It's been a year since we adopted
Noa,
Jade, and
Jon. (We didn't legally adopt
Avril-- she's
Jon's child).
Jon and
Tirzah have bonded quite a bit, both being young parents.
Avril is very happy playing with her [younger than her] uncle,
Isidore, and cousins
Jude and
Noah. We're looking into college for
Jon,
Tirzah,
Jaye, and
Parisa now-- it's very exciting. We're assuming that
Jude,
Noah, and
Avril will be staying home with
Larry and I while their parents are at school.
Noa switched her first and middle names a bit after we got her (she said she liked Esmé better anyway, people sometimes thought she was a boy when they read her name as
Noa).
Noa having a nephew named
Noah in the same house got confusing. So Esmé,
Stella,
Anna, and
Susannah are all becoming very close. They spend a lot of time drawing and painting together.
Jade and
Zakiah have bonded as well, knowing they'll be the oldest kids in the house in about 2 years. They have a lot of the same friends, and are often going out with them.
Thank you for these kids. :]
Janis and
Larry have:
Tirzah,
Jon,
Jaye,
Parisa,
Zakiah,
Jade,
Ashley,
Edward,
Alex, Esmé,
Stella and
Anna,
Jesse and
Susannah,
Isidore, and grandchildren
Jude,
Avril, and
Noah.