Baby!

Laura Alison Mary Vale was born at about 10pm on Sunday night. It was quite a difficult birth, but Micky and Laura are both fine, so all's well that ends well. Many thanks to our midwives and all the specialists at Wellington Hospital who helped it all happen. Hopefully they're both coming home tomorrow lunchtime.

The real credit, of course, goes to Micky who was fantastic, brave, strong, and an amazing pusher, according to the hospital staff. I've never been more proud of her, in love with her, or more delighted with something which came out of her body, than I was last night. And what a lovely little girl we have for all her hard work. Thanks love!

By the way, if anyone would like to visit, please give us a bit of time to settle down first, and let us know when you're planning to come so we can say yay or nea. You wouldn't want to turn up and have your head bitten off while being hit in the face with projectile vomit...