Three Littles

Our 3 Littlest Littles

 

 

"N's" caseworker (we are on #3 now) came by this past Wednesday. It was just a routine visit .... you know because this is the first time she has seen her since being assigned her case. I had tons of questions for her though ... like what in the world is going on with the people that the momma wrote down for "N" to go to??????

 

Apparently one is a cousin ... and guess what?? She just moved this past weekend! (AWESOME NEWS) So she still has to get all settled into her new place before they can do a homestudy. Which is all great, because the move has delayed everything. (TWO Thumbs Up in my book!)

 

We go to court on August 1 (next Thurs ... the first day of school!) This is a "pre-trial" which is where they will discuss what the attoneys will need during the trial; witnesses, amt. of time, etc. (I heard the actual trial could go from 1-3 hrs!) I feel like it is extremely important for at least my face to be present at ALL court dates so that the judge and anyone else involved knows that I am involved, and WE WANT HER! The acutal trial is August 22nd ... really and truly have no fear of them NOT losing their rights. We just need to hurry along the month of August to make sure that no one else comes out of the wood work to take her away from us.

 

Her Guardian Ad Litem (the person appointed by the court to be in a sense the child's voice ... she shares with the judge what she thinks is in the best interest for the child) is supposed to come to do a home visit this Saturday. I really really like her a lot .... so better believe we will make sure it is known that we want "N" and are willing to do whatever we can to fight for her.

 

I feel like everything this week was okay ... no new news that shocked me like the last court date. We are still very much waiting ... so keep praying hard friends!

 

Oh, hi I'm not done ... we've got two more littles to discuss ...

 

"M" -1yr "R" - 7mo are brothers. They came to us on April Fool's Day no less .... Their whole situation is a HOT freakin mess as well. The parents are not getting them back at the moment (still working on a caseplan) but there have been three different relatives that they were trying to get them moved to. Their caseworker did a last minute call that said he needed to be at my house today for a visit (it was 4:35pm when I talked with him) because it had been 30 days since he had seen them last and he wasn't supposed to go over 23 days. Ummm ... okay, not my fault. So I busted my butt to get to daycare (30 min away) and then drive alllllll the way back to where I had started (another 30 min) to get all the kids home and some what settled before he showed up at our door. He told me that the one grandma's homestudy was looking pretty good ... that he was 90% sure that it would be approved and that the boys would probably be leaving within the next two weeks or so. That she had to do some parenting classes because she had prior records but that everything seemed to look okay. (sounds perfect to you too right???) And that she would be highly monitored at least three times a week to make sure that the boys were being taken care of properly. (still sounds super right??) Not to mention this was the same place that the boys were removed from before they came to us .... sigh ...

 

It isn't surprising me that they are leaving.

 

Honestly I am feeling kind of numb at the moment.

 

Please cover these sweet INNOCENT boys in prayer. Pray for PROTECTION.

 

There is going to be a lot of change happeing in the next few weeks ... new normals to begin to adjust to. Pray for peace and comfort .... and understanding. It's hard ... fostering is hard, and it's ugly sometimes. But we do everything we can to love our littles while they are here with us. We fight and love until the end.