We got to spend some more time with the kids today! We met up with their foster family at a Fall Festival in lieu of trick or treating (boo hoo...next year). Apparently, this church sponsors this free event every year with lots of jumpy things and free candy, then wraps it all up with a Jesus monster truck. Before the monster truck crushed 3 cars to death we had to listen to a sermon about how God has a kill switch just like the truck and if he kills us today are we going to heaven...ahhh 'free' church events. We did have a great time and the family was really nice and open with us, as awkward as it could have been it wasn't at all. We should get to have unsupervised visits after this week...cross your fingers.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Kids
Last April Aleks and I decided to go through MAPP classes and prepare to adopt a child out of foster care. The class was 14 weeks long, during that time we went from thinking that we wanted a child 0-3 yrs old to a sibling set no older than 7. Since then we've talked to a lot of people and ultimately got matched with a sibling set, Precious and Rashard. Precious just turned 10 and Rashard is about to turn 5. We met last weekend for the first time and it was awesome, the kids were really comfortable with us. There was a reading festival downtown and the caseworker thought that an open environment would be best to not freak Precious out. It's tough to be 10 and know that you are meeting people that might want to adopt you. Anyway, we had a great time and can't wait to get them home for good.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Maddie's First Birthday
Maddie turned 1 on Septembr 18th and I was there to pinch her! She got a tooth that she likes to flash at people, a few times I thought she was going to bite me. She is so awesome! Her hair is turning brown and kinda growing in :) Oh and it was pretty amusing when she 'ate' her cake. Enjoy the pictures!
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