Our boy

It's been very quiet on this blog, and here's one of the reasons why:  Jacob. On 27th May our little baby boy arrived.

Welcome to the world Jacob! I am still over the moon and so relieved and grateful for having a healthy child.

A half

Our baby daughter Johanna is six months today!

Back from Bavaria

We've had a wonderful summer. We really enjoyed our first big trip with our little one and there are lots of new tales to tell. So stay tuned.

The advantages of having a very small baby

When Johanna was born, 4 months and 2 weeks ago, she was only 1490 g and around 40 cm long. Yesterday she got weight and measured again: 4620 g and 55 cm.

We are so proud of our little girl. If she keeps growing at that speed she'll have to move to the bottom drawer by the end of next week.

First smiles

first smiles from Katrin Freitag on Vimeo.

Johanna practising first smiles on 21st June. She's pretty good at it by now.

I put this video on Johanna's private blog, that we started for our families to keep them updated, and I cannot believe how often they have watched it!

It's a girl!

Johanna Marie-Louise Freitag Coombes

Our baby daughter arrived on 20th March 2010 - nine weeks early.

She  had to undergo a surgical intervention as her foodpipe did not join up with her stomach and there was a connection between the foodpipe and the windpipe. In medical terms it's called Tracheo-Oeophageal-Fistula with Oesophagal Atresia.

She has recovered from surgery and everything else is fine with her. She is amazingly strong and  has done brilliantly. She is beautiful and we cannot wait to take her home. She probably needs to stay in hospital until around her due date, the 23rd May.

The bump

There's something I haven't mentioned on the blog yet...

John and I are having a baby. It'll be due at the end of May. We are so happy!