Emily and
Kiran
Larissa'Natalya', 5
Sunan Klahan, 3 '
Sam'
Tien Chau, 1 '
Mimi' (no idea where
Mimi came from...Natalya just started calling her that).
Kir and I are so happy to have our children home. We have waited a long while for these blessings to come into our lives. Both of us debated over the issue of whether to change the children's names or not. In the end we decided to keep their given names, and just use American nicknames. We changed Nayalya's name a bit, though.
Larissa Natalya is now
Natalya Estella, because I have bad associations with the name
Larissa, but
LOVE Natalya. Besides,
Nat has been called
Natalya her whole life, so we keep it.
The children are doing very well together.
Natalya is already very protective of
Sam and
Mimi, as we like to call them. Already
Natalya and I have bonded over--what else--shopping. She seems to be adapting very well.
Natalya has almost translucent skin and fine white blonde curls.
Sam is a little joy. He is very quiet, not rambunctious or rowdy, and very affectionate.
Sam has milky skin and (almost black) brown hair that is very thick and straight.
Mimi is just starting to walk. She has little fluffs of straight, silky black hair and dark brown almond eyes.
We are so happy to be one big family!