why Hello Master Fergus!

If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you will have seen two of these photos already, but I really want to share them with readers here as well.

I love this one of newly minted big sister Harriet waiting for her mom to put baby brother Fergus in her arms

And then this one, with her look at mom just glowing with a confident intimacy, an almost conspiratorial exchange about this little fellow on her lap.

And now I’ll tiptoe away and let the siblings get acquainted u

nder mom’s guidance (isn’t my daughter beautiful the morning after a wee hours home birth?)

Tiptoeing out of the room now . . .

Hope your weekend is going well. Spring’s settling in here, and it’s very welcome!

34 Comments

  1. Patricia
    28 March 2015 / 10:34 pm

    Wonderful! Congratulations to all!

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:30 am

      Thank you!

  2. K.Line
    28 March 2015 / 10:50 pm

    Frances – these photos are awesome! And I cannot believe your daughter's elegance so soon after giving birth. Honestly, I was half-dead. She is entirely present.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:21 am

      I know! She's pretty fab, right? Partly, it's the hair, which is like a force of its own — thick, curly, and that colour! But she'd also be pretty amazing even bald. 😉

  3. Marie
    28 March 2015 / 11:08 pm

    So sweet! And the captions are perfect! I agree that your daughter is amazing. Fergus is so clearly a newborn, but she doesn't look like she's recently given birth.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:22 am

      And it was left than twelve hours ago, in her own bed! 😉

  4. Madame LĂ -bas
    29 March 2015 / 12:52 am

    Fergus looks so new! Your daughter looks so relaxed with her two little ones.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:22 am

      Yes, we'll see if that relaxation lasts . . . things get a wee bit trickier as the numbers increase. . .

  5. Pondside
    29 March 2015 / 2:38 am

    How utterly precious. Thank you for sharing this. To see our sons as fathers is wonderful but thee is just nothing, nothing at all like the worry and the joy when our daughters give birth.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:23 am

      It's so true, those unspoken (who would dare tempt fate by speaking them?!) worries, finally released. . . the joy on so many levels.

  6. LPC
    29 March 2015 / 3:09 am

    Fergus! So Irish! All the beautiful things. Play him some Van Morrison, I bet he'll know the sound.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:27 am

      And Yeats and Seamus Heaney . . . and he'll have to pay a visit one year to that emerald country. Perhaps Nana will have to plan a jaunt . . .

  7. High Heels in the Wilderness
    29 March 2015 / 3:23 am

    What gorgeous shots. You daughter does look beautiful. I can't imagine where she gets her lovely curls from.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:27 am

      I know, such a mystery! 😉

  8. Elizabeth at Eiffel Tells
    29 March 2015 / 4:50 am

    Priceless moments that so easily get lost if not recorded. As a mother, I find these images are particularly touching. Thank you for sharing them with us.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:28 am

      I was so pleased to be there and capture that first meeting. So glad you enjoyed them and thank you for commenting. I checked out your blog and love it!

  9. Lucille
    29 March 2015 / 10:52 am

    Those are very touching photos. How lovely to have caught those unrepeatable moments.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:29 am

      I do feel very lucky to have caught the moments — thank you.

  10. Duchesse
    29 March 2015 / 2:39 pm

    These photos choke me up (in a good way) and remind me how simple love is, how we were put here to love. Thank you for sharing them, the photos are eloquent and beautiful.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:29 am

      Aw, thanks, K. I can't help but think of you every single time I post a photo of a little one.

  11. Susan B
    29 March 2015 / 2:52 pm

    How wonderful that you could be there to capture this moment. And how generous of you to share it. Just beautiful!

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:30 am

      So pleased you enjoyed.

  12. Mardel
    29 March 2015 / 4:28 pm

    So beautiful!

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:30 am

      Thanks, Mardel.

  13. That's Not My Age
    29 March 2015 / 4:30 pm

    How fabulous – and Fergus is such a great name. Congratulations one & all!

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:31 am

      Thanks, Alyson. I'm so happy with the name myself, I must admit.

  14. Unknown
    30 March 2015 / 12:37 am

    What precious pictures. The baby looks almost as big as his big sister. My family is past newborns. I envy you the new life. There is nothing like a new baby.

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:32 am

      We will soon be past newborns as well, I suspect, although there may be one or two for us yet. Hard to believe this second round (the grandchildren generation) is whipping by so quickly. . .

  15. Georgia
    30 March 2015 / 1:13 am

    They are all beautiful. Is he a redhead like Mum and big sister?

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:34 am

      Can't be sure yet, but it does look as if he might be ginger, at least, with a redhead's complexion — perhaps not as red as his sister nor as dark/auburn as his mom's.

  16. Unknown
    30 March 2015 / 1:19 am

    These are so beyond priceless! Just beautiful!!

    • materfamilias
      30 March 2015 / 3:34 am

      Thanks, Jennifer.

  17. SmitoniusAndSonata
    30 March 2015 / 4:12 pm

    They're all beautiful … and your daughter positively glows !

  18. Lorrie
    31 March 2015 / 2:34 am

    My heart swells as I look at these photos. Beautiful life. Welcome Master Fergus. Such a great name, too.

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