Along with the 5 (and 1 grandchild!) you have given us, we also have welcomed children from two other agencies recently. The family now looks like this:
AD:
Sarah Charlotte, 17, no disabilities, Violin and art
AD:
Melissa Jane, 16, no disabilities, music
--DS: Makai
Kameron Sage, nb
AD:
Rachel Ava, 16, movies, cooking, and writing
--DS:
Kyle Maxwell, nb
AD:
Izumi Julienne Matilda, 14, no disabilities, music and fashion
AD:
Patton Grace Hikari, 13, no disabilities, music, drama, clothes
AD:
Angeline Marcelle, 12, no disabilities, reading and writing
AD:
Mei Natsuko, 10, no disabilities, outdoors, sports,
AD:
Etsuko Maren “Suki”, 9, no disabilities, learning, reading, cooking
AD:
Madison Donna, 9, cats, drawing, and writing
AS:
Dawson Mitchell, 6, reading, soccer, and movies
AS:
Henry David Kaito, 5, no disabilities, reading, sports, outdoors
DS: Daxton
Sora, 2, no disabilities, likes building blocks and scribbling
AD: Julietta
Rosalyn, 2, no disabilities, laughing and clapping
AS:
Simon August Kazuki, 1, no disabilities, likes babbling
AD:
Honor Vivienne, nb, no disabilities
D?:
Kaori is expecting…
Quite a big family now!
Melissa and
Rachel bonded rather quickly, and they're sure Makai and
Kyle will grow up being best friends.
Honor is absolutely adored by her older siblings, especially those closest in age to her. Daxton is quite taken with her.
Etta's name is now Julietta
Roslyn, and while the family still calls her
Etta, she may become
Julie someday. We'll see.
Dawson and
Madison have settled in well.
Dawson, being the oldest boy in the house (underneath 8 big sisters!) has quickly taken on a big brother role for the smaller children.
He plays with
Henry a lot, since they're closest in age.
Madison has become rather good friends with Suki and
Mei, which is interesting since they are still learning English. It's interesting to see them try to work around that barrier.