I have known my eldest sister Rachel my whole life. She is 7 years older than Faff and I (and 4 years older than Rebecca), so she was always very maternal and mothering towards her younger sisters. We have always gotten along despite the large age-gap, and I have always looked up to Rachel. She met Scott when they both worked at McDonald’s in their teens, and they got together as a couple in their early 20s. Scott is fabulous, and is like a big brother to Faff and I, seeing he came into our lives when we were just 15. We always had such great times with Rachel and Scott, and still do. They married in 1998, and bought a house at Mitchelton. Faff and I would stay over constantly, as we loved spending time with Rachel and Scott. Then in November 2003, the gorgeous Ella Grace arrived. The sweetest, most beautiful, chubby and warm baby girl, and everyone was just besotted with her (and still are!!). Then in 2005 Rachel, Scott and Ella moved to Melbourne, and Cooper William joined the family in July 2006. I got to meet Cooper when he was 5 days old when we flew down to Melbourne. He looked so tiny but was in fact 9lbs 15 when he was born!! Such a gorgeous, smiley little boy. Now he is nearly 3 and has the most glorious dark brown eyes, and blonde hair. He is a cheeky little boy and says the cutest things!! Ella is now 5 1/2 and in her first year of prep. She loves wearing dresses and is a gorgeous little girl with hazel eyes and light brown hair. All the Mums at prep want their sons to marry her one day :D
Rachel and Scott were just going to have two children – and were so very blessed with a healthy girl and boy. But soon, Rachel felt such a strong desire to have another child, but Scott was a bit reluctant. Then, on Rachel’s 34th birthday in June 2008, Scott woke her up that morning and gave her a card and a little gift. The card had a photo of baby’s feet on it, and inside was written ‘YES’, and the gift was a little pair of booties. What a wonderful present for Rachel – Scott letting her know he would like to be a father once more :] Two months later Rachel was pregnant with ‘Bean’. I thought that whatever Rachel and Scott named their new little daughter, she will always be Bean to me :]
At 1:30am on Tuesday 5/5/09, I got an SMS from Rachel saying she was heading into the hospital. At 5:00am, Mum and Dad called to say that the sweet baby girl had been born :] We visited that morning, but ‘Bean’ was still nameless! We were throwing names around but none seemed to suit her. Then later that day, before my second visit to the hospital, Rachel SMSed us, introducing us to ‘Molly Jane’. She is such a pretty and placid little girl. She makes me want to have a baby just like her!
