Billy (the teenager living with us right now) has really just fallen into a regular role in our family. It's a little weird to be parenting a 14-year-old, but he fits right in. He's really taking to the other children now and playing with them and helping with them. He has three siblings, and has pretty much raised them, so he was a little stand-offish about the little ones. Especially Ethan. But I think that as he's seen that I don't expect his help, but appreciate it when he does help he has warmed up a lot.
He's really a sweet kid and has now taken to calling me mom. I love it. I feel like he belongs here with us in our home and that I'm meant to be his mom. The other day I was helping him a bit before he went to a friends house and then went out to meet the mom when she came to pick him up. We chatted for a second and then he left. Right after he left I got a text from him saying "I love you". It wasn't the first time he's said it to me, but the first time he said it first. I'm usually the one to say it. I really just feel he's meant to be my son and have fallen in love so quickly. I'm so grateful to have him in our family. The kids love him too. Connie and Kyler think he's very funny. Of course he cuts up a lot for them. Ethan has now taken to going over and demanding his attention regularly. He's good at giving him the attention he wants. In short, aside from normal teenage stuff (which I never thought I'd be dealing with this early), things are going great.
