Well....

I got a phone call today from our social worker saying that the little boy that just left us isn't doing well at his new home and they want him moved. She wanted to know if we would take him back. After the shouts of joy from all of my kids I called her back and said sure. So as of Thursday afternoon we will once again have 6 kids. All of them fairly high maintenance, just some a little more than others.

On a heartbreaking note: I met the mother of the two month old today. She asked if she could come live with me so she could be with her baby. Because of their privacy issues I can't tell you why they were separated, but having to tell a crying 16 year old mother I couldn't do it was not one of the easiest things I have ever had to do. Please pray for her for things to work out and for me so that in some way I can minister to her.

On a very happy note: I received pictures today from my friend who has been trying to adopt the foster kids she has had for almost 3 years. The pictures were taken in the judges office when they signed the final adoption papers. Sometimes the sysem works , it just isn't in any hurry.

Time Flies

I didn't realize it had been two months since my last post. I should read my blog a little more often I guess.

We are now onto a new foster child. They were able to find a home where the little boy we had could be with his sister, so he was moved a couple of weeks ago. We had decided to take a break for a little while after he left to try to get through the end of the year school trauma. My oldest was graduating from elementary school and I was losing my job and trying to not be resentful about that. Our break lasted 4 days. It took them longer to call this time than it did last time. God was gracious, because He knew it would be hard for me to say no. We had a very nice few days, just the 6 of us. Then they called us about taking a 2 month old little girl. It wasn't an emergency situation, so we had some time to think about it. I asked all of my kids and they all said it was fine with them, so we said ok to the social worker. They have no idea how long we'll have her. We have learned to just take it one day at a time and not make any long range plans. She is a very sweet baby. She sleeps very well at night, once you can get her to sleep. My girls are happy that we finally got a girl. It has just been kind of hard for them to adjust to one so young. They are used to having someone to play with and she just doesn't really do that yet.

Other than that things are pretty much the same around here. We are looking forward to the party at Fiorinda's house and hope all that were invited can make it.

I have just been informed by my 4 year old( yes, it is 11:00 at night, why is she still awake you ask? Because our church is having VBS this week and it is at night , which means they get completely wound up until 9:00, then can't wind back down, they just eventually pass out)

that she needs a purse. Why, I ask. "Because I need something to keep my stuff in, you know, my phone(aka: the American Idol ipod from McDonalds), my wallet(a Dora coin purse full of change that she "found"), and my keys(which she must keep hidden because they actually belong to her brother)." I say you have a closet full of bags. She says" Those are just bags, I need a real purse."

What am I going to do when she's 12? Between her and her sister, they are going to drive their brothers crazy.