Half Way There!

This week puts us over the half way mark in our classes! Class 6 and 7 this week, making it less than 2 weeks left of classes!!

We had a busy week last week with the state coming and doing our safety inspection. We knew we would not pass due to the guns not having trigger locks but the state inspector found a few more things we weren't planning on. Good news it was nothing big and our agency worker can sign us off when she comes on May 14th. We needed to purchase a carbon monoxide monitor since we have gas in our house and not just from the boys (I couldn't resist), a larger fire extinguisher, and lock up our cleaning supplies and my nail polish remover. And as luck would have it, our neighbor was cleaning out her garage and found a carbon monoxide monitor that she didn't need. Bryon found trigger locks at work and installed them on the rest of the guns in the house that needed it, and we switched the bedroom doorknob that has a lock for the one in the storage closet and now my cleaning supplies are locked and secured. One more trip to Lowe's to switch out the fire extinguisher and we should be set.

Last week in classes we learned about how a child would feel coming into our home. It was a big eye opener because we are so excited to meet our future daughter, we forget the trauma they have endured to be placed in our home to begin with. We also learned about the behaviors a child might have coming into our home and how to discipline appropriately. There is NO spanking allowed so we set a new family rule that if one can't be spanked then no one will be.

We have until the 14th to think about what kind of child is right for our home and what we are willing and not willing to accept in a child. This is the part I am not looking forward to. I hate the idea of refusing a child, but at the same time we have to make sure that the boys are safe.

So as we near the 14th and look at all of the possibilities a child may face, please continue to pray that God puts our mind at ease about all the decisions we have to make as a family. We know He has already selected her for us and just waiting for the perfect time to bring her home to us.

Happy Birthday to Our Chunky Monkey!

 

HaPpY BiRtHdAy CADEN!!!

Mommy, Daddy and Calvin love you so much.

 

I honestly can't tell you where the past year has gone. My sweet baby boy is no longer a baby. We had his birthday party last weekend and he had so much fun. He was without a nap and once he got his second wind, he stayed awake playing with Calvin and his cousins until 9pm!

 

Tuesday Caden had tubes put in his ears. The procedure was so quick I didn't even have time to get too nervous while in the waiting room. Yesterday, day 2 of the tubes, I noticed a HUGE difference in his speech. He was "talking" all day long which isn't like him. I am so glad we did the procedure. He seems so much happier!

 

We go to the doctor next week to get his check-up. I will post his stats and birthday party pictures then.