The Arrival

He was two weeks late but finally arrived on March 11th 2005. He was worth waiting for too!! Isn't he cute. We named him Nathan (one of Dean's uncles names, and also the name of a prophet in the Bible) Tumarae (Dean's Maternal Grandfather's name) Hilliard. He was born after 21hours of labour (aargh) at 7.46am. He weighed in at 4.16kg or 9lb 2oz, which isn't small but considering his father and uncle Reid weighed around 10lb the chances of him being small were pretty slim :-) These photos are of his first month. I have to say it's pretty hard yacka in the first coupla weeks when you're sleep deprived and have no clue what you're doing (well that was me anyway!) But it does get easier and they do get more enjoyable. And just look at that cute smile, enough to make you forget about the long as labour and birth.