Baby-watch over

Last night I woke up at 11:30 with a phone call from Timo. Sirpa's water had broken and the baby had finally decided to come out - and they were now in a hurry, so I stumbled out of bed, threw some essentials into my bag and ordered myself a taxi. Pretty much as soon as I arrived, Timo and Sirpa were out of the door and I was left with sleeping Ella. She was a bit restless during the night and I had to wake up few times to comfort her, but nothing that gentle touch didn't cure.

I got the text message around 6 am saying that a healthy boy of hefty 4.5 kg was born at 3:59 - both mother and son are doing fine.

In the morning Ella was not impressed about the fact that I was there. She woke up, and stood staring at me for minutes - I tried explaining the situation but she was having none of it. She then went to her parents' bedroom, walked around the bed before she accepted that I was telling the truth and that her parents were indeed not there. She then walked back to her own room, gave me one last look and closed the door to my face! For a two-year-old she sure has an attitude! After ten minutes she came out though, quite happy, and asked me to read a book for her. And I was doing that when her dad came home - but now it was her time to give her dad the cold shoulder for abandoning her, and she was very sour for few minutes until she warmed up again.

So now I'm off the baby-watch. It's great that everything went well in the end.