He was born last week. 48 hours after Juliette's waters broke. In those two days, I managed to get food poisoning and he managed to pick up an infection.
So 8 hours after he was born, he was taken from his mother and placed in the high dependency unit. Poor lad has had a hard week, he struggled to breathe and had to be put on a glucose drip. Apart from us not being able to take him him home, his grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and cousins haven't been able to meet him yet. But he's on the mend how, right now he'll be sleeping peacefully in the arms of his mother in hospital.
We've spent most of the week there, changing him, talking to him and holding him. He should be home by the weekend and I cannot wait. There are no words to describe what it feels like to be a Dad. I love him very much.
By the way, I've bathed him and he loves the water, looks like he'll be a swimmer....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to the family, I bet the wait has been well worth it :)
He is a fortunate young chap to be born into such a loving family. Hope you both recover well!
Oh and PS: please don't abandon the blog! Even if you won't get much time to write about stuff!
Posted by: Andrea Nastase | October 26, 2009 at 07:52 PM
Many congratulations to you all and welcome to young William David Andrew.
Lots of love
Fee and Chris
Posted by: Fee and Chris | October 26, 2009 at 09:38 PM
Congratulations to Juliette and you on your newborn. Young William definitely seems to be a "Bundle of Joy"....
Posted by: Anil | October 27, 2009 at 04:39 AM
wow.
Posted by: gemma. | October 27, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Congratulations!
Lovely name too. :)
Posted by: Will | October 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Congratulations to the Hovells family.
Good work Mrs. Hovells. Great hair Hovells junior. Get a wax Mr. Hovells.
Hope you're all on the mend and back home soon.
Posted by: Stu | October 27, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Congratulations to all. Similar thing happened with our second - was horrid not being able to take him home. But all good in the end. Good to see he hasn't inherited his father's hair.
Posted by: Pieman | October 27, 2009 at 04:14 PM
late to this... congrats dude!
Posted by: doug | October 28, 2009 at 02:29 PM
He's beautiful. Congratulations to you both.
Posted by: Louise | October 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Congratulations :)
Posted by: Rob Mortimer | November 02, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Wonderful. Really, really wonderful.
Posted by: Rob | November 03, 2009 at 02:15 AM
Well done you all - great news Andrew - enjoy this time which is a truly beautiful time.
Posted by: Tom | November 04, 2009 at 05:14 PM
Hi there Andrew,
After our brief meeting last year and your suggestion that I 'make myself known', I thought that this is the perfect time to do so.
Many congratulations to you both, and with boys aged 6 and 3, I can highly recommend 'Raising Boys'.
Best wishes
Judith
Posted by: Judith Doherty | November 11, 2009 at 05:12 PM
Hello Judith
Nice to hear from you. Hope things are okay with you.
Still enjoying Larry David one presumes?
Posted by: northern | November 16, 2009 at 05:47 PM