Moving from "he" to "she" and from "Jake" to "Jessica"

When my daughter Alejandra came home from camp, she illustrated how far we have come in just one month. Finn and I had really moved on to calling Jake Jessica -- and to using the feminine pronouns. "Mom, she hit me!" instead of "Mom, he hit me!"  It's a step in the right direction.

But when Ale came home, she still refers to Jessica as Jake (which is really sounding strange to me now). She also calls her "him." When we left Ale, Jess was just beginning her transition. Having Alejandra home was like looking at a photo of us a month ago -- when Jess was still Jake.

It's nice to see we're making progress, and Ale is coming up the curve quickly. One step at a time ...