She's almost 8 weeks now and has been a model baby so far, thankfully only waking her mother once a night for a feed. She's packing on the pounds and now smiling and cooing/gurgling a lot and looks just like her big sister Holly did at that age.
Holly has taken pretty well to the big sister thing, offering occasional strokes and murmurs of affection but generally getting on with things as normal and forgetting that Ruby's there most of the time.
Andy took two weeks 'paternity leave' off at the time of the birth and managed to spend 90% of that time working outside on various mammoth clearance/drainage/fence and deck building works! We now have two very cool decks and lots of cool fencing as a result. Photos of deck to follow soon. We had some crazy weather in Ruby's first couple of weeks, including heavy snowfall resulting in an electricity outage (see photo below!). We made good use of and were very grateful for our new wood stove.
Thankfully we managed to escape to Galiano Island for 6 days to celebrate Andy's birthday, Ruby's arrival and the fact that there was no DIY to do. Andy's birthday binoculars proved incredibly useful for spotting killer whales, dolphins, seals, otters, humming birds etc. from our deck and shore line. We did some gentle strolling, arsing on beaches and parents enjoyed soaking in the hottub each evening. Holly equally enjoyed the hot tub and has been asking if daddy can build a hottub at home ever since!
All in all we are finding parenthood much easier and more enjoyable second time around and we are looking forward to a summer full of sun and visitors. Thanks so much for all the good wishes and gifts we have received since Ruby's arrival. They are much appreciated. Hopefully we'll be a bit better at updating the blog now that the minor detail of birth is out of the way..........
