Fostering Love....What I've Learned So Far....

 {Little Miss received a little miracle....absolutely no nerve damage after surgery!}



What I've learned so far.....

That I would love these two sweet babies just like they were my very own.

I now fully understand adoption/feelings/blurred lines.

'What.....you mean I didn't deliver these two babies?'

That somehow I still remember though that they aren't my own.

I can't explain it. I chalk it up to good foster care training.

That your schedule needs to be flexible and that the appointments are never ending.

Doctor appointments, visit appointments, assessment appointments, check-in appointments.

Be prepared to be busy with appointments. We have 2-3 per week. Every week.

That their joys would be my joys and their pain....my pain.

That I would cry because of the situation they are in.

And in the same breath would want to capture each of their milestones with a picture,
not only for our own memory book, but for their own parents.

That next time, we will ONLY take one child not two.

Our house is small and our children are making a great sacrifice right now

to have an 18 month old sleeping in their room and being woken up early in the mornings.

Although they take turns, they have to walk around a crib

and can't hang out in their own room sometimes because of a napping baby.

DON'T ask me to pick now though. These two are staying for the long haul.

But next time. Next time will be just one.

Another baby that so effortlessly fits into our family dynamic so easily.

And the last thing I have learned is....

when CPS says it's a 4-6 month placement

expect 1 year to 18 months!

The babies are coming to San Clemente with us this year!!