Getting 2 new placements today!

We're getting 2 little girls today. They are 3 and 1 (she'll be turning 2 soon). I'm so excited to get 2 little girls. All my littles so far have been boys other than Little J and Little A. I'm going to dig out Deidra's old clothes and get them washed up so that we have clothes for them to wear. I'm so excited!

Oh my...

The program administrator just called again. My heart jumped again as it's not like him to call. He asked me if our house was nice and calm and I said "yes, although J had been sick over the weekend." He asked me if I'd like some more chaos and asked me if I wanted twins who were 4 months old. I told him that right now car space was my only issue, but I could see if I could figure out a way to get 3 carseats in the backseat. He said that the e-mail was kind of confusing and he couldn't tell if they were boys or girls so he was going to call them back and find out for sure. He called me back a minute later and said that the boys had just been placed in Dallas. DARN! He said he'd find something for us very soon and we talked for a bit. He really likes us and thinks we are a great home! He told me to quit being nervous when he calls.


Abba, please bring us another baby soon....

Calls, but no placements yet...

Well, we're getting called...but we don't have any placements yet. The first call was for a sibling set of sisters that were 7 years old and a newborn. That set wound up not needing a home. Then, we were called about a sibling set of brothers who were 5 and 6 that were no longer receiving visits. However, one of them had asthma and we were checking whether our cats were going to be an issue. She told us that she'd call us back when she heard back from their caseworker and knew more. Then, 2 days ago, I received a call asking if we'd consider doing respite care for 2 weeks for a 17 year old girl and her 1 1/2 year old daughter. I declined that one. She also wanted to ask if we'd consider taking a sibling set of girls who were 5 years old and 20 months that were no longer doing visits and I said yes to that one. She said she'd let CPS know that we were interested and call us back when they knew more. Each call gets my hopes up and then when we don't hear back it's discouraging. I know I need to be patient and some of this can take time...I'm just so anxious and so is Deidra. Andy's also going to probably be going to NYC in a couple of weeks and I'd really like to get some kids settled in here before he goes. It's hard to put anything up ahead of time since we don't know whether we'll need the crib or toddler beds or the bunk beds. Anyway, that's my update for now. I'll keep you posted. Abba, please bring us some placements very soon.

Update/We got a call!

they wound up not needing a home for them afterall. However, she did tell us about 2 boys that are 5 and 6 that are no longer doing visits that need a home. The only concern that I had about them is that one has asthma and needs inhaler treatments as needed. The other one has a g-tube, but the doctor is recommending it to be taken out as he continues therapy. I think I'd be ok dealing with that as long as someone went over care with me. I didn't know since we had cats if that would be an issue. So, she has put out a call to his caseworker to see. If it's not an issue, we just may get them. The funny thing is that their names are what we had picked out for a first and middle name if our daughter was a boy. With it being a holiday weekend though...I'm thinking we won't know anything until possibly Tuesday. Lord, I pray for these boys and if it be your wish, I pray that they will be here with us! This could really turn out to be an adoptive situation since they are no longer doing visits and their situation just really touched my heart.

We got a call!

For a baby that was just born last month as well as for a little girl who just turned 7! I am thrilled! She said that they're inputting paperwork into the computer and she asked me how we were as far as transportation and said that she'd call us back if everything works out. YEAH!