James and I had our Foster Parent shower on Sunday and everything was absolutely perfect! My cousin Melissa did a wonderful job of making everything exactly how I imagined it : ) We had several friends and family members that joined us and everyone was so generous with the items that they brought to us! We got more toys, clothes and accessories than we could have imagined! I spent an entire day sorting clothes and getting things ready for whatever age girls God sends our way. Once all of the clothes were seperated by sizes it was easy to see that the newborn-6 months pile was 3xs the size of all of the other piles and the size 3 pile was 1/3 the size of all of the other piles! I sure hope that means we will be blessed with a sweet newborn baby girl : ) Of course, if God chooses to send us a 3 year old, we will be just as happy, although we may be out shopping that night buying her new clothes! LOL
I want to say a special thank you once again to everyone who came to the shower and brought items for the girls, and to everyone who could not make it to the shower but have things for them. God bless you all!!!!
We have our meeting with our foster care case worker, our adoption worker and our paper work training tomorrow : ) YAY!!! Im not 100% sure how all of that works but from my understanding, once that is completed then as soon as there are children that enter the system that fit into our wants/needs, we would be suggested by TBH to CPS to care for those children. CPS will then chose a family, out of all of the ones who have been recommended and then placement will occur. SO.... I guess it could be a matter of days, or maybe even weeks before we get placement. It all just depends on Gods timing : ) At any rate though, we are getting SUPER close! Its a good thing too because Im not sure how much longer I can continue to walk into that empty room without going crazy! : ) im so ready to add 2 little girls into our lives and be able to walk into that room and actually see the beds and the toys being put to use : ) and so ready to see their sweet little faces and get to know them and love them! Ive imagined just about every possibility, yet I know im no where near prepared for the life changing events that are coming our way! Ive imagined having a newborn and a 4 yr old, 2 3 yr olds, a 6 month old and a 2 yr old, siblings, non siblings, white, hispanic, african american, special needs, non special needs, sweet personalities, challenging personalites, kids who love us, kids who hate us, kids whos parents will try hard to get them back, kids whos parents who wont try at all..... the list goes on! I think ive thought of every possibility and yet I know, without a doubt, I have NO idea whats really in store for us or just how much our lives are about to change! There is nothing scarier than not having any idea when your family of 5 will become a family of 7, and not knowing a single thing about these kids that will be joining us..... and yet, as scary as it is, I CANT WAIT : ) I just hope that we can make half of the impact on the children that come into our lives as I already know that they will make on us!
