Six Weeks of Lucy

/ Katie

Y’all. This baby.

She’s incredible.

Wednesday marked six weeks since my sweet Lady Lucy’s arrival, and we are in love and elated and tired and busy and just so, so happy.

And tired. So tired. Very tired.

But she’s worth it. Every exhausted minute of it.

Honestly, it’s so much more easy than I worried it would be. And also more challenging. And just amazing.

One of these days, I will sit down and write about this whole experience – birth and postpartum, being a new mom, learning how to care for a tiny, perfect human. But right now, I’m all about the baby snuggles.

She’s growing and changing every day. She’s making eye contact, lifting her head, grasping at our fingers, staring at Merlin (who is patiently trying to teach her exactly what human hands are for, which is petting him, of course!), listening, watching, stretching, wiggling, and just being the most fascinating little creature I have ever encountered.

I won’t overshare about her here, because I’m sure you’d all get tired of it and wonder where all the poems and short stories went. And I will get back to writing those! Soon, I hope.

But for now, more snuggles. And coffee.

This is the life.

73 thoughts on “Six Weeks of Lucy”

  14. cutie pie. my firstborn is nearly 36 now. she was the easiest baby. she would fall asleep on my chest almost every night. she trick us good. my wife said lets have another. melissa was born next in 1990. OMG she was a nightmare LOL. I love her do not get me wrong but went through baby sitters like Jason from Friday the 13th. I could handle her but others could not. My 3rd child is the only boy. He was even nicer than my first. Them middle childs, WHOAH!! Look out!! 😉

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    • This made me smile! They’re all different, aren’t they? I think Lucy is likely to be our only one, but she is so sweet, she makes it easy to think about having more. I’ve been told I was a tough baby, but my husband was apparently super sweet and calm. I think we’re both pretty nice and easy-going these days. 😉 It takes all kinds!

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    • She got here a little early, back in November. 🙂 She’s amazing, and I’m doing great! Tired, but just incredible grateful and happy. How are you? Been a long time!

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  26. Even though you’re tired, write it all down. Write down every little detail because one day (and this is so hard for you to believe right now), but one day these moments will be far away and the details will be so hard to remember. The things you feel so acutely today, may be only a very fuzzy distant memory in the future. So write it all down. It’s so hard and it’s so wonderful all at the same time. Best of luck to you.

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