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A much belated note, but there you are:

Rosa Cecelia born 7:12 am 20/05/2012 at Wellington Base Hospital, almost 5 years and six months to the day of her big sister. Hospital midwives were superb, and frankly an infinitely better experience than we ended up having with independents.

Rosa weighed in at 4 kilos, bigger than her big sister, but otherwise her resemblence to Ada is striking. Ada is delighted by her little sister, and Lias appears to be profoundly pleased at having another half-sibling.

After 3 weeks to the day, Rosa is going well, Maire is tired, and Ada is still delighted; on the day we took Rosa home, we picked Ada up from school early and when her teacher signalled to the class Ada’s little sister was here, Ada announced, “Don’t you wish you were me?” in a tone of happy pride. The difference between the old delivery suite and the new one is amazing and delightful, as was Maire having a room to herself during her post-delivery stay; moreover our experiences last time taught us to camp out in hospital until a couple of difficulties that recurred this time were cleared up, rather than heading for home.

I’m delighted. I now have two wonderful girls to chase after.