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HelpRe: acg's Genetic CAF ROUND 3
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UN: avalon
LN: Llewellyn
DH: Luca Rhys (28)
DW: Greer Melisande (26)
DUncle: Dante Tristan (23)
AD: Tatiana Elizabeth "Tanya" (13)
AS: Matvey Jude "Matt" (8)
DS/DS: Euan Vaughn / Rocco Gerard (5)
DD: Tegan Meredith (3)
DDog: Charlemagne "Charlie"
DCat: Esperanza
You've adopted a daughter and a son!
So much has happened in the past three years, I hardly know where to begin. Most significantly, our family has grown by two more. We've adopted two children, a boy and a girl, and they've been living with us for a few months now.
Luca and I weren't sure that we wanted to adopt in the first place. It was a few family friends of ours who convinced us. They had adopted a sweet little two-year-old girl from China, and Luca and I got to thinking that perhaps adoption was the right way to go. Our kids were all for the idea and were very excited at the prospect of having an older sibling (Luca and I had agreed to adopt an older child rather than a toddler).
We visited orphanages in Russia and Moldova, and there were two kids who really stood out to us. We didn't want to have to choose between them, so we decided to adopt them both.
Tatiana Elizabeth is thirteen years old. She has beautiful reddish-gold hair and brilliant green eyes. She's been in the Russian orphanage system for her entire life. Officials at the orphanage couldn't tell us much about her, except that her parents had abandoned her by the side of the road when she was a few months old. Tanya, as we call her, is quiet, but she's been breaking more and more out of her shell recently. She loves to be outdoors and is an incredible artist. Tanya doesn't know a lot of English yet, but she's learning quickly. She's also teaching Russian to Euan, Rocco, and Tegan!
Matvey Jude is eight years old, with curly blond hair and brown eyes. We found him in an orphanage in Moldova, where his mother had left him when he was three. He's never met his father. Despite his troubled upbringing, he is a very happy and playful boy. I've never seen a frown on his face. He loves playing with Euan and Rocco in the backyard; the boys are the best of friends already. Matt loves playing sports: his favorites are soccer (he's quite skilled for an eight-year-old, I must say!) and baseball (which Luca and the boys have just introduced to him).
When we adopted Tanya and Matt, they didn't have middle names. So we gave them English middle names -- Elizabeth and Jude -- in case they want to go by them as they grow older.
Luca's brother Dante is still living with us, and he's such a big help with the kids. He's great with them, seeing as how he's just a big kid himself, so he's always able to keep them more than occupied when Luca and I are completely stressed out.
The twins Euan and Rocco have just started "big kids" school. They're officially in kindergarten now. Even though they just started, they both have a lot of friends. Their teacher tells me that the boys are always all over the place and can never sit still. Luca and I have talked to them about it, but I guess it didn't really stick.
Our little girl Tegan is in preschool now. She's such a girly-girl and loves playing dress-up. She doesn't like it when her brothers go off and play with their toy trucks, so she'll make them play tea party with her.
So there you have it: eight people, a dog, and a cat...all under one roof!
LN: Llewellyn
DH: Luca Rhys (28)
DW: Greer Melisande (26)
DUncle: Dante Tristan (23)
AD: Tatiana Elizabeth "Tanya" (13)
AS: Matvey Jude "Matt" (8)
DS/DS: Euan Vaughn / Rocco Gerard (5)
DD: Tegan Meredith (3)
DDog: Charlemagne "Charlie"
DCat: Esperanza
You've adopted a daughter and a son!
So much has happened in the past three years, I hardly know where to begin. Most significantly, our family has grown by two more. We've adopted two children, a boy and a girl, and they've been living with us for a few months now.
Luca and I weren't sure that we wanted to adopt in the first place. It was a few family friends of ours who convinced us. They had adopted a sweet little two-year-old girl from China, and Luca and I got to thinking that perhaps adoption was the right way to go. Our kids were all for the idea and were very excited at the prospect of having an older sibling (Luca and I had agreed to adopt an older child rather than a toddler).
We visited orphanages in Russia and Moldova, and there were two kids who really stood out to us. We didn't want to have to choose between them, so we decided to adopt them both.
Tatiana Elizabeth is thirteen years old. She has beautiful reddish-gold hair and brilliant green eyes. She's been in the Russian orphanage system for her entire life. Officials at the orphanage couldn't tell us much about her, except that her parents had abandoned her by the side of the road when she was a few months old. Tanya, as we call her, is quiet, but she's been breaking more and more out of her shell recently. She loves to be outdoors and is an incredible artist. Tanya doesn't know a lot of English yet, but she's learning quickly. She's also teaching Russian to Euan, Rocco, and Tegan!
Matvey Jude is eight years old, with curly blond hair and brown eyes. We found him in an orphanage in Moldova, where his mother had left him when he was three. He's never met his father. Despite his troubled upbringing, he is a very happy and playful boy. I've never seen a frown on his face. He loves playing with Euan and Rocco in the backyard; the boys are the best of friends already. Matt loves playing sports: his favorites are soccer (he's quite skilled for an eight-year-old, I must say!) and baseball (which Luca and the boys have just introduced to him).
When we adopted Tanya and Matt, they didn't have middle names. So we gave them English middle names -- Elizabeth and Jude -- in case they want to go by them as they grow older.
Luca's brother Dante is still living with us, and he's such a big help with the kids. He's great with them, seeing as how he's just a big kid himself, so he's always able to keep them more than occupied when Luca and I are completely stressed out.
The twins Euan and Rocco have just started "big kids" school. They're officially in kindergarten now. Even though they just started, they both have a lot of friends. Their teacher tells me that the boys are always all over the place and can never sit still. Luca and I have talked to them about it, but I guess it didn't really stick.
Our little girl Tegan is in preschool now. She's such a girly-girl and loves playing dress-up. She doesn't like it when her brothers go off and play with their toy trucks, so she'll make them play tea party with her.
So there you have it: eight people, a dog, and a cat...all under one roof!
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