Stevie-Dawn

For the last few weeks friends of ours from Australia have been here spending time with their family that live here in Canada. (Tracy is Canadian, and Andrew is Australian.) They went to Manatoba to meet up with their friends before they headed down to Mexico for that friends wedding. Finally they were back in town, and we met up with them for supper on Tuesday night (along with another couple, Dave and Allison).

We finally got to meet Princess Stevie. She is seriously SO cute! It made me want my own, very badly (I know we have some goals we want to accomplish before this step happens though)! She is just so soft, warm and cuddly. I made Justin hold her, and he seemed quite comfortable, not scared or nervous like I kind of expected him to be like. Lately, he's been mentioning little things that make me know having children is one of his next priorities. Brings a smile to my face.

Stevie was ready for sleep when we first got to Moxie's, but I think she got a little excited with being passed from person to person, and forgot for a bit about being tired. Then she got a bit cranky, and was fussing. Allison was holding her as Stevie was crying, and announced "yup, there's a baby over here," to the restaurant. Andrew then said (just to our table), it would be different if one of us adults were carrying on like that. People just need to understand that babies don't know any different, it's part of what they do, and sometimes there is no comforting them.

We got Stevie a little gift: a fuscia Carhartt jumper, white shirt, pink Carhartt baseball cap, and little booties that are sheep skin lined. We know she won't get much use out of them (living in Australia and all), but they're just too cute to pass up! Justin picked out everything completely on his own. When he picked me up at work, he was so delighted about his find. I told him I knew he was going to be a good daddy, and this just cinched that thought! I made a cute little card with a hippo on it, that matched the fuchia of the dress perfectly - and we hadn't talked about what either of us had done.

I can't wait to become a mum, and see how Justin takes to his role as a dad. I know that when the time is right, in a couple years, that it will be perfect. Until then, I'm happy just seeing tiny babies, and getting to visit with my little cousins!