Surprise- Tess is 11 !!!

Tess with her 3rd grade classmates
Tess and her 12 year old brother
Tess with her classmates and teacher.

Well- that's the thing with international adoptions...you just never know. We have been suspecting that Tess was older for quite some time. We finally repeated her bone-age scan of her hand and wrist and guess what??? She is 11 and not 9 !! I was actually relieved to have this confirmed since it is what I knew to be true in my heart. She was just out of place with younger kids we thought were her age. The problem now is that she is in 3rd grade and we need to bump her up. We will be putting together a plan for the year to be able to move her to 5th next year. We had a bone age scan done when she came and it confirmed her age- that just shows what happens after 2 years of good nutrition!! She has just grown off the charts! She outweighs her 12 year old brother!!

She has taken the news well even though it was a bit confusing at first...it's just the beginning! I'll keep you posted.