Do you remember...

Well as most of you already know, baby Florida went home with his birth mom.  We were really expecting that outcome after not hearing for several days what was going on with the birth family.  We are continuing to pray for his health and for the strength of his caregivers.

In the meantime, we are working with a new agency, Sans Pereil.  We have turned everything in and had our home study, but it seems to be going really SLOW.  Maybe the slowest agency yet.  They are brand new and still trying to get all their licensing done, so we will see.  Honestly, we are not in that big of a rush.  We know when God has the right child for us we will be here and ready. 

Bekah starts pre-k next Monday, three days a week.  We will see if that might help her home behavior some.  She really needs a structured day and needs to have others to play with.  I think she gets really bored here at home with me.  Levi is doing really well in school.  He is an advanced reader and has all A's and a B at this time.  We told him if he could handle 3rd grade and have good grades he could play a sport.  So he will probably play soccer in the Spring.  I didn't realize how much homework 3rd grade was going to have!

Oh, forgot to mention something.  Do you remember Brittany, Levi and Bekah's biological half-sister?  Well we ran into her grandma yesterday at the movies.  So we will now be having contact with her again with the understanding that she doesn't know where we live, or where the kids are going to school at.  I hate it, but she still receives calls from her biological mom and those people are crazy.  I have really been wanting to have contact so that I can find out exactly what is going on with Bekah's biological parents and where they are located.  Unfortunately, her biological father is a criminal and drug addict.  He is in jail right now in Alabama.  Evidently, he was in jail in Houston for 9 months and then they sent him back to Alabama for writing fake presciptions.  We really don't want them to show up at our front door.  We also found out that the biological mother's mom died early this year.  This saddens me in a way.  It makes me wonder if Bekah will ever want to know what she looked like. 

With this happening, it has made me realize that Bekah will know she was adopted.  I always knew we were going to tell her.  She doesn't look like us, and well her brother knows!  I just didn't think I would be so scared when the time came.  I really thought it would just be a small fact and we would move on.  I pray that's how it happens.  Maybe since she will know from really little it will be "normal" for her.  I plan on loving these guys the same no matter what happens, but wow  reality is hitting hard this week!