A Very Special Remembrance Day

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Yesterday the 11th November at 8.34pm my 15 year old sister gave birth to my beautiful baby niece.

She weighed in at a massive 4.43kgs, 57cm long and 36 cm head circumference. The not so little beauty is yet to be named.

She laboured for 13 hours drug free before having an epidural and catching a few Z's. Then she was ready to bring her daughter into this world. And I'm proud. So very proud.

I have been struggling with how I felt about this situation ever since I found out my sister was pregnant. And I guess I still struggle to see my 15 year old sister as a Mother.

But labour and birthing is just the beginning of a long, beautiful, rewarding, difficult and sometimes stressful parenting journey.

Now I just pray that her and her 'boyfriend' (I say that lightly as I'm not sure how long he'll stick around for) step up to the plate and love, guide and cherish this baby girl.

Wordless Wednesday

Okay not quite.... I guess I should probably explain a little bit. One of my younger sister's turned 21 back in September and I thought I'd make her an online scrapbook. That was until I realised I don't really have that many good quality, high resolution pics of her *sigh*. So I've been trawling madeit in search of some jewellery for her. If you knew my sister you'd know she is so extremely picky it's not funny and is one of those 'brand name' lovers. You know the type everything must be from that expensive store and must be showy and bling and cost a zillion dollars even if it is ugly.... BLAH!!!

Anyway, I am not giving in to her demands to spend up big and have set myself a $30 okay $40 limit, and I think I've found some pretty cute things. Not quite sure she'll love any of them, and not really sure whether they're worthy of a 21st present..... what do you think??

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I honestly love them all and would be more than happy if someone bought them for me.
HMMM..... decisions decisions