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Helloooooooo!



Long time no talk. Computer time has dropped on the priority list lately.



We have been fostering a sibling set of 2 for 3 weeks now. It's been a little crazy considering we doubled our kids and it happened in abt a 4 hour time period. Got the call at 5pm, had the kids at 9pm. It's really strange to wake up one morning with 2 kids and to wake up the next with 4 knowing you are now the parent to all of them.



It has been going very well. Some days are very stressful for me, especially Mondays because I have several responsibilites on that day. But, each day after that gets a little better and the weekends are great. The kids have family visitations 3 days a week and one of the 2 goes to public school. This has been a lot of adjustment for us. Taking a kid to school, doing the whole public school thing has been a very strange event for me as I have homeschooled since preschool years. So much of our life revolves around our homeschooling program and public school is the twilight zone for me.



Cody and Macie are doing so well with the situation. We have to make sure Cody still gets his alone time and that Macie doesn't over dominate. She has entered into full mommy mode. She cares for them, bathes them, puts them to bed, plays games with them, teaches them how to do things, etc. She also tries to be their disciplinarian and they can't figure out that she has any authority and she can't figure out why they don't obey her. That has been our biggest challenge: keeping her from being frustrated, and teaching them that she knows the rules and she is trying to help them follow them.



The best of all of this is that we have gotten a picture of what our family would look like with more kids around.....and we like it :). I love being a mom of 4. I love seeing 6 settings at the dinner table. I love four different voices calling me "mom". I love 4 wrestlers in the den Sat. mornings. I love knowing my 2 youngest are sound asleep in the their beds and my 2 oldest are curled up with us on the couch watching our family movie for the night. All is right with the world.



It has confirmed in us our desire to adopt and we are moving more actively towards making that happen.



At this point we don't have reason to believe that these little ones would be an option but we do feel strongly about adopting from the foster system so that's the trail we are chasing.



What we don't like about this current situation: we can't all fit in one car. Anyone have a van to give away????



So there's the update and obviously our prayer requests! Sorry no pics....not allowed. I will share that it is a boy and a girl, 3 and 5 respectively. And they are both precious!