Elizabeth and her Completely Visible Chinese Baby

On July 5th we became the legal parents to our foster son.  His name is Trevor Thomas and he is 4 and 1/2.  He is just 4 months older than Mia.  We are so thrilled to have him as our son.  I can't believe in the last three years we went from barely holding...

We just finished Homestudy Part 2!
A social worker came out last Saturday and then again today to interview us.  We talked for almost three hours each time.  She said she shouldn't have to come back and see us again and would email us if there was anymore info she needed.  She's hoping...

Good news! We've decided to officially request to adopt of our foster kiddo. We have talked to our social worker and she is starting the paperwork. It will take about six months, but that's nothing after waiting over 3 years for China!
Mia loves him so much and they play all the time. They do fight, but they are starting to work it out and I would say they get along about 80% of the time....

Well, hmmm, where to start.
We had a wonderful Christmas break. Things were humming along and then two days before Christmas we welcomed a little foster boy into our home. We knew about him and were planning some transition meetings with him and his current placement, but things...