The midwife visited us yesterday morning and found both Tara and Sophie's progress to be excellent - so gave us a day off today without a check-up. Tomorrow the midwife will visit again ad carry out what are called "Guthrie Tests" looking for phenylketonuria (I see a prize in the offing for the first person to let me know how to spell this phonetically!), congenital hypothyroidism and sickle cell disorders. So it's a quick heel prick blood test for Sophie, and she will also be weighed to make sure that she is doing well.
We had our first "excursion" yesterday. We decided to test our buggy driving skills and took Sophie to the shopping mall to get her a passport photo taken - as usual the photo doesn't really do her justice, but on the grand scale of my NZ passport photo and the slightly worring picture of tara looking like a vampire for one of her ID cards I think that we have got off lightly!
On the trip we also visited the registry office so that Sophie could become a real person! Tara sprung a little suprise on me and added an extra name when the registrar asked us what she was called. So she is now Sophie Ellen Trixibell-Lulu Kay.
Just kidding! She is now Sophie Ellen Patricia (for my mum and Grandma) Kay.
After yesterday's exersions we have had a nice relaxing day today. Sophie let us get to sleep at about midnight and only wanted feeding at 4am and 8am so we got a reasonable amount of sleep each. I spent a good proportion of the day trying to get the passport form filled in correctly. I think I've now got it right - and it only took 3 goes!
Travelling Sophie:
Stephen
2 comments:
awww. I love you little girl! She is just so adorable guys, I can't get over it. Tara I still can't believe you are a mum. It's so amazing. Love you guys! xoxo
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