First of all, an overview of the family as it is now. We decided to give all of them middle names, and to keep their first names, because we rather like them :)
H: Django
MaddoxW: Emie
Sofie
S:
Damon Marlowe (13)
S: Jabari
Bronte (12)
S:
Jago Alexander (11)
S: Ulan
Donovan (10)
D:
Arabella Demeter (9)
D:
Ashanti Damaris (7)
D: Natania
Dolores (6)
D: Kamilah
Matilda (4)
S:
Graham Orion (3)
D/S: Batini
Milena / Ottah
Carson (2)
D:
Oriana Xanthe (1)
Django and Emie with
Damon, Jaba,
Jago, Ulan,
Ari,
Asha,
Tania,
Mila,
Gray, Bati, Ottah and
Ria
I want to thank you very much for assisting in the adoption of our lovely children.
Django and I flew to
Africa to pick up the children and our other children stayed with their grandparents. I got really emotional when I saw them all for the first time. I couldn't stop crying and higged them all, they looked a bit confused. Jabari was very protective of his siblings, and he was reluctant to let is touch them. On the flight back he trusted us a bit more.
When we got to the airport, the other children were already waiting. We introduced them to eachother. After some time back home they warmed up to eachother. The little ones had no problems with the others and now all of them see the others as part of their family. Jaba is the only one who remains wary of us. I think he's afraid we'll leave them. I don't know what we should do to reassure him that we won't. All in all, things are going fine (although it's really busy in the house!).