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Hello everybody, nice to meet you.

My name is Amelie Matilda.

I was born last Tuesday at 4:32pm and I weighed just 3.56 kilos. Mummy and Daddy have been waiting a long time for me to join them. In fact, they have been peering inside Mummy, watching me grow since I was smaller than a grain of rice, right to the day before I came out.

My birth day started pretty quietly....Mummy and Daddy got up and we all had breakfast in bed like we do every morning, although it was still dark. I could hear them talking, so I kicked and pushed to say hello as I like to do at this time of day. They pushed me back!

Although Dr Chen was planning to bring me out himself, I had already made up my mind to come out and give my Dad a special birthday present - me! Suddenly there was a rush of water around me and I was being squeezed a bit by mummy's tummy.

Apparently coming out is supposed to hurt Mummy a lot, but it didn't really seem like it. It was pretty quiet for most of the day. Mum and Dad were chatting and laughing, and I think they were even napping. They were talking about something called "contractions" all the time....Daddy kept telling Mummy about "big ones" coming on - I think he was reading the machine in the room. I don't know about that, but it was getting pretty tight inside and Mummy didn't seem at all worried.

All of a sudden I could feel some cool air on the top of my head, and I heard Daddy getting excited. I guess he could see my head coming down. Mum was pushing and pushing and pushing. Then I heard Dr Chen come into the room, and he told Mummy that if she didn't push harder he was going to grab my head with some big tongs! Suddenly Mum did six big pushes and I was sliding and rushing out into the bright lights and all the noise.

Some mean people started poking me and vacuuming my lungs and nostrils which made me really yell! After a little while someone wrapped me up in a blanket and gave me to Mummy so I could see her for the first time from the outside.

Since then I have been a little angel, although I like to make it quite clear if I don't get my milk fast enough - especially between 2 and 4am in the morning. Maybe I am impatient like my Dad. I have lots of lots of clothes and toys from all of you and I am very spoilt.

I've been pretty busy too. On my first night home I went to Mario's Pizzeria because Mummy and Daddy really needed some real food after the hospital. We went shopping the next day to buy even more stuff for me, and this morning I went to an Indian temple to see a festival. I must be like my Mummy too, because I slept right through all that loud drumming and chanting.

Anyway, off to bed again - four sleeps just isn't enough for one day. Looking forward to meeting all of you soon.

Lots of love,

Amelie.