10 days ago, our baby girl finally arrived. It was a long birth (26 hours), I lost too much blood and had to be hospitalized for a brief period afterwards, but she’s been in perfect health from the very beginning. She’s quite the little philosopher who likes to stay awake at night and stare into space while making weird little noises – which keep her mommy up at night. We’re still in the process of getting to know her and figuring out how to be parents to a little baby. It’s very hard, but I think (/hope) we’re getting better at it day by day.
Her name is Edith Olenska. Edith after one of my favorite authors, Edith Wharton, and Olenska after the character Countess Ellen Olenska from Wharton’s most famous novel The Age of Innocence. So far she doesn’t seem too impressed by the story behind her name:
Oooh..what a baby doll she is, so cute and beautyful. Again congratulations, you are goint to be great parents of course, lucky girl π Love the names.
Thank you, Anja! Now I just hope they’ll allow us to call her Olenska!
Congratulations!!! What a little poppet she is, she’s utterly gorgeous. I hope you’ve recovered from such a long labour and enjoy these early moments with her. Wishing you lots of joy, and SLEEP! x
Thanks Porcelina – I’ve recovered well, now we just need the sleep part covered π
Ej hvor er hun bare kær!
Stort tillykke til hele den lille familie, og mΓ₯ I lΓ¦re hinanden at kende hurtigt sΓ₯ I kan falde til i hinandens rytmer.
Men husk at nyde den fΓΈrste tid, jeg har hΓΈrt den forsvinder hurtigt. π
Tak, Michelle! So far har den fΓΈrste tid bestΓ₯et af at vΓ¦re totalt forvirret og overvΓ¦ldet over det nye lille liv π
Tillykke med den lille bogorm π
HΓ₯ber I fΓ₯r en dejlig tid sammen, og at hun elsker hΓΈjtlΓ¦sning!
Jeg vil i hvert fald gΓΈre mit bedste for at fΓ₯ hende til at elske det π
That’s a lucky little bookworm! Congrats π
Thank you π
Γ h, hvor er hun fin!
Et stort tillykke med hende!
Oh my God!!! <3 Congratulations on being a mommy!
Your baby girl is adorable, I wish you and your family the best π
Thank you so much, Carla π
NΓ₯hhh – hvor er hun kΓ¦r βΊ Tillykke med den lille mini bogorm. I skal nok blive gode forΓ¦ldre for hende – men al begyndelse er svΓ¦r. HΓ₯ber du er kommet ovenpΓ₯ igen – du mΓ₯ vΓ¦re ekstra trΓ¦t ovenpΓ₯ sΓ₯dan en fΓΈdsel. De bedste ΓΈnsker til jer alle βΊ
Mange tak Lene! Og ja, minder mig selv konstant om, at al begyndelse er svΓ¦r … godt, at man har en sundhedsplejerske, der kommer forbi i ny og nΓ¦ og fortΓ¦ller en, at man gΓΈr det rigtige i det store billede – kan godt vΓ¦re svΓ¦rt at huske nΓ₯r man stΓ₯r med en utrΓΈstelig baby π
Congrats! She’s so adorable and I love her bookish name!
~Litha Nelle
Thanks, Litha!
Nurhh hvor er hun sΓΈd. Stort tillykke!!
Tak Karin π
STORT tillykke med den lille! <3
Tak Malene!
Stort tillykke med den skΓΈnne lille pige π
Tak Sidsel!
What a precious little girl! Congratulations! I love the name π
Thanks Ashley! I just hope her name gets approved!