcome to the world, Keiki! Congratulations to the rest of you.

[nanila]

Thank you! He seems to be very curious about the world (always peering about when he's awake).

[weaverbird]

Congratulations and much joy to you!

Welcome, little Keiki!

[nanila]

Thank you! He was an unexpected Christmas present, but a very welcome one. :)

[kate]

Oh, he is so precious! Congratulations!

[nanila]

Thank you very much! We think he's rather cute (elf ears!) but of course are extremely biased. :)