Second Baby, New Baby-The Remedy Is The Sip N’ See
Baby showers should be a cut and dry situation: your friend is pregnant, you throw her a shower, invite all her friends to celebrate the upcoming arrival, she gets lots of gifts that she will need for her new bundle of joy, you play a few games, eat some cake, everyone is happy. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work like that. There are always issues like: This is actually your friend’s second child and having a shower for a second child is frowned upon, viewed as greedy for gifts, and considered tacky. (No idea who wrote that rule, but most women are aware of it.) This is actually your friend’s second child and the upcoming arrival is the same sex as the first child, so a baby shower is an etiquette no-no. Your friend is weird about receiving gifts, makes all kinds of excuses as to why she doesn’t want a shower,
Jeremiah’s Adoption Story-Part 6, The Finale!
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 On May 31, 2006 we had our first visit with Jeremiah and finally met his sweet little spirit. The joy in seeing our son for the first time was the greatest feeling possible. When I was finally able see this little guy, hold him, hug him, kiss him and smell him, my whole world changed. I knew without a doubt in my mind that Jeremiah was meant for our family. That little person I had only dreamed about was finally in my arms and mine forever, nothing would ever take him away. He was a long awaited answer to many prayers over the past 3 years and he was so much MORE than we could have ever asked for. On June 5, 2006 the visitations were over and he was placed in our home as our child. After
Jeremiah’s Adoption Story – Part 5
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 I, of course, called Vicki that same night and was able to get more information about the little boy they had. The G’s had been fostering for 17 years, but the last half of those years they had only been fostering severely handicapped children with serious health issues. They had a young boy at their home they were fostering by the name of Andrew. This sweet guy was very disabled and was placed in their home because his mother was not capable of taking care of him due to her drug and alcohol use during his pregnancy. When Andrew’s mother became pregnant again and had a baby boy in March of 2005, the G’s were contacted to take Andrew’s baby brother. Although the G’s usually only fostered handicapped children, they wanted to make sure the two half brothers stayed together so
Jeremiah’s Adoption Story – Part 4
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 On Friday the 13th of January 2006, I did a party for the “E” family in Waxahachie. I was scheduled to come as Belle, BUT because of some crazy Friday the 13th spell I was under, I screwed up and came as Cinderella instead. The mom was MORTIFIED!! Before I even came in the house, she met me at my car crying her EYES out about how her daughter loves Belle more than anything and how this is going to ruin her birthday completely. I’m sure you can imagine the guilt and embarrassment I felt at that moment. For a minute, I seriously thought about getting back in the car and just driving away. I felt like there was nothing I could do to make this better. Before almost beginning to cry myself, the mom’s friend came out to meet me and calm the
Jeremiah’s Adoption Story – Part 3
Part 1, and Part 2 Toward the end of 2005, Austin and I were chosen as a prospective family for a little African-American girl who was around 15 months. She was born addicted to cocaine, but her foster parents had raised her since birth and were able to get her through withdrawals as a baby. Although she was no longer addicted, she had physical issues that were a result of the addiction. Her muscles were tighter than most babies and she wasn’t flexible. She also had severe reflux issues that were a daily problem for her foster parents. Still, Austin and I were ecstatic about being chosen and we wanted to pursue adopting her. Over a period of a few weeks before the final meeting to choose the family for her, I grew very attached to this little girl I had never met. I felt as if I was already
Jeremiah’s Adoption Story – Part 2
For part 1, go HERE. In domestic adoption, families who want to adopt choose an agency to work with. You can either choose to work directly with CPS, or choose a private agency that would give you more one on one attention and care. Austin and I chose to work with a private agency called The Arrow Project which we were referred to by some friends of ours at our church. We were told we needed to take the required courses, get a home study and then extensive background checks. Once we finished these things, we would be licensed as state foster/adoptive parents for Texas. We spent the entire spring and summer of 2005 going to classes and preparing our home for the all intrusive home study. By the fall of 2005 we were finally finished with all the required steps and were licensed as foster/adoptive parents. We were then
