Elizabeth at one month old

It's hard for me to believe but Elizabeth is a month old already. She has been a wonderfully easy going baby so far- eating well and sleeping well and letting her brother continue to have the lion's share of our attention and believe that he is the centre of the universe. Elizabeth is growing really quickly and now weighs just over 5kgs.

Here are a few pics that we've taken over the last month.

One month old today....

Good at giving Mummy the evil eye already....

Off to see Santa

Earlier in December we all tropped off to visit Santa. Joseph's visit was a lot more successful than last year and he asked Santa for a dump truck (well, he actually asked Santa for a rubbish truck, but keeps telling everyone that he asked for a dump truck). As expected, Elizabeth slept through the whole visit.

I said smile, and they both pulled this face....

Merry Christmas from the Barrett Elves!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Joseph and his little sister

Joseph is adjusting well to having a little sister. It's only early days but he's happy to help change her nappy and bath and dress her, constantly wants to 'hold it' or 'look at it' and always announces when she is waking up (if the crying didn't give it away). Poor Elizabeth has to constantly 'look' at all of Joseph's trains and cars- luckily Joseph doesn't seem to mind that she looks at them with her eyes closed.

First hold of Elizabeth at the hospital

Joseph preferred driving Elizabeth in her 'car' around the hospital hallways to holding her.

Joseph kicking back in hospital-catching up on his Play School viewing and eating the bikkies that he sweet talked out of the morning tea ladies. It seems that he quite liked his daily outings to the hospital....

On the way home from hospital

Joseph helping to bath Elizabeth at home.

Introducing Elizabeth Violet

Our precious baby girl, Elizabeth Violet arrived on Thursday 20th November at 8.04am. Elizabeth weighed 4.3kgs (9 pounds 8 ounces) and was 55cm long at birth. It's early days yet, but she seems to be a pretty easygoing baby and Joseph is adjusting well to having a little sister.

Weighing in at 4.3kgs

Dad with all of the important details....