Grandparents again. Or more things I do to get a phone signal

First of all the baby has arrived. Mother and son doing well.  We are all happy and feeling very blessed. But...... there is always a story to tell.

There is no reliable phone service here on the farm. We have intermittent signal in various places over the block and I do get phone if I stand in the middle of the road near the gate. Every now and again for some completely mysterious reason there will be a beep and in will flow a few SMS messages. Sometimes there will be time to reply, but most likely  to answer I will have to hike up to the gate.

So even though we were suspicious that baby things were happening yesterday, unless I was going to camp out in the ute next to the gate,  we just had to wait to find out.

When I was woken by an unexpected message beep at 3.30 am this morning I was certain that there was important news. Mind you the time stamp on the message was 7.45 pm last evening. For some strange reason the gods of mobile phone signals decided to allow the SMS through the ether or wherever it all goes 8ish hours later. It was a media message and the signal disappeared immediately so no time to download it. 

Sure enough after I took the car up to the gate I was blessed by a photo of our newest grandson and his very exhausted mother. Danny Charlie born tea time yesterday. I didn't reply at 3.30am , so I sent love and congratulations after another trip to the gate at a more suitable hour this morning.

Can’t wait to see him in a couple of days when they come home from Sydney. And to see his mother and big sister who have been in Sydney near the hospital since just before we arrived. That’s our job in all this…. Keep an eye on the animals.

In the meantime there are still lots of births here. New lambs every day.

Cheers Sue

A  Ferg  on the Move