Caitlyn's referral arrived a year ago today!

It seems amazing to me that a year has gone by since I first saw the face of our little Caitlyn. It was a year ago today that Barry, Ginger & Grace, Colin, Jeanie & Anjeleigh and Ryan, Emma and I met at our adoption agency and shared the excitement of the moment together. We went to Boston Pizza after to celebrate and our girls did so well in the restaurant and danced around so excited that they were all going to become big sisters all at the same time. They were 3.... fast forward a year and I can’t remember Emma being an only one, I never worry about her in a restaurant, she is riding a bike, riding a horse and started to learn to surf this summer! She has become more adventurous in the face of having an outgoing little sister. She is protective, and responsible and so much more patient than I am!

What a year. Caitlyn is starting to talk! She has the sweetest little voice. Although her first semi sentence was "Emma, no don't" ahhh the love! She is a little monkey!She loves to climb and thinks she is big girl.
She eats with a spoon and fork, drinks from a cup, and sleeps in a big girl bed. although I must say that despite these feats, her emotions are charged... all the time. if she is happy, you know about it, she glows, if she is upset / tired, watch out, you know about that too. We still have our challenges with sleeping. but we are more of the thought that this is something to cope with rather than "fix." Every time we tried to change things, she became even more anxious and was up all throughout the night rather than once... we can live with once... well, on most days anyway. Life with 2 is a challenge. With one you can adapt your life to their needs, with two you just do the best you can going back and forth between them. I started the year feeling guilty that Caitlyn didn’t get more one on one time but have finished this year realizing that this is the life of the second child.


I return to work on October 15th... and it is looming ever closer. I feel ready to start this next stage. We aren’t doing this a third time, so I feel that real life has to be figured out at some point. The girls have started back at day care/ preschool and are doing pretty good. surprise surprise, Caitlyn doesn't always nap! Emma runs to the car on her school days and doesnt want to come home enjoying playing with her friends that she has missed over the summer. The girls are going 2 days a week right now and will go 4 days when I go back to work.

tune in next time and we'll see how we are getting on....