Siblings!

Well, it's been three months since I last wrote. Holy moly!

And these past three months have been insane around here. The busiest that we have ever been.

Everyone is in school, Bubba has been in school time and a half! On top of working full time. I've been doing an internship and another class.
Rowan has been busy and doing well in school and also took a theater class.

We all got sick... that stuck around for awhile.

And we all had to get the flu shot. The first one ever for Rowan and I. This was a requirement mandated by the state in order for us to continue to get referrals for children in foster care under the age of 2. I was not happy about it, but drug myself to Target to get it.

The referrals.... we've had quite a few these past months. And we have said no to the majority of them.
Some were high risk, higher risk than what we wanted.
Some were medical conditions we didn't feel like we could handle.
Some were situations with the biological family that we didn't think would be a good fit for us.
Some just didn't "feel right."

To be honest, I wonder if the fact that we have been so insanely busy played a role in the fact that we said no so many times. But at the same time I tell myself, probably not, because if it felt right we would have said yes. Because we in fact did say yes, and we have said yes and we continue to say yes to the referrals that feel right, that we know we can handle, physically and emotionally.

Somehow, we still haven't been chosen.

All in God's time.

I like to think that we were meant to wait this long to get through this busy season in our lives.
We are both set to graduate on April 30th. Bubba will continue on with his education in July to work on his Masters, but once I graduate - I'm done. At least for awhile. I need to a break and our family needs that from me as well. There are a lot of things that have been put on the back burner and it will be good for everyone that I will be done with school. Please Rowan will be home everyday for summer break pretty soon! ALREADY!? I can't believe it... the year just flew by!

We do have an ADOPTION UPDATE:

I received an email today letting us know that our agency received our amended foster license.

What this means.... well it means that we are now licensed for siblings.
We can take two kiddos anywhere from 0-7 years old!

Holy smokes... what a crazy, wild ride that would be!

Imagine bringing in two kids that are two different ages and doing different things and are in totally different stages!!

It's pretty exciting that we grew our way into this decision. I always knew that this could be a possibility, but Bubba was unsure. But he eventually grew into this and has thought that it's something that could be really awesome and that as family we could handle.

We are excited about this and what it may do for our future!

I'm off to compose a portfolio for my internship and write a business plan for my last classes for this degree! Hooray!