Five Weeks

Five weeks of classes to become official foster parents, five weeks to get a bedroom ready for a 14 month old, five weeks to prepare our home for a toddler, five weeks to train our puppy, five weeks until we had a little boy in our home forever! This was a very exciting time for us. God had been preparing our hearts and directing us to adopt but had a specific child picked out already. We had no idea where he was, who he was, but God did. And despite our wrong directions, He brought us together. We were chosen by the Creator to be his parents and he was chosen to be our son, a perfect fit.

The classes were fun, we got to meet some great people and learn some things preparing us further for the challenges of foster care and the process. Preparing our home was a joy as we anticipated being parents, buying cribs and bedding, toys and gates, highchairs and sippy cups. Painting the bedroom and setting it up, getting everything just perfect.

And it was time...We went to the court house for our first visit, meeting him in a conference room, meeting his wonderful Foster Mom that had had him for a little over a year. He came in and just looked around with these big eyes taking everything in, arms bent at the elbows, toddling around...precious. This is the child God has brought to us.

We took him home for a day visit and enjoyed every minute with him. We played together and ate together, he napped and even enjoyed Heidi. It was a beautiful day. Then we took him back to his "home" with his Foster Mother and we were able to talk with her for awhile and learn more about him.

We had one of two more visits with him and then we received approval that we were able to bring him to our home and make it his home for good. This little boy had no clue what was going on, his Foster Mom was saddened to say good-bye but happy he was with us, we were smiling ear-to ear with beaming eyes and thankful hearts. And so our family of three began.