Our family update on the new additions!
Annemarie has taken up suprisingly with her new daddy
Phillip and is his new shadow on the weekends. She is doing well with the shyness thing and we have enrolled her in school ... we were going to homeschool her but
Phillip thought that she would do better with more interaction with children. As a family we have learned
German and converse in
German and English with her. She has asked for a kitten of her own so
Phillip and
Matthew went to the shelter and brought her home a wonderful little girl kitten that
Annemarie calls
Greta.
Cadwgwan and his dog Lu are adjusting well now but in the begining we had a bit of trouble with
Cade hiding in the closet for the longest but now it is better.
Cade is attending a school for the deaf. It is about an hour away from our home and I drive. We love having
Cade and have invited his family for the holidays and offered to help pay for plane tickets.
Immanuel and
David who we call
Manny and
Davey are still in therapy for the tragic events in their lives.
Manny has taken to not talking to anyone for a spell and
Davey has tried being abusive to the animals. We have thought about some play therapy with
Davey. We have signed
Davey up for Boy Scouts and
Manny is on the school soccer team and the school baseball team.
Davey starts school in the fall and is excited about it.
Zella calls us
PaPa and MaMa and is learning to speak Russian with Laren being he is from Russia. It is nice to see how she is growing with the family. Raeghan has taken to
Zella quite well and takes her almost every where she goes!.... Last weekend we had a family outing and
Zella thought it was cute to hide in the woods behind the biggest tree she could find. We found her laughing and giggling with her new dog
Zeus.
Laren has been a delight to the family. He is teaching us Russian while he learns English. For a gift for him we took a snapshot of his grandfather and had it blown up into a 8x10 to hang on the wall above his bed.
The rest of the family is doing well also.
Regards
Jennifer,
Phillip,
Hannah,
Emily,
Hayden,
Matthew,
Maeghan, Raeghan,
Annemarie,
Cadwgawn,
Immanuel,
David,
Zella, and Laren