Yesterday was the Best Day… #NewBaby

I didn’t do much work yesterday, but it was a wonderful day.

The weather is going from bad to worse, and I am so far behind these days that I have stopped worrying about it. Things will get done eventually.

Then this happened…

The sun came out, literally, when the family turned up, bringing the new baby for a visit.

She slept all morning, in various arms and laps, completely unaware of all the lovely things we were saying about her and that we were playing a very precious game of passing the parcel.

You remember so much, don’t you, when you hold a new baby in your arms. All those long-ago maternal emotions came flooding back, and it was as if time had rolled back fifty years…

My lovely koi tattoo is getting old and wrinkly now, just like me!

I marvelled at her tiny hands and perfect fingers. The soft down on her head and her tiny rosebud mouth. She was heavier than I expected for one so small.

I didn’t expect to feel broody when it was time for them to go home, but I did…


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  1. dgkaye Avatar

    Congrats on the new bundle of joy. <3

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Meeting her was like the sun coming up after a long winter, Debby…

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      1. dgkaye Avatar

        I can just imagine. <3

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  2. affectionarm Avatar

    Wow. congratulations 💐

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  4. karen Avatar

    Oh she’s gorgeous. My new baby is nearly two now! He’s the light of my life and I’m loving being a grandmother. Have a great week. Karen x

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Wait until you are a great grandmother… this is even more special, Karen… XX

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  5. Vinod Kumar Avatar

    So cute🥰

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  6. John W. Howell Avatar

    A beautiful child. Does fill the heart.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      She certainly filled mine, John…

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  7. Miriam Hurdle Avatar

    Aww, how precious, Jaye! I remember the smell of my two grandbabies! It was like yesterday but they are 6 and 3 now.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      My memories went all he back fifty years, Miriam…

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      1. Miriam Hurdle Avatar

        Yeah, we’d never forget those moments, Jaye.

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  8. Anonymous Me Avatar
    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      My best day in ages… I feel so blessed… 👼🏻🙏🏻

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  9. Author Jan Sikes Avatar

    She is beautiful, Jaye, and I can see why you felt a little empty when you left.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I am still feeling broody… 👼🏻🙏🏻

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  10. Cathy Avatar

    So precious 💖

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      She certainly is, Cathy… 👼🏻💕

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  11. Kymber Hawke Avatar

    She is positively beautiful! 🤍🌺

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I couldn’t stop looking at her… 👼🏻💕

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  12. Pooja G Avatar

    Aw, she’s so adorable 💕

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I wonder what she will grow up to be, Pooja… 👼🏻💕

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      1. Pooja G Avatar

        No matter what it is, I’m sure she’ll be successful and a great person 😊

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  13. harmonykentonline Avatar

    Gorgeous! 💖🤗💖🙂💕

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I feel very blessed, Harmony… 👼🏻💕🥰

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Seeing her was just what we needed, Steve… 💕👼🏻

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I do feel blessed, Annette… 💕👼🏻

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  14. V.M.Sang Avatar

    New babies are so adorable. She is beautiful.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      She is the image of her big sister, so we have two angels now… 💕👼🏻

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  15. Sadje Avatar
    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      She was so good with all the fussing, I don’t think we disturbed her at all… 👼🏻💕

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      1. Sadje Avatar

        Awesome 👏🏼

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  16. Darlene Avatar

    Nothing like a baby to cheer everyone up. She is adorable. xo

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      She did that for sure, Darlene… 💕👼🏻

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