Parents to a teen now!

Well, it's official. Chloe is a teenager!!! She's had tendencies towards teenager ism for awhile, at times, but now, it's here to stay. She's such a lovely girl. Sweet and helpful most of the time. But there can be that naughty side that comes out every once in awhile! At times she just knows everything. Or, when asked to do something (at times) she "already was going to do it!!!" So there!!! I keep saying "At times" because there are the majority of times when she is amazing and we are so blessed to have this wonderful eldest child.
I know she will be a marvelous big sister (again) and continue to be a huge helper.
I took Chloe and her BFF to the mall for some girl time today. We had fun shopping and getting our nails and toes done. The girls were treated to dinner at the Olive Garden. It was a very nice day.
Elliot got to enjoy his day with our dear friends, the Boldens. He loves spending time there...I joked that they probably changed his name and were keeping him now!

I want to post pictures of the babies so bad. Six days until we leave to go to Addis Ababa. Eight days until we actually meet Roman and Ruby!!! It might be presumptuous, but we're gonna try to blog a bit while in country...stay tuned to see if this is possible!

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