Babies...Amelia's story

I met Melia back in 2003 when we both worked at Police HQ. I worked for a Super Intendent, and she worked within the Branch for a Senior Sergeant. One day she came into my office to do some photocopying, and she could hear the ‘Dirty Dancing’ sound track playing on my computer. She commented on what great music it was, and we started chatting. And that’s where it all started, we were great friends from then on. We would have lunch together every day and had a shared love of cheese and sauces – our favourite foods to share were hot chips with mayo and tomato sauce; nachos with the lot; and nibblies, in particular our favourite – cheddar cheese cubes with tzatziki dip (if you’ve never tried it, I suggest you do!!). Melia is four years younger than me and was new to Brisbane from Boyne Island, so I always felt kind of like a big sister type of figure. We always had a lot of fun together – I introduced her to the joys of Prince’s music, and we had a shared love of Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes and saw both in concert a few times. Our perfect day would be devouring nibblies and nachos to the sounds of the Best of Prince and the Best of Cold Chisel (we must do that one day!).

Melia went through a few tough times in 2004, and she moved back to Boyne Island so we lost contact for a little while. We would email and SMS occasionally throughout 2005 and 2006, then in 2007 she was back in Brisbane and had met and moved in with Ben. We met up a few times that year. Come 2008 and we are on each other’s Facebooks. I moved house to near where Melia lives and I bumped into her and Ben at the local shops in November 2008 --- with her 20 week pregnant belly!! :] We chatted and it was just like old times, and from there we were solid friends again.

Melia and I went shopping for baby stuff, and she came over a few times for some nachos and punch :D Then, on 10/4/09 (Good Friday), she gave birth to her beautiful baby boy, whom she named Stone Samuel. I got to meet Stone on 12/4/09 (Easter Sunday) at the hospital – he is so tiny, and such a little dude :]