Sorry, I forgot the number :-) I'll say... 33!
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The Brey family of Stuttgart, Germany
H:
Christian (44) – Dark brown hair, Blue/Gray eyes -- Actor
W:
Morgaine (38) – Light brown hair, Blue/Gray eyes – Director
AD:
Mariette Danielle "
Hettie" (27) – Black hair, Brown eyes
--DBF:
Maximo Julio (26) – Brown hair, Brown eyes
--S/D:
Thierry Julien "
Tea" (11) – Dark brown hair, Brown eyes /
Liliane Sophie "
Lia" (11) – Black hair,
Hazel eyes
--D:
Sarita Clarisse "
Sari" (3) – Brown hair, Brown eyes
AD:
Mahalia Ceilidh (20) – Brown hair, Green eyes
--D:
Aisling Eilidh "
Ash" (4) –
Red hair,
Gray eyes
AD:
Adelaide Marie "
Ida" (18) – Black hair, Brown eyes
AD:
Viveka Kristina (18) – Brown hair, Blue eyes
AS:
Edward Wallace "
Ed" (16) – Black hair, Brown eyes
D:
Tabea Muna Gaia (16) – Dark blonde hair, Blue/Gray eyes
AD:
Mia Emma (15) – Brown hair, Green eyes
S:
Matthew Arthur James (13) – Blonde hair, Brown eyes
AS:
Armando Lucian (13) – Brown hair, Green eyes
AD:
Dana Mchumba (11) – Brown hair, Brown eyes, African
AD:
Ethna Orna "
Ena" (10) –
Red hair, Green eyes
D/S: Linnéa Caitrìona
Niamh "Néa" (9) – Brown hair, Blue eyes /
Linus Gideon Tate (9) - Brown hair, Blue eyes
S:
Taliesin Drystan Leaf "Tali" (1)
ROUND 5:
After three years, we decided to adopt for probably the last time. This time it was a sibset consisting of three children,
Armando,
Dada and
Ethna.
Dada decided to have her name changed to
Dana.
Armando is a very serious kid who had been responsible for his sisters since they were tiny. He is a little shy, but
Matthew and he became friends immediatly. They will sit for hours not talking, but happy.
Armando luckily calmed
Matthew down a little.
Armando is always helping the members of the family, and wants to please everyone. He is very open minded and sad about the death of his mother. He won't say so, but he has hard feelings against his mothers boyfriend who ran away leaving him and his siblings. It will take a while until he will trust adults again, but it should be ok soon.
Dana is a real tom-boy! She is on the go the whole day, and although she is 7 years younger than
Ida and
Viveka they have already taken her rock climbing! She will probably take a while to get used to going to school and having a "regular" daily routine.
Ena is very similar to
Dana and looks up to her, but also "very" dreamy. She will sit in a corner and be lost in her world.
Nea and
Lia really like her though and always want to hear stories about
Ena's adventures.
Hettie and
Maximo had a daughter three years ago, a little darling called
Sarita Clarisse,
Sari for short.
Ash and
Sari have a little hate/love relationship. They either love each other, or they will shout and fight. Hopefully this will grow out soon.
Mahalia hasn't got depressions anymore and is starting a college art course later this year. We are very proud of her! She and
Hettie are still good friends.
But not only
Hettie had a nice surprise,
Christian and me also had another child of our own, a son, one year ago. He is called
Taliesin Drystan Leaf, Tali for short, and he is a very bright and happy child.
Ida and
Viveka have finished school this year and will be going to South
America for a year. We will all miss them!
Ed,
Tabea and
Mia are also still very good friends.
Linus and
Tea are the equivalent too
Ida and
Viveka when they were young, they both want to be football star when they are big.
And
Lia and
Nea, well there isn't much to say. They are like sisters :-)
We are very happy, even if it is exhausting at times, for our great family, thank you!
ROUND 4:
Since Néa and
Linus are a bit older we decided to adopt again.
This time we decided to go with a teen mother again,
Shannon and her one year old daughter
Aisling Eilidh.
Shannon wished to change her name to
Mahalia, but keep her middle name. So she is now called
Mahalia.
Hettie lives a few streets away and is a great help. She and
Mahalia sit together and talk for hours, probably about how hard it is to have a child so young. And about how that doesn't mean live is already finished!
Hettie has met a man and they now live together since 2 years. We just got the news that she is pregnant again, and that she and
Maximo Julio are happy about being a family of five. We hope that
Hettie can help
Mahalia with her depressions aswell as the rest of the family.
Ash did have problems at first, but adjusted quickly to her new "siblings".
Ida and
Viveka are doing fine. They are still best friends and share everything. And they are still very wild!
Ed,
Tabea and
Mia have also formed a little group, in which they all help each other in the things they aren't good in.
Mia may not hear very well on her right ear, but she copes really well - the same as
Ida with her's.
Matthew,
Tea and
Linus are our wild threesome! They run around and play football all day long!
Nea and
Lia are the same, as soon as they get together they will disapear until it is time to go home. We are very happy with our big family! Maybe even bigger soon?
ROUND 3:
Elsa and
Mia are very happy to join our family.
Elsa wanted to change her name to
Viveka, so we let her. She started going wild water kajaking with
Ida, and they get along fantastic.
Mia has no problems with her ear, we are used to having a child that is deaf on one ear, except that it is the right this time. :-)
She is very clever and loves to help
Matthew with his homework. She,
Edward and
Tabea have become closest friends.
Hettie finished school and is nearly finished with uni. She will be working in the same town and keep living with us for a while, so we can help with
Tea and
Lia. They have both started school now, and love confusing people by talking about all their brothers and sisters. Although this is technicaly not correct :-)
We had another addition to our family four years ago -
Morgaine had twins! At first we were a bit shocked, as twins mean a lot of trouble and work (and we know -->
Tea and
Lia!), but can also have serious medical conditions. And
Morgaine didn't want to give up work.
But it all turned out fine,
Nea and
Linus are healthy and the whole family helped along! Luckily the kids weren't to young anymore.
Tea and
Lia obviously love
Nea and
Linus to bits, and they play together a lot.
ROUND 2:
Adelaide and
Edward have joined our family without any complications.
Edward wanted to change his name, as he got teased at school because of it (
Edwin) and he choose
Edward. He and
Tabea get along great, she helps him around school and finding new friends.
Ida, credits for this go to
Tea and
Lia this time, loves her new younger siblings, without a doubt. Her ear doesn't bother her at all.
Hettie is just finishing her school education and wants to study social work afterwards.
Tea and
Lia can't wait and are really excited, as I am pregnant again!
We don't know what gender the child is yet, but we are all looking forward to it.
Matthew is really happy, as he can finally play football with
Tea - more or less!
ROUND 1:
Mariette,
Hettie for short (
Tabea and
Matthew couldn't pronounce her name from the start), has moved in and we are very happy to this addition to our family. Her twins were born healthy and together with
Hettie we decided on the names
Thierry Julien and
Liliane Sophie. Credits for their nns go to
Matthew again,
Tea and
Lia, as
Thierry and
Liliane are to hard for him.
Christian and I help her with the twins as good as we can, she has a small flat on the top floor of our house with her own kitchen and bathroom, but she spends most of the time with the family downstairs. She get's along great with
Tabea and
Matthew, teaching them French (which is good, as
Christian and I are very bad at it!) and babysitting in the evenings when we both have to work. Of course, we look after
Tea and
Lia at least once a week, when she wants to go out, she is still young after all! She has also joined a drama course and is really enjoying it.
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