The beginning of a school year, for us, is insane! So many new experiences, friends, teachers, & classes. You can feel the stress around our house. God always comes through and shows our family that we can trust Him with all of our fears & anxiety.
Alaina, not only is reading on a 2nd grade level, but absolutely LOVES her teacher. She is working through a workbook, teaching herself to write in CURSIVE! I am not sure where she gets her drive to learn, but it makes my job as her mom so much easier. 1st grade has been a wonderful experience for her so far and I know it's going to get better from here.
Brandon has hit 3rd grade with a smile. He has a teacher who can be hard when needed, but really just wants to see them do their best. He loves a challenge and I think this teacher is up for that challenge!
H-Bomb and I(yes, that is how Hannah signs her name) are doing preschool here at home. This is the first time I have attempted preschool with any of my other children. She loves to learn, but still wants to put her slant on things. I try to explain that some things aren't up for change, but she is determined to see things how she wants them to be rather than how they really are. She really brightens my days : )
My baby, Logan, is potty trained now. YAY! He seems to be growing up faster than the others. Not happy about that, but he is lots of fun. The girls always want him to be the dad, prince or the baby during their pretend play. He always ends up being the dinosaur! Gotta love that kid~
As of August 18th, Matt & I officially became licensed foster parents in the great state of Texas. To start things off, were asked to provide respite care for another foster family for four days. Basically, we were responsible for 2 foster children while the foster parents went out of state. It was our first taste of having SIX kids in our house. We were doing fine, but I think I stressed myself out way more than necessary. A day after their foster mom had picked them up, I was diagnosed with Shingles!
SHINGLES! I am a healthy 32 year old~ what the heck am I doing with SHINGLES!! The doctors told me that I probably had a supressed immune system due to too much STRESS! So I took the next week and rested...as much as a mother of 4 can. All is well now. The medication did it's job and praise be to God that I only had severe pain for the first couple of days. After that, the swelling went down quickly and the pain was mostly gone. A week after the diagnosis, I was feeling great- rested and back at the gym. Unfortunately during this week, we were unable to take a placement of a sibling group because of my prior diagnosis. But we know that God works all things together for our good and that His ways are perfect & flawless. So we marched on~
This past Thursday, I got a call about a sibling group that fit our critieria. I remember texting Matt telling him to accept the placement, he did, and I began getting things ready for two more kiddos. For me, it really doesn't take much to attach to a child. I remember scurrying around the house washing bedding and asking friends for baby furniture, completely ready to take on any situation that comes through my door. An hour later, my phone rang. Our placement coordinator was on the phone telling me that CPS had decided to place the children with a family closer to their bio-family...
CRASH! I know they were not my kids, but I still felt like my balloon popped. I had gone from thinking "I am crazy- I cannot be a mom of 6" to "I cannot wait to tackle this". I was mad, sad, confused, and all of the above. But again, that small voice in my head interupted my thought pattern. I took a deep breath. God is working. I know He has something else for us.
So that brings us to the first few weeks of September. We are currently working on another placement. I know that my God is soveriegn. He has already written tomorrow and the days after that. We can rest in Him knowing that if this is His plan for our family, it will happen and He will equip us.
God has a wonderful way of showing us how close He is by using great people to come along side us and help us out. You all know who you are and we LOVE you!!! For now, we fix our eyes on Him and know that He is worthy of our trust ~
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