Gratitude Practice 2015 Day #18: Six Months of Motherhood

Today our sweet baby girl is six months old! In the life of a baby...this is a big deal. We have successfully kept a human alive for half a year which when you think about it...is something to celebrate. Measuring life in month-long  increments is kind of strange but also makes sense as you watch a human being grow...so many milestones and fleeting memories...so much growth and development and change...and so so so  much love. Like most mornings, today she woke up happy. I hid behind her door a bit longer than normal today just to listen to her babble and talk and sing. I have a feeling I will do this "hiding behind her door thing just to listen to her make sense if the world' thing for months and years to come. Her now toothie smile is infectious and she squirms and squeals and wiggles when she meets family and friends and faces she recognizes. She is curious and serious and endlessly emotive...oh, her eyebrows! Six months of motherhood. Six months of lullabies and laundry. Six months of bottles and bursts of love and gratitude. Six months of life altering love and I'm still in shock that all of this is real. Adoption is the best and sweetest blessing and one I can't advocate for enough.  Our sweet baby is lovingly referred to as our joy bomb as her arrival has blown our worlds apart in the most spectacular way. Today I am grateful for six amazing months of loving and learning from sweet Sarah Kate!