AFO's

There's no more getting dressed fast................N has had AFO's for about a month now. They are a pain to put on,even though we have gotten better/faster at it.
He has gone up 2 shoe sizes, because of the AFO's. He will also get hand splints, to keep his thumb in opposition and prevent it from collapsing............I have a feeling those will be a struggle, he is not going to like those !

the truth

This picture I took represents to me the broad path and the narrow path, and all of us have opportunities to make decisions. Today, when you leave here, you’re going to have the opportunity to make a decision, this week you’re going to have all kinds of opportunities to make decisions. Will you choose the path of least resistance, the broad path, or are you going to trust your heart into God’s hands and follow him into whatever path He leads you in? It’s a matter of trust, and you cannot have love without trust. God wants us to learn to trust him. His ways are higher than our ways, his thoughts higher than our thoughts and when we learn to trust him because of His love, it’s easier to follow him, down the road. Learning to live in God’s love…”


I read this on another blog and found it to be powerful........the truth..........

It's how I feel about our next adoption......not many people understand it........why adopt another one, another special needs child at that.............

Because he is here in our home, because he is bonded, because moving him to another home would damage him for life............I could make a whole long list of reasons.

I probably could make a list of reasons not to adopt him as well...........it would be a short list, with selfish reasons............

N is here for a reason.........."it is a matter of trust" and I will trust !

too funny..................

This is what I found in my inbox.............someone is not happy with me and decided to write papa an e-mail. Papa is in Canada (he'll be back tuesday) She did not ask for any help, and send it to our e-mail address......................cracks me up !


Hi Papa how are you doing today.Today mom siad she is gana cansale the t.v!she sead we can read books,play games and swimm!I am bord right now.Thea`r is nothing fun to do I don`t whant to read ,play gams,play or swwim.And me,sky,mom are going to have a saprise borthday partyBirthday cake emoticon. With her BIG Brother and her sister.Open-mouthed smiley emoticon

a sneak peek.......................................

I don't know how long I am going to leave this up but here's our little doodle !

Long overdue update and news.............................

So I haven't been posting a whole lot about L, he came back in October from the foster home of very good friends of mine. Such a sweet, sweet, tiny thing, with a whole big history.............................Bad stuff, heartbreaking stuff...........things bad enough to have made the front page of the newspaper and the local news........

I remember reading and hearing about this and saying a prayer for this child.......and who would have known.....................that this child would one day would become our number 6 !!!

Yes, number 6, forever..............we will be adopting again. I honestly thought we were done adopting, I was happy still fostering, just short term placements..........
(you'd think I know about those "short term" placements by now huh )

God had a very different plan............even though it looked like he was going back to his bio mom soon, and we were at a stage that he was going on unsupervised visits a LOT...............................things fell apart, and fell apart fast............

This child was put in harm's way again, by his mother, who was supposed to protect him.......................but God was watching over him !

Literally within weeks, both parents voluntarily surrendered their rights............

and so here we are..........getting ready for one more adoption...........not planned, not ever imagined.........................but the right thing............

PEE YUCK !!!

A certain little boy has been peeing next to the toilet instead of in the pot ! YUCK YUCK GROSS !!! and it's not very visible, until you start smelling the horrendous smell........................................EWWWWWWWWWWW

So last night I scrubbed with tons of bleach, both bathrooms/toilets, sparkly, fresh and clean.

This morning there was pee again, and a lot of it, so I read sebastian the riot act and told him if he wasn't going to sit down to pee, I was going to chop it off.............ok, no I didn't tell him that I would chop it off, but he will be sitting down !!! took him to school, came back and found more pee in the other bathroom, this time Max was the culprit.........................AAAAAAAAARRGH

He swore it was an accident, but seriously.................there was a ton of it, so more bleach and more threats.........................

So now as I am typing this I am scratching, because my fingers are breaking out from the chlorine...................oh well, the bathrooms are clean...................

I think I will lock them and they have to ask for the key before going, so i can watch them ! LOL

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack !

That was a loong blogging silence.....................not sure why, had lots to tell and share, but at the same time couldn't share what all was going on, still can't share a whole lot, but..............................back at it we are.

Today was the last day of school, we have 11 weeks of summer vacation ahead of us...............holy mother of God ! Thank God for our pool ! It has been super hot and muggy, like a wet blanket slapping you in the face, yuck.

Sebastian will start VPK tomorrow, he is excited about that. everyone else will be at home with me.

Just got a call that L's AFO's are ready (his braces) so we'll have to go there tomorrow and get them, very curious to see how he will do on them !

Yup L is still here and won't be going anywhere anytime soon..............long story that I can not share, stuff has happened that left me so rattled/anxious/shocked, I am just now getting over it..............................big time stuff............big enough so the goal will be changed to adoption...............

He has not had any unsupervised visits for a month and he has gained almost 4 lbs, can you believe it, his legs finally look and feel like they have some meat on it !

He has finally started to play, actually play instead of this aimlessly wandering around, picking up a toy and dropping it. Flashbacks of Max !!