As happens with Army life, we may have to move. Because of this, we had to temporarily close our home to new foster placements. We had to put a hault on our plans to hopefully adopt again soon. Now, we wait. Will we indeed be moving next spring? Where will the Army send us?
One thing is FOR SURE. I am praising GOD that Baby Girl is our’s always and forever! I NEVER would have left this state without her! Now, that isn’t even a worry! She goes where we go!
We really want to adopt again! Will we get to, I don’t know? Right now, I feel like I’ve done a pretty good job of letting go and letting God! Mostly, because I have Baby Girl and she keeps me very busy! But, also because going through the whole adoption process with Baby Girl made me realize that when God gives you a child to love and nurture and parent, that child is the perfect one for you! I am completely trusting that if God wants us to adopt again, He will make a way!
So, baby boy or girl, if you’re out there, we’ll find you!
We really want to foster at least one more time. We would really love to adopt again as well, if the right situation presented itself. But, we sit and we wait and we don’t get calls.
Every time that I hear a commercial on the radio asking for people to step up and become foster parents, I just want to yell at my dashboard. Every time I see an ad describing the huge need for foster parents and adoptive parents in our state, I want to throw my shoe at the screen! I want to yell, “what about the homes you already have? How about use those!!!” Because, out of the last 2 years and 10 months since we became foster parents, our home has sat empty a combined total of ten months. Ten months where we have had three empty beds, ten months we have had a huge Suburban with empty seats, ten months I’ve sat and wondered why? Tonight, I sit and wonder why, again.
(On a positive note, we go to pick up T for a long weekend tomorrow. He’ll get to spend five days with us and we are all very excited!)
Happy Father’s Day to ALL the Dads! As long as you are not imaginary, you are a “real” Dad and make a REAL difference and impact! Today we celebrate you! 
It happened! Baby Girl is our forever daughter and we are her forever family! My heart is SO full of joy and relief! She is our’s!
We will sign the “adoption home placement agreement” and all of the “paperwork” for Baby Girl this Thursday! I cannot wait! I’m cleaning the house spotless and making something yummy for all of us to eat that morning! It is going to be glorious and I’m going to photograph the whole thing! I won’t have delivery room photos for Baby Girl’s baby book, so I want to get pictures of everything I can and make it as special as possible! She is going to be our daughter!!!! We are so happy!!!
Our new and 4th social worker in two years came to visit today. She was very sweet and I enjoyed getting to know her and talking about adoption plans, but Baby Girl probably wondered what was going on. Baby Girl was shy and hid behind me on the couch while the worker was here. All of the workers, when they first come to our home and meet Baby Girl want her to talk to them or play with them. She doesn’t. She doesn’t know them. She doesn’t know she’s in foster care! The last time she had a visit with a bio relative was when she was 17 months old. She has no idea why strange people come to visit our house once a month and want her to talk to them. I really can’t wait for the day when she will not have to hide behind me and wonder. In two months this chapter will be over! Adoption day will start a new chapter in all of our lives! We cannot wait!
Today I found out that we are in the clear! No family members appealed the decision made by the judge a month ago to terminate the parental rights of our precious Baby Girl! Since the day she was carried into our home at 6 months old and the DHR worker told us that, “this could be for 72 hours or this could be for forever,” I’ve been ready for forever! We went through two years of waiting and waiting and waiting! Now, we don’t have to wait anymore! We get to adopt her! We get to be her forever family! We could not be happier!
Adoption is a miracle and it is my one and only Christmas wish this year!
From our family to your family we wish you love and peace this Christmas and always! God Bless!
There are only three more days until the TPR (termination of parental rights) court hearing for our precious Baby Girl. She came to us two years and one month ago a teeny tiny baby and now she is a sassy, smart, loving toddler. We love her! During the two years that she has been in our care our Baby Girl has seen her birth mother twice. Once at the 72 hour court hearing after coming into care and once last year. That is it. She has never called to ask about Baby Girl although she has had my cell number the entire time. She did not complete one step in her case plan. She disappeared, reappeared, and then disappeared again. She has been arrested and to jail over 5 times since then and is currently serving time for dangerous crimes. To say that I am overjoyed that this case is coming to an end and that it is ending with us grafting Baby Girl into our family for forever would be an understatement! I am in shock! I cannot believe this is almost over. In a few days the judge will terminate parental rights making Baby Girl a “ward of the state.” At that time we can then petition to adopt her. She will have our last name! She has had our love, our devotion, and our care for years, but now she will officially and legally be our Baby Girl!
Keeping Calm While Daddy is Gone 
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