Say What?

We are finally finished with everything and finalized our home study on Monday!!! Yay!!!! That means that any day now, we can get a call from our social worker telling us they have kids for us. But of course for Chris and I, there's nothing normal about us. Our love story was kind of crazy so by default, the way we get our kids also has to be crazy right? A whole lot of craziness happened last week.

On Monday May 21st, we were asked to go to our agencies office to read and finalize our home study. As we were sitting in Jessica's office, another lady from the agency walked in stating they just received an email for an emergency placement. She was trying to discuss with Jessica different families that would take these kids but they couldn't think of anyone. She kind of glanced over at us and said, "maybe they can take them." Chris looked at her and said, "Well what do you got for us?" She told us that it was a sibling set of 4, ranging from a baby to an 8 year old. We kind of chuckled and looked at each other like there's no way we can take 4 kids!!! We only wanted max of 2 kids, how were we going to take care of 4? Jessica mentioned to us and it was hard to come across an infant without other siblings and that's what we really wanted, was to have an infant. So she left the room and let us talk about it. We talked and we decided that we just couldn't do it. We only had the two cribs and two car seats. We would need 2 other beds, more car seats/boosters, a bigger vehicle to transport everyone and just everything else in general. So we finally decided we just couldn't do it. When Jessica came back in the room we told her our decision and finished reading through our home study.

While we continued to read our home study, I just couldn't stop thinking about these kids. I thought to myself  "Maybe we can take them. I really want an infant. There's 4 kids but these are such great ages. A 7 year old is kind of crazy but not too bad. They are still young." All of these thoughts and more were running through my head. I kept looking over at Chris but I think he was trying to avoid eye contact with me because he knew how much I wanted these kids but it was going to be a lot of work. So I turned to him and said, "Are you sure we can't take them?" By now he really knew how much I wanted to have them and so we agreed on discussing it further. I asked Jessica if we could talk about it some more once we left and give her a call within the next two hours to give her a final answer. She said it was fine so we continued finalizing our home study.

On the way home, we discussed all of our options. We knew this would be a huge risk because there were a lot of unknowns. Being an emergency placement, we didn't know if we would be able to adopt these kids later and that's what we really wanted. We came up with a list of reasons why we couldn't take them. What was holding us back other than having 4 kids at once? The list really helped. We cried and shed some happy tears and finally decided that we would make it work. This is what we have all been praying for. What are the chances that you get asked to take kids without even being approved? Crazy right!? I told you guys, that's pretty much our life, exciting but crazy!

So we called Jessica back and told her we would accept!! They wanted us to do a meet and greet with the two older girls on Thursday but they decided to bypass that. Remember, we still weren't approved so they had to get our home study approved by the supervisor and into the system then sent out to the county. So this past week was crazy trying to get things in order. Friday morning, I got a call from the county telling me they would be dropping off  the girls that very morning. We got them around 11 AM and have had them since.

Here is what we know about the kids: They are all girls. They are Caucasian, they all have beautiful blue eyes and blonde hair except the oldest, hers is brown. We really don't know much about them other than knowing there mom is currently in another state. There dad lives here and still has visitation rights. All we know is that they were neglected and that's why they were taken away. If the parents clean up their act and the kids are reunified, the girls will be placed back with their mother. That's pretty much all of the information that was given to us so far. The father has court coming up so we will be able to find out a little bit more about the situation on that day.

Our lives have changed forever. We went from no kids and doing whatever we wanted to instantly becoming a family of 6. So far it has been really tiring but rewarding at the same time. I was pretty amazed how energetic and accepting these girls were to us. From the beginning they gave us hugs and kisses and continue to do so. They have told us numerous times that they already love us and wish they can stay with us. The 2 older girls absolutely adore Chris and tell him that they wish he were their father. It just completely melts my heart. Chris was definitely ready to be a father and I can already see the love he has for these girls.

We hope and pray that these girls will be able to stay with us forever and that we can adopt them. But no matter what happens, we know they came to us for a reason. There's always a purpose in Heavenly Father's plan. Even if they stay just for a short time, Chris and I know that we were able to provide a safe environment for them. Everyone says that these girls are blessed and lucky to have us but in reality, we are the ones that are truly blessed and lucky to have them.

Many of you have already come in contact with them and have met their sweet spirits. Unfortunately I can't post pictures of them yet until we adopt them but they are all so cute. We just ask that you all are mindful of them. They were placed with us for a reason and have dealt with some trauma. They have shared with us some things from their past and it just breaks my heart hearing some of the things they went through. Just please keep that in mind as you talk to them. They sometimes act out because of what has happened to them so please just have patience with them and us as brand new parents. Especially for those we go to church with, sorry in advance. We can only share so much with everyone but I will try to keep you all updated. We are so happy to have them and can't wait for you all to meet them!