One year later.....

Wow! We can't believe a year has passed since we returned from China with our wonderful daughter. It has been a crazy, tiring, amazing year!

Now 22 months old, Mae is everything we could have ever hoped for and so much more. She is a constant bundle of energy and smiles. She is very happy, madly in love with her brothers and Magnus (the dog), and extremely strong-willed. She is super smart, which paired with the strong will makes her quite a force to be reckoned with! She loves to climb, there is not a surface in our home that she has not climbed up to! She is flexible beyond belief and has an uncanny grace. She seldom falls from her climbing adventures, but when she does it is like watching a professional stunt woman!

One of the best parts of the past year has been watching Mae bond with Charlie and Henry. Henry adores her and they have a great time together. But she and Charlie are quite the team. Most people still assume they are twins until they look more closely and that is , in fact, the relationship they have. From morning to night they do everything together. Their faces light up when they see each other in the morning or after a nap. When one of them is lagging behind in getting to their highchair the other points and whines until they are happily beside them and ready to eat. Then the food fight antics begin...they crack themselves up while mom loses her mind!

Thanks for checking in on us. A full year later it is so easy to see that the "red thread" theory has proven itself to us. Mae was destined to be our daughter and sister from the start.