How do you measure time?

According to the calendar, today marks six months that Maeve has been with us. But as they say, time is relative... Maeve has been our child in our hearts and minds for many years now. The road to Maeve was long and winding. When we were waiting for word of her, six months was an eternity. Yet now that she is with us six months has passed in the blink of an eye.

Everything is suddently different. It is not just the daily routine of our lives that has changed (and is much more structured around nap times). Our thoughts and choices about how we live our lives are coloured by concerns over Maeve and how her future may be affected.

She has brought immeasurable joy to Pat and me and our families. I'm not sure I realized before I held her just how big the impact could be from such a tiny little bundle. We are thankful every moment to be so blessed.

Although she hasn't grown much taller or heavier since our Gotcha Day, she is a very different person from the sobbing, sweating, petrified baby that clung to me for dear life. She now toddles and babbles and kisses and giggles and hugs and bounces and scooches and wiggles. But she still sweats up a storm.

Gotcha Day





Six Months Later