oh wow thanks everyone, it's been an amazing day. I'm 'in the country' here so the signal is weak at times but I'll see how long I can be online anyway.
It's 10:30pm here Sunday night and my beautiful grand daughter is now 11 & 1/2 hours old 
Her name is Emily Cheryl, which I thought doesn't really roll off the tongue (see, I am critical about even the most beautiful things lol) BUT, as some of you have read before, my sister who has been beating cancer for 17 years but slowly losing the battle is named Cheryl; so when my daughter told me her name, I just cried. Cheryl is my daughter's Godmother & if it wasn't for her my kids would have missed out on a lot in life (as I was a single parent & she was my rock of support)
I have always heard of others naming babies after a family member & thought 'oh, that's nice I guess' but never REALLY understood the impact until now. I am the proudest mother & grandmother right now. I keep tearing up just thinking about it.
My daughter is doing well; baby is doing well & I'm feeling pretty darned happy/excited/lotsa other emotions right now.
Of course things didn't go to the careful plan we had all worked out; who was taking holidays when & who would be staying here to help her (as she has one little man who just tirned one and she has had a caeser which means she needs help with lifting things , housework etc) so we've all shuffled things, made a new plan & it means I will travel back home tomorrow evening & then be back here on Friday as her hubby has to work away over the weekend (even though he is the boss; some things can't be delegated!)
Oh and worst of all; I am now madly knitting my fingers off to finish all the things she asked me to make. I would have had them done in 2 weeks time, lol!
So again thanks for all your kind thoughts & I might chance looking at the forum, just to wind down a bit, lol.
(and if there's any spelling errors I apologise, I am too tired to be fussy right now... heehee
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Sherlock Holmes 28 March 13:08
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