Well, hmmm, where to start.
We had a wonderful Christmas break. Things were humming along and then two days before Christmas we welcomed a little foster boy into our home. We knew about him and were planning some transition meetings with him and his current placement, but things happened and he needed to be placed immediately. So, Friday night Mia and I came home from swimming to find a bunch of cars in our driveway. Walked into the house and there was our kiddo. The next day was a whirl wind of last minute Christmas shopping for him!
Obviously this has been and continues to be very very hard for him. But he has been such a trooper.
Mia absolutely adores him and the first thing she says in the morning in "Where's my brother?"
He is 4 months older than her, so it's kinda like having twins. His situation is that he is available for adoption now. We have to foster him for six months, but then we can adopt.
I'm so sorry that he has had so much trauma and disruptions in his life, I wish he hadn't had to go through everything he has. But he did and we are in the incredibly fortunate position to hopefully be his forever family. I have no idea why we are so lucky, I'm just thankful that we are.
We are not allowed to post pictures on blogs or Facebook until we adopt him. But trust me, as soon as that happens there will be a million pictures of him on here!!
*I just want to thank everyone who buys gifts for children off those angel trees in malls. Someone bought the coolest most amazing fire engine and dropped it off at the Office of Children's Services. They wrapped and brought to our house. In the box we found the little paper ornament that had been on the tree and it said "boy, age 3-4" They could have bought clothes or a less expensive toy, but let me tell you, that fire engine made him so happy. I wish I knew who they were so I could give them a big hug.
