Many of you are aware I spent the last couple of months working on a calendar called Up the Duff Creek without a Paddle: Calendar Musings for Bewildered Mums to Be
where I vented my pregnancy growing pains into a dark humour self-help guide for pregnant ladies – that delves into all the unmentionables you are not alone mums!

Proud to announce, little Avalon Violet has entered the world – and what an entry 39 hour labour to push out a 9.8 pounder! As soon as Avalon uses her sensory motor skills to produce artwork she will no doubt have her own redbubble page :)




Marianna Tanke...
congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome little Avalon :)
ellejayerose:
cheers Marianna, am a very proud mum :)
Varry
She is beautiful Ella,congratulations and happy days for you ….much love and sunshine,Varry xox
ellejayerose:
aw ta Varry, think I have found myself a new life model :)
SusanSanford
Congratulations to everyone concerned! I am sure she will get a lot of inspiration grpwing up with you as her mother.
ellejayerose:
thank you Susan – she has my hands so I live in hop she likes to draw :)
Soxy Fleming
very beautiful bub and such nice big ears! congratulations!
ellejayerose:
cheers Soxy, all the better to hear you with :)mummy and daddy both sport big ones :)
Varry
And what a perfect wee possum she shall be:-D xo
charliethetramp
new born babe and mum ……an eternal image
congratulations elle wow ava lottie looks a bonny happy baby
and she will be a bundle of pleasure for sure
now doesn`t it make 9 months of inconvience
all worth while
ellejayerose:
sure does Charlie – though she could have saved me the inconvenience of surgery and a blood transfusion – I am like the Chuck Norris of Childbirth after what we went through – I would have been a much better mum to her for the first groggy couple of days :)
Nestor
Look at that incredibly thoughtful middle pose she has struck. Beautiful. Thanks for putting these up for us to see. Delightful.
ellejayerose:
My pleasure Jenny, will take us a lil while to get into a routine – though i am getting good at typing and bouncing her lil bouncer with my foot at the same time already :)
Alan Taylor Je...
Wow! Congratulations! And welcome, Avalon.
ellejayerose:
lil Ava lottie and I send our thanks Alan, I can’t wait to post some of her early abstract compositions – kids make way more interesting arts – Avalon will certainly have her own page on rb :)
aglaia b
♥ ♥ ♥ beautiful pics. ♥ ♥ ♥
ellejayerose:
such an adorable model – particularly when she has let mummy get in a couple of zzz’s
WoolleyWorld
what a Beauty! (9.8lbs!) wow and congratulations on your beautiful artwork..“Avalon”.
ellejayerose:
thanks Woolley :) she is my finest creation :)
homeartist
Oh my gosh! She is adorably beautiful. Congratulations to the new mama.
ellejayerose:
aw thank you :)
pinkyjain
Many Warmest Congratulations to you both, ellejayerose & Avalon Violet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is soooooooo beautiful, so sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!! Love her name, too. 9.8 pounds, wow, she looks so tiny, & such cuteness