tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44697065324243666362024-03-14T11:58:57.101+11:00Bless Us with Bubs!New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-15332884798652717032014-08-28T11:04:00.001+10:002014-08-28T11:04:16.875+10:00It has been a while<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I cant believe that our gorgeous three are now 20 months old and the terrible twos are fast approaching!<br />
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Seriously being their Mum just keeps getting better. I still pinch myself that we got so lucky.<br />
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They are climbing everywhere, running (although Sophie is still more tottery than Lilly and Jack)<br />
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Jack is now in his own room because he was able to climb safely out of his cot. He now has a racing car bed and loooves it<br />
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Here are some recent pics.<br />
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<b> I love this pic.....at a beautiful lake and park in Lysterfield Victoria watching the ducks</b></div>
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<b>Having fun riding the miniature railway pictured Jack, Lilly then Sophie</b></div>
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<b>Jack loves playing in tunnels</b></div>
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<b>It's hard to keep their pants on these days.....preferring to watch Daddy mow the lawn then play dressup with Mummy!</b><br />
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<b>Sophie adored the Carousel at Luna Park</b></div>
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<b>And Lilly loooved the horses too!</b></div>
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<b>And finally a video that captures our kids laughter.....here they are on Chuggington ride. That white jumper Sophie is wearing had chocolate milkshake all over it later that day!</b><br />
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Congratulations to our gorgeous extended family in Argentina on the birth of Teo Benjamin....a very successful sibling project through SCI. Love you Palmese Family! And to Jenni and Brian and their gorgeous newborn daughter Rani - so over the moon for you.<br />
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Finally I am so so happy that we had our children through SCI under the very capable hands of Dr Shivani. I love being part of this special family. xxxx Love to you all and our surrogate Mums L and K xxxxx<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-60816261232043992202013-12-29T20:33:00.001+11:002013-12-29T20:33:21.410+11:001st Birthday and 1st Christmas at Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just a few statements to describe SCI, Dr Shivani, Margarida, our amazing surrogate mums and our egg donor........not that this can adequately describe our feelings.<br />
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Our babies turned 1 year old on 16 December so we had a smallish gathering of family and friends on Sunday 15 December. I wanted all of our kids to have their own cake so I made them an elephant cake each...but by far Jack's chocolate cake (in blue below) was the most popular!<br />
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To honour their heritage we had a touch of India as a theme with our girls dressed in beautiful and colourful Indian dresses and I made Jack a waistcoast with elephants.</div>
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Sophie our oldest!</div>
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Our baby boy Jack</div>
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It was a wonderfully moving day for Andrew and I and we created a video to honour their creation and their 1st year.</div>
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It took us over a week to open up all their birthday presents.....so many generous beautiful gifts. </div>
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And then we had their first Christmas at home which was so amazing. On Christmas Eve, I made all of us a special dinner and then we danced with our three in our arms to Christmas Carols, before putting them down regretfully to bed after a nice warm bath.</div>
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Here are a few pics of our three .</div>
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Jack the Christmas Elf</div>
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A very cute Santa Lilly</div>
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Sophie the Christmas Angel</div>
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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year xxxx</div>
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It has been a few months since I last blogged. Not because I am slack just it is a busy world with 3 babies!<div>
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In October we had our great friends from Argentina stay with us. We met Gachy and Fernando in New Delhi in November 2012 as they were also awaiting the arrival of their baby Francisco who arrived 6 days before our three. We became good friends with them and since our return home we have been in regular contact with them. Having 4 babies in the house and trying to show our Argentinian family the tourist sites of Victoria was no mean feat but we managed to get away to the Great Ocean Road 12 Apostles etc.....the weather was so so cold and windy.</div>
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Whilst our friends were staying with us, we were so happy to hear that our Miami friends Rueben and Ryan had been successful in legally adopting their twins Zara and Aiden. We skyped them to wish them congratulations. Ryan, Gachy and myself hit the Sarojini Nagar markets together a couple of times in 2012 for baby items as well as spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day together.</div>
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During October we were also so excited to hear of another SCI couple's success with the birth of their baby boy Pono. Congratulations to our Hawaiian friends Robert and Joanne (and their dog Woody).</div>
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For me, the unexpected and delightful part of our surrogacy journey has been the wonderful worldwide SCI family that has been created. The strong bonds that have been formed across the globe often bring tears to my eyes. This includes our very own Australian SCI'ers and I treasure the new friendships that have been formed especially the Baker family and their gorgeous boy Kai whom our Lilly girl makes goo goo eyes at!!</div>
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I have started planning our bubs 1st Birthday party and I cant believe how quickly this year has flown. Our babies are growing up fast. Lilly is crawling everywhere and trying hard to get to standing position on her own without help. Sophie loves her sleep and pretty much sleeps right through the night for 11 - 12 hours and is always happy to have long naps during the day. Jack has decided he can hold his own bottle and is feeding himself. Lilly also wants to do this now - the independence I am starting to see from all of them is such a delight. They are such gorgeous little people. How did I get so lucky?</div>
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Here is a recent picture of our three treasures sitting on their sofas.</div>
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Jack on the blue sofa, Sophie in the middle and Lilly at the end.</div>
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I am not at all prepared for Christmas mainly because I was busy in India in December 2012 and I missed the Melbourne Boxing Day sales - this is where I do alot of my Christmas shopping for the next year!!!</div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-70691811901702393402013-08-06T21:40:00.000+10:002013-08-06T21:40:32.577+10:00We live in such a great place.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I feel so lucky and blessed...not only did my lifelong dream of becoming a mum come true, I live in a wonderful country and with a great local Council that is supportive of our babies. A week ago our babies were officially welcomed to Frankston region by the mayor. Our babies received a lovely certificate and a showbag with books, toothpaste, toothbrushes etc. The ceremony was lovely and they had a beautiful afternoon tea with blue and pink cupcakes. Here is a photo of us and the Mayor with our three bubbas.<br />
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I finally got a place for all our three in the same day care centre once a week and the centre is right across the road from us. They had their first day there today and Mummy cried walking back home. But they enjoyed it very much and they are so exhausted they are now soundly sleeping. I missed them very much but also enjoyed having some time to myself.<br />
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They are growing up so fast and their favourite new toy at the moment is the Jolly Jumper.<br />
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Lovely Lilly girl enjoying her thumb</div>
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Jack loves the farmyard exesaucer activity centre</div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-79661258663587718402013-06-12T11:36:00.000+10:002013-06-12T11:36:59.011+10:00Half a Year Old<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been a couple of months since I last blogged but I do try and catch up and read everyone else's blog when I have time.....<br />
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I cant believe it but our gorgeous 3 turn 6 months old this Sunday 16 June......they are doing so well growing like weeds and loving their 2 meals of solids a day. We have been using our back living room as a giant playroom for the bubs and still a little work to go to make it crawler proof.......<br />
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I love being their Mum and they are such good babies. They had their first colds all together last month and we survived that.....humidifiers are an absolute must.<br />
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Here are some recent pics. Once again how do you ever thank Dr Shivani, our surro mums L and K our donor for such a wonderful gift?<br />
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Our 3 love playing together on the 2 activity mats...they are growing so fast we might have to buy another mat so they can still play together!<br />
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It is never easy getting a family shot where all bubs are looking at same time!<br />
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On Rosebud Pier on a sunny Queens Birthday holiday<br />
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Sophie and I - this pic looks airbrushed but I swear it is not!</div>
New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-58160467156292171352013-04-15T13:54:00.000+10:002013-04-15T13:54:11.076+10:004 months of absolute Joy!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our babies are 4 months old tomorrow and I cant believe how quickly they are growing. I love them so much and everyday is a joy to see what they will do. We are so blessed that we got three gorgeous happy and health babies.<br />
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Here are some recent pics as we went swimming again. It was also lovely to catch up with Dr Shivani a week ago when she was in Melbourne for Surrogacy Australia conference.<br />
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Mel, Andrew, Sophie, Lilly and Jack<br />
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Mummy with Lilly</div>
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Mummy, cousin Alix with Jack, Daddy with Lilly, Auntie Lindee with Sophie</div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-8199386397071291332013-03-18T09:07:00.000+11:002013-03-18T09:07:29.730+11:00Best decision in my whole life.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I will never ever be able to sufficiently thank Dr Shivani, SCI Healthcare, our egg donor and our wonderful surrogate mothers for the gift of our three children. Everyday the joy they bring to our lives just brings me to the verge of tears of happiness.<br />
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This was the best decision that I have ever made in my entire life.<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-70953317679857792172013-02-24T09:38:00.004+11:002013-02-24T09:38:55.376+11:00Smiles and First Swims....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am so in love with our children and now that they are 9 weeks old they are smiling all the time which makes my heart melt.....we took them for their first swim yesterday....here are some recent pictures.<br />
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Smiley Miss Sophie</div>
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Lilly girl smiling and blowing raspberries</div>
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Happy smiling boy Jack</div>
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Lilly and her cousin Alix</div>
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Miss Sophie with Honorary Auntie Tracey</div>
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Just thought I would post some very recent pictures of our beautiful 3 now a little over 7 weeks old. They had their vaccinations recently and gosh they were in pain a few hours later......it took some hours to comfort them and settle them down. I wish I could have taken the pain away from them...<br />
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And to all of those on this journey who have had their blogs visited by trolls.....I am really hoping these ill informed trolls have the bridge they are living under fall on them or otherwise become somehow enlightened to troll elsewhere! It is such a shame our little community has to put up with these opinionated and ill informed individuals.<br />
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Take care everyone.<br />
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Our gorgeous three rocking and bouncing but mostly asleep</div>
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Lilly wide awake wearing a Winnie the Pooh (Classic) outfit</div>
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Smiley Sophie girl</div>
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Our bright eyed boy Jack</div>
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Jack fast asleep now</div>
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Lilly asleep</div>
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Sophie with monkey toy - she likes monkeys!</div>
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Sleeping Lilly loves her cow (Avent) soother</div>
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Sophie enjoying the rabbit bouncer</div>
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Thanks everyone for your lovely well wishes on our homecoming and also support around the less than welcoming other side of the family. We are very blessed already with the family and friends we do have which includes the wonderful people we were priveleged to meet on this journey.<br />
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Have posted some more homecoming pics ...these ones were taken at Melbourne airport by a dear friend who is more like family thanks so much Nigel (Tracey's equally fantastic half) .....it reminds me of that movie "Love Actually" where they have filmed the comings and goings of people at an airport and the emotions this ensues...<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-84038165250414440362013-01-20T06:42:00.002+11:002013-01-20T06:42:47.760+11:00EMOTIONAL HOMECOMINGS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We arrived home last Monday 14 January into the arms of loving family and bestest friends. We were tired after the flight, transit time and lack of sleep . At Melbourne airport there were queues a mile long for immigration and customs and I looked at all of that and groaned. My wonderful husband went off seeking help and on both occasions and we were able to jump the queue because of our triple treats in hand! Thank you to the wonderful staff at Melbourne airport for that!<br />
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Of course when we came out of the doors our family were waiting further down so there was the obligatory running towards each other and crying with babies in arms. I so loved cuddling my two sisters at once with our Lilly girl in my arms. Have you ever seen that movie "Love actually" where they film the comings and goings at an airport? It was very much like that but so much better!<br />
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It is so much easier being home and hubby and I think we have worked out the night routine so we are both getting about 5-6 hours of sleep with a core period of 4 hours in one block.<br />
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Our babies seemed amazed about what is around them and they all appear to be having growth spurts!<br />
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My family has been amazing, from one sister making a huge lasagne and stocking the fridge, to offering our nieces to help babysit overnight and during the day through to my other sister coming to help out on one of her only 2 days off per week. So many things really.....They are incredible.<br />
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On a very upsetting note, a visit to Andrew's mother so she could meet the babies didnt go too well. There was barely any interest and she asked us to leave within an hour or so of being there...furthermore when we were driving down the main road near where she lives, Andrew saw his brother so he stopped the car and asked him to come and meet his family. Andrew's brother rejected the offer saying he had to get back to work...he then turned away as Andrew kept calling him. It has deeply wounded Andrew.<br />
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After this we decided to go to my sister's place as she was nearby. Her husband welcomed us and the babies with open arms. He ran out and bought celebratory drinks and we stayed for the best pizza I have had in a long time. Andrew and Den talked about what happened and I love how Den supported Andrew with this issue. It was beautiful watching Den and Nic with our babies. I especially love the pic of Den smiling at Jack and Jack clearly smiling back - see below. Upon leaving their place, Denny talked about his culture (Punjabi) and gave us some money for the babies. This brought both Andrew and I to tears....Denny kept saying to us and he is so right "we may not have a big house but we both have big hearts". They are such good people and I love them so much.<br />
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I couldnt do this without my amazing family.....my sister Lindee and her husband Neal have been amazing (she made the lasagne, stocked the fridge and pretty much kept lots of things under control for us whilst we were in India). I find myself talking to her about my feelings as a mother and it is so reassuring that my feelings of inadequacy through to insanity are fairly normal!!!!)<br />
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Today we have bestest friends coming around including the honorary adopted Grandma Helen. Cant wait to see them - our friends Tracey and Nigel came to the airport when we left for India and also when we came home...they have been so supportive of us from the beginning and it is so wonderful for our babies to have these marvellous people in their lives! Very very luck babies!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Dr Shivani if you are reading this - thank you again for the most amazing gift. Hope to see you in a few years time.</span></div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-64066924202894570242013-01-10T22:45:00.000+11:002013-01-10T22:45:29.897+11:00We survived the FRRO......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our babies got Australian citizenship on Tuesday 8 January 2013 and yesterday we got their emergency passports. I will never be able to thank the wonderful people at the Australian High Commission and DFAT enough for making the process go so smoothly for us and our babies - this was very quick given DNA results did not arrive until Tuesday morning. Any Aussies on this journey over the next six months the contact at the High Commission is Jennie MitchelL and she is fantastic. A big thankyou to Maree Rogers for giving Andrew the tips and her contacts for this process....<br />
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Today we went to the FRRO with our 3 babies in hand. I had every document under the sun and more learning from other people's previous experience.....the only additional item they asked us for was for us to write a document to certify that we undertake to care for our babies born through surrogacy. That was easy - I wrote it and hubby and I both signed it straight away on the spot. A fairly redundant document though in our view.....so at 11.30am we thought we were home and hosed with babies passports being stamped.....lo and behold they then started questioning Andrew about his surrogacy visa (medical visa).....Why did you not register with the FRRO as you have a medical visa? As Andrew tried to explain that his visa was a surrogacy visa they did not care. They said well you need an exit visa now yourself and we will fine you. So Andrew had to go to a cyber cafe, register for exit permit and then queue up again. My niece and I came home with the three babies and we were home at about 1pm....with babies passports with exit permits in hand. For Aussies it is 3700 INR per exit visa - I dont understand why there are different costs if you come from a different country???<br />
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At about 3.30pm Andrew came home with his exit visa in hand at a cost of 1600 INR......so the process is over ....we head home this Sunday 13 January 2013 to the loving arms of our family......sigh of relief<br />
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It feels so surreal......India has become a second home........we not only feel blessed to now have our three bubs but to be part of a special family with lots of Indian cousins that are living around the world. So to Aiden and Zara and Ryan and Ruben and to Francisco and Gachy and Fernando - this is not goodbye but see ya later or in Hindi fill a malinga (बाद में मिलेंगे).......we love you all very much and are forever in our hearts.....we are going home to save money for future trips for ourselves and babies to visit their cousins in Miami and Argentina......<br />
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Love Sophie, Lilly, Jack, Mel and Andrew and Rachel<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-66069607441898919582013-01-06T14:19:00.000+11:002013-01-06T14:19:32.038+11:00A Family reunion....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My beautiful niece arrived in India on Friday night to help us on our last leg towards home. With three babies we need 3 adults to accompany them home so our darling niece very happily volunteered her services.<br />
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It was emotional seeing her at the airport and the big surprise was that she got through customs very easily and was out of the airport within 35 minutes of her plane landing - is this unheard of at Indiria Ghandi airport?<br />
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So Rachel is with us for a little over a week. So far I have taken her shopping at M Block market where she bought herself a coat and a warm hoodie pullover as she didnt really believe how cold it could be in Delhi. After spending a measly $30AUD on these two items we did more baby clothes shopping.....<br />
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Last night we had a pizza night with Gachy, Fernando and Francisco and Ryan and Ruben and Zara and Aiden. There were lots of laughs and a touch of sadness as we realised this would be the last time we would be altogether as Ryan and Ruben fly home Wednesday night and Gachy and Fernando the next day. We have been so blessed already with our 3 gorgeous children but to have also met these wonderful people along the journey is so incredible. I cant wait to take our children to Miami in 5 years time or so (Disneyworld Orlando) but also to catch up with Ryan and Ruben and Zara and Aiden again and hopefully a trip to Argentina can also be in the plans. I will miss them all so much ......Thank goodness for Skype to help stay in touch.<br />
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This week sees us ensuring all the paperwork moves along smoothly so we are thankful Rachel is here to help out with the babies. Today Andrew and Rachel are seeing the Taj Mahal so I have my three babies all to myself.....<br />
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Here is a pic of my gorgeous niece on her first night in India cuddling her cousin Sophie....<br />
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I cant believe it has been a week since I last blogged! Getting the babies into a routine and getting to know them, Christmas parties, haggling for good prices for baby clothes at Sarojini market, meeting our surrogate mothers, getting the paperwork rolling have all filled up our busy days! I did have a bit of a melt down on the night of Christmas Eve. After having a party with Ryan and Ruben Zara and Aiden, Gachy and Fernando and Francisco we did not finish up until 1am in the morning. The babies were very unsettled so I had zero sleep that night after having had maybe averaged 4 hours previous 3 nights. When the power went out at 4am in the morning and the heat went off 2 of the babies started howling and I could see nothing. I screamed out to Andrew who was soundly sleeping through all of this just like his son Jack who didnt wake up at all....my brilliant husband came down and lit the gas stove so we could get heat and light...it was all over in 30 minutes but I cried like my two daughters were crying telling them how sorry I was.....this was all because of sleep deprivation in the main. I have also been very emotional during the Christmas season because my dream has come true .<br />
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Anyways, we have decided that with 3 babies we will have a nurse every second night and have Lalit on an ongoing basis - she is really good!<br />
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Lunch at Moet's Restaurant on Christmas Day with the compliments of Dr Shivani and Dr Vishal was really lovely. A big thank you to them. Meeting other new parents was really good. A big shout out to Maree and Pat - I am so glad we met again having met up at a conference in Melbourne earlier this year. I am so looking forward to staying in touch with you.<br />
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Everything is looking good for us to fly home on 13 January, Thanks again to Maree for helping Andrew out at the High Commission. For Aussie IP's coming for baby pick up in the next 6 months. The contact at the Commission is Jennie Mitchell (she goes back to Australia though in 6 months time). Also the Commission will accept cash you dont need a bank cheque at all....you also cannot apply for babies passports simultaneously - you must wait for citizenship certificate to be decided and then you can lodge the passport application. We are paying a priority processing fee of about $103 for each passport application and we need to explain reason for urgency but everything is great. We should have babies passports 9 or 10 Jan and then we can go to FRRO 11 or 12 Jan before we fly out on 13/1/13........<br />
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Here are some more pics since 21 Dec when I last blogged...wishing everyone a Happy New Year for 2013.<br />
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Sleeping Sophie girl</div>
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Lilly soundly sleeping</div>
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Christmas Day at Moets Restaurant Defense Colony compliments of Dr Shivani and Dr Vishal Gachy and myself wearing traditional dress<br />
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Christmas Eve in our apartment with my friend and new Mum Gachy</div>
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In celebration mode but still feeding babies from left to right me, Gachy with Sophie, Andrew with Jack and Ryan (India Calling) with Zara<br />
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Our babies Christmas menagarie</div>
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Daddy feeding Sophie and cuddling Jack (or burping him)</div>
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Andrew and our dear friend Fernando (Gachy's husband and Francisco's Daddy)</div>
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Jack at 1.5 weeks old</div>
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Ryan, myself and Gachy at Sanjorini Market - best place for baby clothes - haggle for prices</div>
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Sophie the reindeer waving </div>
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Lilly girl my gorgeous kissable girl</div>
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I am loving parenthood! I love everything about it even the sacrifice of sleep. I love being with our babies and cuddling them, smelling their newness, changing their at times very interesting looking nappies, swaddling them so they are snug as a bug. The thing I love the most is in the wee hours of the morning when they are fed, burped and changed, I love the wonderment in their eyes and over their face as I sing to them. Special special moments I thought would never come and I will treasure forever.<br />
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And my husband....is it possible to love you more? Yes it is. Not just for this fabulous gift of a family but everytime I watch you with them, your face beaming with pride as you tend patiently to their needs.....makes me very emotional.<br />
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Wishing everyone a Merry Merry Christmas.<br />
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Here are some more photos!!<br />
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First day home with our babies - photo taken by new mum and new friend Gachy</div>
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My beautiful sleeping Sophie girl - she is feeding happily in my arms at the moment</div>
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Lovely Lilly girl...kissable cheeks</div>
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Master Jack has a smile that makes you melt Our favourite NICU Nurse Gina</div>
New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-8053535706680432432012-12-18T01:45:00.002+11:002012-12-18T01:45:39.667+11:00Our babies are leaving the hospital Tuesday !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
That's right Dr Gupta and Sisters Dina and Gina were so happy to tell us that our babies could come home with us Tuesday morning. They are all feeding well - I think Lilly is feeding very well and is the little guts of the three!<br />
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Our babies had their hearing tests today and all good. A blood test in the morning to see levels of jaundice (if any) etc and we should be bringing them back to their Indian home around lunchtime.<br />
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Rahul is helping us to bring them home. Tomorrow we will get their passport photos done as they have all started to open their eyes.<br />
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Many thanks to Rachna and Meena for helping us today with the birth certificate process. We now put the pedal to the metal in getting all of our other paperwork and processes done. Whilst we knew we would be having an Indian Christmas we are hopeful we might be able to get home and leave India around 13 January 2013. We shall see how we go.<br />
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Got to thank Dr Shivani personally today and gave her a big hug - how is thank you ever enough though?? Our surrogate mothers are still in hospital recovery post c section and we wish them a speedy recovery.<br />
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Here are some more pics. Needless to say we fall deeper in love with our children everytime we see them.<br />
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Our little monkey and first born - Sophie Zelie Bowes Hay</div>
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Me feeding Jack our son - my very first time feeding him</div>
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Lilly sleeping after feeding very well and having a good burp (and a whoopsie)</div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-48938968885784870842012-12-16T23:49:00.003+11:002012-12-16T23:49:44.513+11:00Blessed with Bubs!!! 2 girls and a boy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Still crying, still overjoyed that our 3 little ones have arrived safely into the world on Sunday 16 December 2012<br />
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Dr Shivani and SCI angels and of course Dr Gupta and Eden Hospital how will we ever be able to thank you?? I love you India<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Then their baby brother Jack Bowes Andrew Hay entered the world at 1.56pm weighing 2.9 kgs.</b></span></div>
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Here is the oldest of them all Sophie Hay with her Mummy (that;s me my face says it all I am sure)<br />
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Daddy and Lilly both having a bit of a cry and a cuddle</div>
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-29435127532770236792012-12-12T16:17:00.001+11:002012-12-12T16:17:38.628+11:00Meeting more great friends on this journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Friday night we also met another lovely lovely couple who are at the end of their SCI journey. Fernando and Gachy from Argentina. When we met them they knew instantly who we were from reading our Bless us with Bubs blog.<br />
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Last night we went out to celebrate the birth of their beautiful son Francisco Augustine. Here is a pic of our celebrations.<br />
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For those of you in Delhi who want to try some really yummy food at decent prices that wont break the bank go to Beluga in GK2 M Block Market (yes there is an M Block in GK 1 and GK2). They have a great terrace bar that has heaters for the cooler nights and they have a restaurant. So far we have tried their vegetable tempura (yummy melt in the mouth), tenderloin (buffalo) lasagne, duck confit salad, thai chicken, tom yum soup, tiramisu and cherry roulade.<br />
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Today we hope to find out when our babies will be scheduled for c-section.<br />
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Hopefully there will be news soon. And if anyone is looking for a great 3 bedroom apartment for baby pick up I have to recommend where we are staying. It is about $3500 USD per month but has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, washing machine within fully equipped kitchen, 2 sunny bathrooms and in a quiet area of GK2. I will eventually post some pictures on here for you to see. It is huge and we have our own sitting room and dining area and the master bedroom is huge too!.<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-74964285201220641052012-12-06T23:11:00.003+11:002012-12-06T23:13:12.228+11:00Christmas Decorations in our Delhi Apartment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Whilst these pics dont really do justice to our apartment in New Delhi and the decorations go nowhere near to how over the top we decorate at home it is nice to have some Christmas warmth.<br />
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We met a lovely US couple today just starting their journey with SCI . To respect their privacy, I will only use their initials R and J - we had tea with them at the Coffee Bean at M Block in GK1 and are going to catch up with them again tomorrow night.<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-69384568132274007162012-12-05T21:18:00.000+11:002012-12-05T21:18:51.867+11:00Greetings from Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are in Delhi and after checking into our intial accommodation we are now settling into better accommodation as the first was not what we paid for etc.<br />
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Our 3 bedroom apartment in Greater Kailash 2 is close to another M Block market but this one has mainly hardware and bathroom stores. However there are some great coffee shops, restaurants and some yummy bakeries!!! Red Moon Bakery delicious.<br />
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Have set up the babies room and now turning my mind to putting up some christmas decorations.<br />
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Just want everything prepared for our babies arrival which could be any day now - who knows but I do know that many twins seem to come before the 37 week mark so we will just sit tight and wait and see.<br />
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Planning to pop into SCI over the next day or so just to say hello.<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-3693049514896554282012-11-17T22:51:00.000+11:002012-11-17T22:51:32.172+11:00Beautiful Bellies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I will never be able to thank our beautiful surrogate mothers L and K for taking such good care of our babies. Cant wait to cuddle and kiss you our little ones. Stay safe until then.<br />
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Here are a couple of beautiful belly shots<br />
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L carrying our twins - they are both very close to 2 kilos each - poor L is carrying close to 9 pounds of baby and continuing to grow!!</div>
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See you soon little ones - cant wait to have our first Christmas with you!!!! xxxx Mummy and Daddy<br />
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And to Dr Shivani and the staff of SCI - you guys are amazing and words will never ever be able to express our gratitude....thank you xxxxx</div>
New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-47227922063564983472012-11-10T22:02:00.002+11:002012-11-10T22:02:26.674+11:00Early Christmas Celebrations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is such a busy time at the moment with many engagements over the upcoming weekends. So with our dear friends we decided given our hectic diaries that this weekend would be the best to catch up for an early Christmas celebration......we wont be in Australia for Christmas and we knew we wanted to have a few laughs and champagnes together. So we had a christmasy BBQ at our place.<br />
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Our dear friends spoiled us....and our babies.....take a look at the pics below. Our babies are going to look gorgeous come Christmas Day! These gifts brought tears to our eyes. Polar bear shoes, reindeer shoes and our babies will all have perfectly matched outfits.<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-56184142556446177422012-10-27T11:57:00.000+11:002012-10-27T11:57:00.012+11:00TIPS FOR AUSSIE/VICTORIAN IP'S - MEDICAL SURROGACY VISA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After alot of anxiety with trying to get hubby's visa we have sorted it out. I got my visa within 3 days but hubby's well we had to keep nagging the processing area. In reality the processing arm of the Consul were out of their depth. My very smart husband sat in the queue at the processing centre and then asked to see the manager. As it was clear to him that they were floundering with what to do, he asked for an appointment with the Consul, of which he got within a matter of a day.<br />
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The wonderful Meg and Margarida also assisted us with ideas to try and expedite this along and also with some assistance from Sam Everingham (Surrogacy Australia) we are now on track.<br />
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Hubby arrived early for his appointment and they took him up straight away and he met directly with the Vice Consul. The processing arm clearly had not provided any of the information we had supplied. What they needed was:<br />
1)copies of our marriage certificate (they seem to want to know that we had been together for 2 years or more)<br />
2) copy of our surrogacy contract<br />
3) Letter for Dr Shivani<br />
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Hubby had taken extra copies into the appointment with him....he also gave the Consul a copy of a National Police Check Andrew had recently had done for another non related purpose. They were impressed by that actually as it went to his good character they said.<br />
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Anyway, the Vice Consul explained that his visa would be successfully processed as they had sufficient information. By the time hubby got home from the city, he had emails from the processing centre saying his application had been successful accepted and he should receive it within 4-5 days. Yay!!!!!!<br />
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So any IP's planning on doing the surrogacy visa dont even bother with the processing centre ....The Consul recommended people in similar circumstances to come straight to them for an appointment.<br />
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So our anxiety levels have now dissipated over that issue and we are now eagerly awaiting the birth of our 3 babies....Delhi here we come in 4 weeks time! Yay!!!!!!!<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-19823318969403838512012-10-20T17:23:00.001+11:002012-10-20T17:23:38.728+11:00Lists....are they a sign of nesting??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have lists everywhere....at home....in my handbag, in my head and now I am getting so anal I have A3 style butcher's paper up around my work office walls with all the planning and work I need to get through for the remaining 4 weeks...<br />
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I have never really been like this but I am finding the lists strangely calming as I progress through what we need to get done and I can tick items off. Today, we had our 3 baby car seats professionally fitted in the Landcruiser. It wasn't an easy job for the professional but pleased to say they are now done.... Hubby and I became teary driving back home peering into the back to see the three car seats there....we never thought the day would come when this would happen.<br />
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There is this great place nearby to us that sell second hand baby and kids gear at a drastically reduced price and they know us very well in there. We were there getting the car seat fitted when I found something very important for the baby nursery....you see we have Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eyeore and I think somebody is buying us a Piglet....but who was missing from this crew that has an Australian heritage??? That's right it is Roo!!! Hard to come by but we got it....I also got great baby netting for the cots....the lady knows us so well now she gave us a bag of sample nappies, bepanthen etc etc....very very handy and so thoughtful.<br />
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Our bags are all packed apart from toiletries and underwear (baby's gear all packed). I think we will be managing to take about 300 nappies with us which will only last about 10 days with 3 babies so will be ordering further nappies online when we get there. I have my visa just waiting for hubby to get his...we applied under medical/surrogacy for his and had some difficulty but they have now gone away to process it (we hope) and havent asked for further information. Hubby will go into Melbourne CBD office if he hasnt heard anything mid week and jump on their wheel to get it done..........we leave in 5 weeks time tomorrow ....yes I know so far ahead of schedule I am ridiculous but I cant help myself.....I have been waiting all my life for this to happen and I think I really believe it now........God please look after our babies and our wonderful surro mums in the interim.....<br />
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New Year Dreaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759690857403299303noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469706532424366636.post-55053743285027270862012-10-07T21:14:00.000+11:002012-10-07T21:18:37.520+11:00What a beautiful Baby Shower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My lovely, lovely family organised a baby shower this afternoon for me. Amazing handmade decorations of paper onesies with pooh bear on them pinned across the fireplace.....a big colourful sign saying "Congrats on Becoming a Mum"....yummy food , wonderful company with good friends, some fun little games and some amazingly generous gifts. I am so emotional tonight......<br />
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I told my sister this the other night and also shared this with everyone today. My sister L is an amazing Mum and reminds me of our mother.....I told my sister how I aspire to be a great Mum like her....how I thank God I have my sisters around to help me to learn from them given that our Mum has now passed on.....my big little sister "N" is so caring and generous and I cant wait to see her hugging our babies......I feel so blessed with my family and friends......I feel blessed we are having 3 bubs.......my blog subject is soon to be a long awaited reality....I feel it so close within our reach.....please God let it really happen......<br />
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