Finally licensed...and our first placement!

So, this is a picture of me taken over the past few days! Last Friday (the 1st) we met with DHS to sign our "contract" for Foster Care. That was around 2pm. After we were done, I went to Wal-Mart to do a little shopping. Boy was I glad to be there when, at 2:45, we got our first call for a placement!!! I couldn't believe that it was just 45 min after we signed everything that they were calling! So.... we welcomed our first foster child, "Jr." into our home/hearts/lives on Friday the 1st at 7pm. I have to keep his name anonymous on my blog, as well as pictures (I can only post pictures that don't show his face) to protect his privacy.
He is a wonderful little boy. The first few nights were just exhausting, but that was to be expected. He needed to figure out where he was and what was going on before he could just relax and sleep! Last night was the first night we were able to just put him in bed and he went to sleep. This was by 8:30pm people!!! I think the Tylenol I gave him for his teeth helped. Poor thing is a little drool monster! He chews on everything.
His personality is really happy, smiley, and overall he just really goes with the flow.
We have really enjoyed having him. I can't talk about his case, but we go to court the beginning of September and I think we will find out more about what's going on.
His case worker is a bit of a "tard" and seems to not know much about things.
We put in our request to take him to South Padre with us at the end of the month. That's when Clint's big race is. Should be interesting traveling with "Jr.".
I will keep you posted on our progress! I'm such an organized person and the past few days have sent me into an unorganized period.....so I'm really working to get things back to "normal" for all of us.

South Padre

August 25- September 1st.... Clint and I (along with his parents) will be spending a week in South Padre, TX. Clint and his Dad are participating in a 2 day boat race on August 30th & 31st. I can't wait to have a relaxing "vacation"!!

Foster Care Update

I got a call today from our DHS worker and she informed my that my fingerprints had come back and were APPROVED!! I am so happy to not have to go through that again. So, that leaves us with signing our "contract" with DHS, which she was hoping to come out to our house tomorrow and do. After that we just wait for a phone call for our first placement.

Wonderful Msg!

Foster Care Update

So here's the latest on our Foster Care journey.... I talked to our case worker this week and found out that she had contacted someone at the OSBI (OK State Bureau of Investigations) to see about my fingerprints. They told her that they have not been approved or rejected...and to check back next week.
So, here we are... just waiting....still!

Oprah

I saw this YouTube video and read THIS article on USA Today. WOW!

Work in progress

This weekend I bought a crib on Craigslist. It matches the changing table that I got on there too. We painted them both black. I didn't finish the crib last night.. Between the mosquitoes biting 90 to nothing and my finger turning numb from holding the spray can....I had decided that I had done enough for one night. I think you can see the difference. Before it was a really flat, dull black...


Now it's a nice, semi-shiny black. I still have the sides to do, but it's getting there.
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