Merry Motherhood

Opal Skye Georgina Hollett is 6 weeks old tomorrow! How time flies. It seems like a distant dream the day she entered our world, could even be a dream happening to someone else. Its like she has always been with us, and maybe she has. From the day she was born, our life has been filled with so much joy, laughter and love, with a surprisingly small amount of tears. We are blessed with a superb baby, that eats and sleeps very well. Like mother like daughter I guess is what they say! She has only had one rather fussy evening as of yet, because we dragged her out to the Glanora Farm Fair when she was almost 3 weeks old. She let us know that evening that it was to much for her.

She turned 3 weeks old on Christmas eve. We had such a lovely holiday with both Ryan and my families. Opal was such a good girl and slept through most the the holidays. We played it pretty low key and didn't buy much for people. I crocheted a few things and gave a few framed first family photograph.

Once the busy rush of the holidays wore off, we were able to get back to focusing on our growing family. Opal changes so quickly, if you look away for to long you may miss a magical moment like her first smile, or holding her head up for over 5 seconds. We are enjoying the time we both have to get to know the person Opal is. She is such a balanced baby! She loves to be held all the time, and doesn't sleep much during the day of she isn't being snuggled. We don't mind! But for when Ryan goes back to work, I have the Ergo Carrier, the holy grail of all carriers!

Ryan has been off work since before Opal was born and will be off until the end of January. I think it is so important for fathers to be home for the first few weeks or even months. They have the opportunity to bond with their newborn, as well as build confidence in caring for their child.

Opal started smiling at just before 5 weeks old, and now at 6 weeks, is smiling all the time. Especially when she wakes up in the morning! She loves to look deep into momma or daddy's eyes and meet our smiles with hers. She especially loves to do this when standing up. She has even started to coo and make unbelievably cute sounds.

I feel so honoured to be the mother of this extraordinary being.  I know she will teach us as much as we will teach and guide her. Thank you Opal for picking us!