Baby D still sees his birth parents twice a week. They are making slow progress in their case plan, however they cannot seem pass a drug screening. We did get permission from them to take him with us on our vacation next week. It frustrates me incredibly that we must ask permission from people who cannot get their act together for their son. On Monday, they canceled the visit because birth dad wasn't feeling well and birth mom was tired. It took everything I had to calm myself down. Seriously?
Until last week Baby Girl had not seen her birth mom except for 15 minutes at the very first visit. She showed up last week only because the social worker told grandma (b/c she's yet to speak with birth mom) that if she didn't show up all other visits would be canceled until court in December. Today, she was a no-show again. Still no word on whether we can take her on vacation or not.
Baby D has been sleeping through the night very well. He usually wakes up about 5:00 or 5:30am to eat, so with the time change it has been 4:00 or 4:30am. Otherwise, he's doing very well. He's just a big, fat, happy baby boy.
Baby Girl still wakes up several times throughout the night. She has been eating about every 3 to 3.5 hours. She HATES being wet or dirty and insists on her diaper being changed immediately. However, she HATES having her diaper changed. Poor girl can't catch a break.
Two Saturdays ago, the wonderful Kassakatis family came over to watch the kiddos while Luke and I had a full day to ourselves. We had no idea what we would do, but we found stuff to fill our time. We did go and see Fireproof. It was a great movie, with a great story, IF you can overlook some mediocre acting. Kirk Cameron and the main woman character were good, even though every time I saw him the theme song from "Growing Pains" flashed through my mind. Oh, I had such a crush on him when I was younger. Anyway, I would highly recommend ANYONE going to see it, married or single.
On Wednesday of next week we will be making the 700+ mile trip to Tenessee/Arkansas to see family. I am excited about seeing everyone but very anxious as to how the driving will play out with all 5 kids. Most likely, my internet access will be limited, which for me will be a good thing and hopefully be a time that I can read, catch up on some scripture memory I've been trying to do and just have a blog free week. My BFF Amanda does have the internet, so I might be able to squeak in a quick update.
Luke took Big Red in today to have it looked at the before the trip and we were told it needed $1,100 worth of work done to the shocks and ball bearings. *Sigh* I've called the dealership and I'm hoping that I can haggle my way into having them do the repairs. Guess we will see.
Until last week Baby Girl had not seen her birth mom except for 15 minutes at the very first visit. She showed up last week only because the social worker told grandma (b/c she's yet to speak with birth mom) that if she didn't show up all other visits would be canceled until court in December. Today, she was a no-show again. Still no word on whether we can take her on vacation or not.
Baby D has been sleeping through the night very well. He usually wakes up about 5:00 or 5:30am to eat, so with the time change it has been 4:00 or 4:30am. Otherwise, he's doing very well. He's just a big, fat, happy baby boy.
Baby Girl still wakes up several times throughout the night. She has been eating about every 3 to 3.5 hours. She HATES being wet or dirty and insists on her diaper being changed immediately. However, she HATES having her diaper changed. Poor girl can't catch a break.
Two Saturdays ago, the wonderful Kassakatis family came over to watch the kiddos while Luke and I had a full day to ourselves. We had no idea what we would do, but we found stuff to fill our time. We did go and see Fireproof. It was a great movie, with a great story, IF you can overlook some mediocre acting. Kirk Cameron and the main woman character were good, even though every time I saw him the theme song from "Growing Pains" flashed through my mind. Oh, I had such a crush on him when I was younger. Anyway, I would highly recommend ANYONE going to see it, married or single.
On Wednesday of next week we will be making the 700+ mile trip to Tenessee/Arkansas to see family. I am excited about seeing everyone but very anxious as to how the driving will play out with all 5 kids. Most likely, my internet access will be limited, which for me will be a good thing and hopefully be a time that I can read, catch up on some scripture memory I've been trying to do and just have a blog free week. My BFF Amanda does have the internet, so I might be able to squeak in a quick update.
Luke took Big Red in today to have it looked at the before the trip and we were told it needed $1,100 worth of work done to the shocks and ball bearings. *Sigh* I've called the dealership and I'm hoping that I can haggle my way into having them do the repairs. Guess we will see.