Dustin and I had a blast yesterday making his first masterpiece of art. Yes, I tackled fingerpainting!! He was completely covered in paint (as you can see) and so was my floor (as you can also see) but we had so much fun!!! He was so cute. He kept on sticking his hands in the paint and rubbing it all over his chest and belly. It only lasted about 20 minutes before he lost interest and tried to touch everything else, but a good rainy day activity none the less. On another note, many of you know that Christopher has a half-brother that just got taken away from his family of 2 years (because of some problem with adoption regulations) and brought back to Oregon and DHS is trying to find a placement for the two of them together. They have essentially told us that if we are willing to take them both, we will be able to adopt them both, probably. If not, they will take Christopher away to another family where he can be with his brother. I am still in denial about the whole situation and am hoping that Jason (Christopher's brother) will be able to go back to the family he's been with his whole life and that we will be able to keep Christopher. I completely underestimated the effect that fostering kids would have on Dustin. He has gotten attached to Chris (as we all have) and I am really worried how Dustin would feel if he was taken away. Dustin calls Chris Sa-cee, and the first thing he does when he wakes up is check the crib to see if Christopher is awake. If he's still asleep, Dustin puts his finger up to his mouth and tells me "Shhhhh". I don't know what he would do if he wasn't there! I don't know, this is all so unexpected. I am trying really hard to pray and listen to the Spirit, but I don't know what to do. How can I turn away both of them and put them into the foster care system for who knows how long? On the other hand, how can I survive with 3 kids under 2?!?
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The Wonderful thing about life is that Heavenly Father knows everything. He will let everything work out the way it should...Who knows, maybe things will work out with Christopher's half brother in Alaska and you can keep Dustin....I think you are really going to give the Foster-people something to think about...You guys are THE BEST thing that has happened to Christopher, and as long as these people aren't stupid..they'll see that! Love you! Keep praying
I want to finger paint! How fun!
Oh man, Jen. I wish I had great advice for you, but I seriously have NO idea what I would do if I were you. Hmmm...
The boys both look super cute--we can't wait to see you guys again. I think we will be blessing Danin either the first Sunday in November or the first Sunday in December, so maybe you guys could come over for it. I know Brian would love for Tim to be a part of the circle.
Jennifer, you most likely don't remember me... I was briefly in the same ward as you when Dustin was born.
My name is Aimee Lybbert and I just had one little girl at the time. At your baby shower Izabella helped open all the presents (she thought they were for her). I got the link to your site from Chelsea's blog. My husband was a law student too.
Anywho, I've wanted to be a foster parent for a long time, but I didn't think I could until my kids were older -and then I read your blog. You are so inspirational! I never thought about how my kids would get really attached to the foster kids -you're really in a bind.
I know you'll get an answer on what to do. I remember being really impressed with how you and your husband just up and moved to Eugene just because you felt like it was the right thing to do -even though it seemed like a crazy thing. You'll be blessed for sure.
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