12 Days Old!

My little babe is 12 days old! She has a name now too: Cregga Rose Eyes. For those of you familiar with Redwall, you'll love the nerd name. For those of you going "what the crap is a cregga rose eyes," she was a warrior badger who commanded a large force of fighting hares (yes they're all animals). She had a pretty name, but in reality she was a berserker who had such uncontrollable bloodwrath that her eyes would blaze red. She actually was blinded in battle because of her wrath, after which she became much more benevolent and wise. I quite imagine my little one will have the kind of berserk qualities, so I had this name in mind many months ago. 

So far though, she is anything but berserk. I've never had one that hit the ground and was immediately in love with people. I've had to give her a couple of spankings because she already wants to crawl on the people and kick up her heels at them in fun, but she gets the point pretty immediately, like any little newborn sponge will do. She wears her halter, leads a bit, wears a blanket, has been brushed a little, picks up all four feet, and picks up the front two without any restraint at all.

I have hundreds of pictures already of her - because who wouldn't! - so I'll share a few of my favorites from her first not-quite two weeks of life.  

1 day old

2 days old

2 days old

2 days old

O looking good 2 days after birth 

3 days old and looking all sorts of weird! She's still unfolding, I expect she'll look great at 3 weeks of age

3 days old

3 days old

3 days old

1 week

1 week

1 week

1 week

1 week

9 days old and having a moment lol

9 days old

9 days old and starting to look normal! 

9 days old

9 days old

9 days old and having a fit about her halter

No likey!

Super friendly - and already going grey

10 days old

She really is unfolding into something gorgeous. I give it another week and we will really see what we have, but she already is so balanced and shows such ability to sit it's crazy. And, she loves people! That's a real bonus considering how much Pax hated people for the first three weeks of her life.

Also, she is HUGE. She is so much bigger than Pax was at this age! Comparison below of Pax at one day old and Cregga at one day old:

Where did the size even come from !?