Jackson's Adoption

On October 1st, 2010 at 1pm, Jackson Owen became a permanent member of our family. We are so blessed to have him in our lives. I am really trying to add other pictures to this, but it is giving me fits and I don't have the patience right now. I will try again soon!

Jackson's Adoption Video

I know I have really neglected to update this blog, but we are getting close to the point where I can update it with whatever we want. We should be adopting our little girl sometime this summer, so I really hope that once that is done, I can update more freely.

But until then... Here is the adoption montage video that we made for Jackson. Enjoy!!

My how things change...

It has been quite some time since I've even been on this blog, and that is because I couldn't add anything to it for confidentiality reasons for our kids. Well, I guess I could have, but it wouldn't have been anything worth reading.

In a nutshell, our lives have been BUSY since I last wrote. The little boy that came to us in the last post was with us for about 6 weeks before he went to another foster home. He came on January 16, and on January 21st we also got a three day old baby. She is now 19 months old and is still with us.

On June 5th of last year, a 2 year old little boy came to stay with us. He is now 3, and - brace yourself - we will be ADOPTING him on October 1st, 2010 at 1pm! I can't wait to post pictures and post updates about things that have happened over the last year and a half, and things that are yet to happen!

Stay tuned! This blog should get a little more interesting soon. :)

The Ups and Downs...And We Haven't Even Gotten Started Yet

So I forgot to mention last week...

We got a call for respite for twins. We said yes, another family got chosen.

Two days later, we get notified of an 11 month old boy. We said yes, another family got chosen.

The next day, we get a call about a 3 month old infant with an absolutely heartbreaking story, but that situation wasn't something we were comfortable with, so we had to turn it down.

That same day, we get a call for a 7 month old boy and his 4 year old brother. We said yes, and scrambled to straighten up the house, and an hour later we got a call saying that they had been placed with another family.

Man...we were beat. That's why when we heard about the little boy coming tomorrow, we were a bit skeptical... But, look where we are now! Updates soon!!!

Our World is About to Change!

Well, tomorrow (January 16) we will have a 3 year old little boy living with us. At this point, I'm not sure what all I can share so I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I will talk with his worker tomorrow about this blog to see if it's something I can post pictures on. I am assuming if I am allowed to to that, that we'll have to make this a "private" or "locked" blog, so it'll have a password on it. We'll deal with that tomorrow though.

We are nervous, excited, scared, and crazy all at the same time. Our days of us doing what we want are coming to an end VERY quickly. I took today off so I could spend the morning with Bob... It was nice.

Keep us in your prayers, and we'll update when we can.

Birthday!!!

Well, since I have nothing else to post about, I thought I'd share my little birthday trip to Cheesecake Factory on The Plaza in KC. Bob drove myself, Amanda and Jaime there, and my cousin Travis met us there also.

My Dutch Apple Birthday Cheesecake
The Crusted Romano Chicken that Amanda and I both got

Miss Jaime and Miss Amanda

The fountain outside the restaurant

Me and Bobby

Me and Travis

The whole group

The patio of the restaurant

A shot of the plaza.

We sure had a lot of fun. It was nice and warm for the 8th of December, and we got back to the car JUST as it started raining. Thanks, guys, for making my birthday special!

It's official!

As of today, Bob and I are licensed foster parents in the State of Kansas! All we need now is a baby!

We could get a baby at literally any minute, so keep checking back for updates! We sure are excited. Scared, but excited!

Woo-hoo!!!