Honey's Birthday take 2

On Honey's actual birthday we started it off by going downtown and getting our fingerprints done.  Woop woop! PARTY! 

My dad met us in front of the jail and watched the girls while we were doing that. 

After that we headed to the museum and let the girls go wherever they wanted.  The hubs took off work, so we each had a kid. 

Honey learned how to use a water fountain all by herself 

And then we went home.  

Doesn't she look pissed! She was just super tired. 

Pumpkin was eyeing that cake and trying to make her move. 

She got a few books. 

The hardcover of A Mother for Choco (MUST READ!)

I Don't Have Your Eyes (I really like this book for adoption)

I Dreamed Of Trains (An African American history book)

She got her custom doll.  

Her name is written on the back of her skirt and she has matching skin tones and hair color. 

Birthday take 1

Honey and Pumpkin started swim lessons and they love them. 

It was also Honey's first birthday celebration.  Can you believe I have a 4 year old?! Holy cow. 

 I really wish I remembered why she was crying.  I think it had something to do with not wanting to come to me. 

 Two of Honey's favorite things are pizza and Hamburgers. 

So we went and got pizza at one of the best local pizza places. 

 And then Mimi came up with the best idea... A Hamburger birthday cake! PERFECT! 

 Aunt Bethany came over to celebrate. 

Super sad that she couldn't have more cake. 

The night out.

The girl's spent the night at my brother's and SIL's house. 

Pumpkin was not feeling well. 

 Honey was super excited.  She loves her Aunt and Uncle. 

 When Carrie sat on this the whole bench bent down.  It was a miracle it didn't break. 

 Their next door neighbor's are Carrie's cousins and they have girls around the same age as ours. 

And then we were off to our friend's wedding.

 It was a lot of fun.  I was the one that set up the bride and groom, so I knew a lot of people on both sides.

I also set up this couple.  I really do think I should be a matchmaker. 

My miracle baby

The county worker just left our house and asked me where Peanut was.  I told her she left a couple of months ago.  She told me that she was on our homestudy and that they almost didn't pick us because of having another baby.... Can you believe it?! But they did pick us and I am so grateful.

Petunia is perfect and I LOVE her! She is the best baby. She is so chill, eats well, and sleeps amazingly well.  I'm holding her non-stop (unless I'm sleeping) so she can get used to me, my smells, and my voice.

Things are still looking amazingly well for us to be able to adopt her.  PRAYERS!



On another note, I am super behind on my posts, so you will see how late I am because Honey is missing a cast in all of the pictures.  By the time I get to posting pictures of her in her cast she will probably be out of it. hahahaha

Parenting FAIL!

No judgement here please. 

So Honey was putting chalk on her lips (we're pretty sure she has SPD and are waiting for an evaluation) Anyway, the hubs told her to come in to show me what she looked like.

We started laughing which really upset her. 

This is where the fail comes in:

 And the hubs said, " She looks like a crack head. Like Dave Chappell*"

Her response, " I'm not a crack head, I'm a girl"

We looked at each other in shock.  

We really haven't gotten used to her comprehending what we are saying. 

Obviously awful. 

We told her that yes, she is a girl and not to repeat that.

Then we laughed even harder. 

 And that made her happy

Tyrone Biggums

WOAH!

Yesterday was CRAZY!

So after we got home from our adoption agency and a few hours later I got a call from our foster agency about a referral. I told them to go on. They said there was a brand new baby girl and her goal was adoption (99.3% of foster kids the goal is reunification).  I asked if all family had been contacted and she told me there was no one else. I said yes.  That was all the information I was given before I told her to send in our homestudy.  She started going on, and I interrupted her again and said, please just send it now.  Remember in our county we are fighting with all of the other agencies and foster families for one specific child. 30 seconds really can make all the difference in getting placed and not getting placed. So I got off the phone with her and was SO NOT expecting to get chosen. She called me back a couple of minutes later and asked if I needed to check with the hubs.  I said, "No, I am in charge of all of this and he will be happy with whatever decision I make".  Now I'm really thinking we weren't chosen since they obviously hadn't sent my homestudy yet.  An hour goes by and we didn't get a call.  Finally our agency calls me.  Usually, in the past, when we were chosen the county worker calls me directly to set up a meeting point.  When she told me we were chosen I screamed.  I really still can't believe it.  They asked me to go to the hospital to get her in a couple of hours.

My brother came over to watch the girls and I headed out.  While I was waiting I got a voicemail from my brother.  I was getting horrible reception and couldn't make anything out so I texted him.  He told me to call him.  I did and he said "Honey might have broken her arm? Does her right arm look exactly like her left arm (I was so confused by this question)? She can move her arm, so I don't think it's broken" Then the hospital social worker calls me back to the room. I said, "Randy, I have to go, but I will ask our neighbor to come over." I called our neighbor and he thankfully came straight over and said, "Dude, her arm is broken".   My brother was freaking out.  He felt HORRIBLE and was crying.  Isn't he the sweetest.  I texted the Hubs and told him to go home immediately to assess the situation.  At this point I was holding our new sweet baby, we will call Petunia.

How did this all happen,  she fell off the potty. Seriously, how hysterical.

The Hubs took her to the hospital and I brought our new baby home.  My brother stayed with Pumpkin until I got there.  Of course, we had a required class we HAD to take for our recert.  My brother had to log me in to the webinar and I got home 2 minutes before it started.  The Hubs missed it and will get written up if the instructor can't find time before July to give him a one on one class.

Honey and the Hubs got home around 10 pm :(  She will get a hard cast in about a week.

Petunia is beautiful and perfect, and such an easy baby.

Thank you for all of your prayers.  We are head over heals in love with her and would appreciate all of your prayers that she stays with us permanently and this process goes VERY fast.

A call

We just got a call for a three day old baby girl from our foster agency, and I said... YES. hahah She's legal risk, so we'll see what happens.

That doesn't mean we will be picked.

******Update:  WE WERE PICKED! I am picking her up in a couple of hours