Hair raising issue!

By now most of you would have noticed, Ella was born with a full head of hair and style to boot. It seems to startle many people who first see Ella, I get comments like "My gosh look at how much hair!" and "I cant believe how much hair she has". I even had someone say, "She looks like she has a Ray martin hair do".
As her mum it didn’t come to too much of a surprise for me when I first saw her. One reason, and I don’t care if it is a myth, I had the WORST ever heartburn during pregnancy and two, I too was born with a mop of hair and lastly, I don’t think Jai has any worry of going bald. Even when I had an ultrasound in my 39th week of pregnancy, there it was...waving in the water...oh so long, it even took the ultrasound guy by surprise!.
But, in saying all this, all the comments must be playing on my mind because the other night I woke myself out of a nightmare, it was about Ella and her loosing all of her hair except for just the back part, a bit like what Mr burns from the Simpson’s looks like. I was absolutely devastated in my dream, so much so it woke me up! So I started to think about " why are some babies born with a full mop of hair and others you need a magnifying glass to find just one"..Of course I googled it and didn’t come up with any conclusion, is it a European thing? Does it have anything to do with genetics? Why are some siblings born with hair and others aren’t....these are the questions that I wonder. Hmmmm will they ever be answered? Probably not, but I do know this, I much prefer Ella with a full head of hair, even if it is a mullet hairstyle.

On another note..hair free one...Ella had her first set of immunisations last Wednesday and I just want to say how brave she was. I on the other hand was in near tears seeing her go through it. She did cry, or scream when they put THREE needles in her, but who wouldnt. She was asleep just before they started, but quickly woke up when they jabbed her. When it was over, she looked up at me with tears in her eyes, noticed it was me and fell asleep again. awwww. It was the first of more to come..one at 4 and 6 months. I Just hope she is as brave as she was with these last ones. I hate to have to put her through it, but it is all for the best I have to keep telling myself....but I still can't help but feel like a mean mum!

Finally a project is finished!

Tonight I finished a quilt for ellas room!! I am very excited because I thought it would never happen....I bought these beautiful fabrics not long after Ella was born with intentions of making her a quilt when I had time, I have only ever made one other for kates little boy Oscar and one for our room which I never finished (the intention was there,but it never happened!)so, when I bought this fabric I swore to myself I would get it done at least before she was in the cot...And can you believe it...I did it!! Thanks to my wonderful mother in law for getting the ball rolling and helping me by cutting out the million and one squares. Starting is always the hardest...Once that was done, it was easy getting if finished and now..Ella has a gorgeous new quilt on her bed. So her room is now almost finished. Just want to add a few more things and ellas room will be as pretty as ever, I just hope she doesn't turn out to be a tomboy!! hehe...Cause pink and green are the flavor!

Aunty Jessie has a say!!!!

Hi all...since I'm going back home soon I'm going to have my say!!!

Since I've been here I've had to endure sloppy poos in the nappy (they look like soup and smell nasty!), a whole ton of crying and lots lots more.
But they're just what babies do...when Mum and I come for dinner every night we get a bit of everything... a sook, lots of smiles, utter silence, a stench and other really cute things! Here are some of my favourite 'Ella Moments'...