We have welcomed Ariana ‘Ari’ Lani into the world. She is a beautiful, healthy, lovely little girl and we couldn’t be happier with her. Understandably though, I write this entry a good month after she was born, since it’s been slightly hectic in our house hold. Between the 2 chickens, 2 dogs, a husband and a baby, I feel like I am perpetually feeding everyone but myself, which has, mind you done wonderful things for my figure!
We were slightly nervous about how the dogs would take to Ari considering their jealous tendencies, but were pleasantly surprised at the protective nature of our chihuahua who guards her at all times, and as for Stella, our papillon x pomeranian, she either tiptoes around her or pays her no attention whatsoever. Perfect! Pedro the chihuahua contributes extra cuteness too by rocking her when she hangs out in her Giminy bouncer.
As for my husband and I, our initial shock at this humongous sudden change in our lives meant it took a good couple of weeks of adopting. After refusing to read baby books and deciding to follow my intuition, with the occasional help from the NHS website ofcourse, I realised that the unpredictability, and the amount of patience required to deal with it, is probably the biggest hurdle to get over. And once we got over it, life was rosy once again. Well, much rosier than ever in fact!