Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Welcome to the world!

Welcome to the world!

Another member of the family made her entrance on Friday.

Hailey Evelyn, little sister to two-year-old Melia, was born on 21st March. She had made a few attempts to become independent of her mummy for several weeks, but was persuaded to stay in situ for a little longer.

She is now at home with the rest of her family, still unfurling like a leaf and completely helpless.

 She is the youngest of six grandchildren to our eldest daughter, and thus our sixth great-grandchild.

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  1. Babies look perfect, don't they? Well done, great granny, on the birth of Hailey Evelyn.

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    1. Babies are unbelievable - a blank canvas with a world of possibilities before them.

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  2. Oh my, that is one gorgeous baby !! She has my Grandmother's name!! I love her even more! Well done, mother of this one, She's a beauty! Sixth GREAT grand child!!! WOW!

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    1. It's odd how names go in and out of vogue. I wonder why. Influence of the rich and famous, maybe.

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  3. Holy mackerel! Six greats? 😲

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    1. It comes to us all. I was thinking that if I had married at 16 (I didn't) and my daughter and granddaughter the same, I could be a great-great- great- grandmother by the age of 80! What a prospect.

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  4. Congrats on the newest addition!

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  5. So beautiful. Congratulations. I'm sure you'll be a great grandma ;)

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  6. How wonderful, and welcome Hayley Evelin, she is a beautiful little baby. Congratulations to you all.

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  7. SIXTH Great Grand!! Congratulations and she is so very beautiful.

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    1. There won't be any more greats for a while. The next three grandchildren are busy building careers. 😁

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  8. What a joy! Congratulations

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  9. Unfurling like a leaf... and in Springtime too... beautiful

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    1. Newborns make their elder siblings look enormous.

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  10. Like a beautiful little doll; look at her lovely hair. Congratulations!

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    1. The joke in the hospital was that the baby has more hair than her father. Poor Callum takes it all in good part. He's 28 tomorrow!

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  11. How wonderful! Many congratulations! 😀

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  12. I can't imagine what it is like to be someone who produced children, who went on to have children, who went on to have children. Without you, none of them would exist. I am sure they all love and respect the matriarch of the family. Welcome to the world, Hailey.

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    1. It does give me pause for thought, I must say.

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  13. Well, that was a very welcome start to my morning, reading your blogpost over breakfast. Beautiful baby x

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    1. Thank you. Personally, all babies look much the same to the onlooker. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and all that . . .

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  14. Hi Janice - congratulations all round I'd say - I just hope all six + families don't turn up to visit all at once?! Wonderful news - cheers Hilary

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    1. We have had everyone here at once - it's quite an event.

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  15. Beautiful girl, we have not gotten to great grandchildren yet!

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  16. she is so tiny and so gorgeous and will get more beautiful each day.. welcome to your new world, sweet girl

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  17. What a joyous miracle the birth of a baby.

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  18. Welcome to the world little one and congratulations to your family on the new addition. She shares my birthday.

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  19. She is so cute and adorable!

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    1. Babies bring out the protective instinct in us, as they should.

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  20. Welcome, little one, and congratulations, Great-Grandma!

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  21. Congratulations all around!

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  22. Wow! Time marches on and quickly. Nothing like a new little person in the family. Enjoy.

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  23. Oh, she is gorgeous! Congratulations!

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  24. Congratulations! Fantastic news. :)

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  25. Wow! congratulations! What wonderful news.

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  26. So so beautiful and such good good news.

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    1. Such a relief when babies arrive intact. 😀

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  27. Awwwww welcome to the world little sausage! How sweet..... lucky you!

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  28. Congratulations, you, or rather your daughter, have enriched England with a new resident!

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  29. Congratulations and very best wishes for good health and much joy to her and all whose lives she enriches.

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  30. Such wonderful news and a lovely photograph.
    Many congratulations to all the family.

    All the best Jan

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  31. She is objectively such a beautiful baby! Enjoy, and congratulations to all. What does the older sibling think?

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