It's been some time...

I still don't know if anyone really reads the musings here, but some encouraging words from a friend prompted me to get my fingers moving. It's been a bit of a wild ride these past weeks and I'm just starting to catch my breath. January was a blur - I thought I was really prepared for G to be away again, but my optimism proved to be wildly misleading and so the first month was a slog. It seemed I couldn't get ahead of life enough to look up and see what was coming next. Then in mid-February, just as we were adjusting to him being home again for a few weeks, we got news of a new addition to our family. The 'telling' suddenly seemed like an overwhelming prospect. Adoption is like that I suppose... every milestone is met with anticipation and excitement, but also the prospect of responding to dozens of well-meaning questions about the whole process. We were also really aware of wanting to share the news with Amelia in a way that supported her processing it before SHE had to respond to a dozen well-meaning questions. And she HAD to be the first one to know. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, my dear dad chose that day to buy Am a new horse... so she got a new horse and a new brother on the same day. Guess which was more exciting? Yup. The horse won the coveted spot at grade one show and tell day. Brother? Oh yeah, and a brother...
Four days later, a new baby arrived in my brother's family as well - a sister for his sweet four year old daughter M. So now Am has a boy (with a PEN#S!!!) and her best friend, cousin and sometimes rival M has a sister. Harumph. Luckily actually meeting the new arrival in person was quite a different story and now everybody is happy and loving all this new baby excitement (except for that p#nis part, which is still an adjustment... )
My, my, it's been quite a month, and me thinks the fun is just beginning....