I can't believe we've been home from Ethiopia for 1 month-it seems like 1 week. I am so proud of Tess and how well she is doing. Everyone who has met her comments on how self confident she is and how she just jumps into any situation. She really tries to speak english and express herself. We have left her with friends and at grandma's or aunt Jane's and she is always happy to stay. She's eating almost everything! We have really come a long way from just bananas, avocados and tortillas!! We took her to Cameron's Football try outs and as usual she asked about herself..."Tess sport No?" I asked her if she wanted a sport and she said yes...so we signed her up for soccer. All the things I was holding back on , fearing it would be too much for her...forget it! She wants to do everything her brothers do and then some. A month ago at the Sheraton in Addis, she was terrified to go into the pool. She latched onto Christine's neck and wouldn't let go! Flash forward a month and she jumps into the pool alone and puts her head under water and can do about 5 strokes!! She's almost swimming! She is so excited for school! We drive by her school often and she always asks "school Tess going?" And I re-assure her that "Yes, Tess is going to school in 7 days!" We couldn't be happier with how far we've all come in a month!
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