Maeve is now 17 months old and doing really well. Her Montessori school is starting to transition her to the 18-24 month class. They usually don't do this for about another 6 weeks, but agree with me that she's ready and will really enjoy what the other class is doing (ABC's, numbers, songs...basically stuff she's been doing for a while now). We know, she's brilliant! :)

We also moved into our new house a few weeks ago. We've been taking the transition slowly and opting for spending time with Maeve rather than feeling the need to be completely unpacked and all sorted right away. She and I have both been sick (me much worse than her, thank the Lord), so that hasn't been much fun...but hubby has been doing an awesome job working double duty while I got some much needed rest.

We also had the great joy and honor of baptizing our daughter at the end of February. It was wonderful to have family in from Ireland, Chicago, and South Texas. It was a bit hectic, but we all had a great time.

Maeve in her traditional Ethiopian dress.

Reading with PaPa 'dine


Bubbles with Daddy and cousin Georgia.