Mara!
Hello all,
For those of you whose email addresses I don’t have, we wanted to make sure you knew about our latest arrival! Mara, 2 1/2 months old, joined our family yesterday very unexpectedly (1 day’s notice), under a foster-to-adopt arrangment. This means that there is legal risk involved with her stay (it is currently a foster care placement), but we are grateful for the opportunity to parent such a young babe and to have her be a part of our family, and the rest we will take as it comes.
The kids are a little confused about her arrival. They keep asking where her mom (the social worker) went to. They are also thrilled right now to dote on her, bringing toys, stroking her, or whatever they can do to help or ‘help’! It’s very cute. Stevie probably gives her the most attention, but it’s hilarious…she doesn’t get her name straight. She either calls her Hailey (our friend’s baby), Moses (yes, baby Moses from the Bible story we read a few days ago), Mary (origin unknown), and occasionally Mara. If Rory’s nearby, he’s eager to correct her (gotta keep up that big brother role now that there’s three little sisters)!
She has been quite easygoing so far…she’s smiling in response to little games, and she seems quite healthy despite a rough start to life. I only had to get up once last night, and I even got a load of laundry done today (thank goodness Ian’s home). I’m sure it will be quite an adjustment over the next couple months, but we are looking forward to the joys she is already bringing as well.
A few pictures:
Breanna
Stevie
Rory reading a postcard from Pake and Beppe
