5 weeks old tomorrow

Not to be redundant, but Olive will be five weeks old tomorrow.  In someways that feels like a short time, and in others it feels like a significant amount of time.  As I have stated before on here she has changed.  She spends more time happily awake and alert.  All four of her grandparents can confirm this as she has been doing a lot of skyping, and ichatting lately.  She also spends time unhappily awake and alert, where she cries and screams, but that usually has more to do with me trying to convince her that she can fall asleep if I just rock her in my arms rather than walk around with her.  Since we've been home from the hospital I think I have done about a million laps around our apartment walking her to sleep.

I love seeing her grow and develop.  As she matures she becomes more aware of the world around her, and more independent which means I get more moments like this, where I can type without a baby in my arms.  But at the same time I love that she is a tiny baby (okay she was never exactly "tiny") and as much as I want her to sleep in her own bed, I can't help but think I will miss her when she finally does.  Jen was over on Friday night and commented on how much bigger Olive seems to be.  It made me feel happy and sad at the same time.  I want Olive to grow and develop, but I also want her to stay my baby for as long as possible.

Smiling in her sleep.  And before anyone freaks out that I have her sleeping on her stomach, I had just laid her on our bed while I got dressed, I figured as long as I was watching her, she couldn't suffocate or anything else.