I've decided to start a blog in order to keep the people i love and care for updated on the events that take place in our family. And i am one of those people who don't really like the computer and networking thing. I don't 'chat' or play online games like a lot of my friends do. I am firmly grounded on this earth. I don't get too much into politics and i don't stick my nose in places it doesn't need to be. We live in a small town in Northeast Louisiana. I've spent nearly every summer of my childhood here and went to school mostly in Houston, Texas. I have had a taste of both the city and the country. I like both. I'd love to have both but find it to be a difficult place to get to. Sure there are places like what i describe out there but they all eventually get annexed by the city next door. Not to mention we have our house almost paid for. YEAH! And the schools are pretty darn good here. And both of our families live very nearby.
So to tell you all about us:
Josh and I married July 5, 2003. A whole six years under our belt! And it's been a good six years. None have been bad years but some have been great ones. The past couple have been AWESOME! Hard but awesome. Josh put me through nursing school, a decision i made on a whim which turned out to be a blessing and a gift in my opinion. I love it. Never ever did i think of becoming a nurse when i was a kid and here i am, doing just that and loving it greatly. I have decided to go back to school to get my RN but that will have to wait until circumstances are more favorable. And then i put josh through school. Computers of course. He's wanting to go back to school to get the last few credit hours he needs to get his associates degree. Like they say...The more letters you can put behind your name the better. Unfortunately we got screwed on a job he had lined up and he's been unemployed since then. I think that was in His plan though.
I think the best thing that we have done as a couple has been becoming certified foster parents. We have been unable to get pregnant and i got tired of worrying with it so we quit. But i still wanted children. It was like a maternal yearning or need to hear the pitter-patter of little feet on my hard wood floors. We looked at adoption but after a while decided that we wanted to be there for kids that needed us too. And so we decided on fostering. All together we've had seven children (not at the same time!). We will soon be entering the process of adopting our angel, Kayla. (This blog will be a place for her mother to get pictures too).
Another really huge thing that happened was that we gained full, permanent, legal custody of my cousin, Savanna. (We call her Nana because that's what Kayla calls her) Her sister Belle lives with her father but we have her for a weekend here and there. Nana has been as healthy as she's ever been. She stayed sick when she lived with her mother. She lived with us off and on her whole life so there wasn't really an adjustment period. And those are our girls. We have our princess, Nana and our angel, Kayla.
We recently got two new placements to add to our home. Jay is 20 months and Eveie is 7 months. They are adorable! Jay has changed so much since coming to us! he walks better and has started to run pretty good to. He's talking more and we can understand him! He's more affectionate and has gotten into our routine. He's even starting to say their bed time prayer with the girls! That is too cute! Eveie is learning to crawl so there always seem to be new bruises on her pretty little forehead. She's also trying to cut teeth which means loads of slobber. Josh has suggested that we walk around the yard with her so she can water the lawn with her slobber. We call her the slobber worm! They are all great kiddos! They keep us on our toes. It took a little while for them to realize that they had to share everything, even mommy and daddy, but they've got it.
To keep everything going smoothly we have to run a tight schedule and stay on routine. Josh and I both have schedule/appointment books to keep everything in order. I work a 2/3 split schedule, the kids have visits, doctor appointments, school functions, birthday parties, etc. Not to mention that we have to squish in some mommy/daddy time. 'Us time' is rare so we have to plan well in order to have it and enjoy it.
So I hope this blog helps me to share the happiness and joy in our lives with you.
C.
So to tell you all about us:
Josh and I married July 5, 2003. A whole six years under our belt! And it's been a good six years. None have been bad years but some have been great ones. The past couple have been AWESOME! Hard but awesome. Josh put me through nursing school, a decision i made on a whim which turned out to be a blessing and a gift in my opinion. I love it. Never ever did i think of becoming a nurse when i was a kid and here i am, doing just that and loving it greatly. I have decided to go back to school to get my RN but that will have to wait until circumstances are more favorable. And then i put josh through school. Computers of course. He's wanting to go back to school to get the last few credit hours he needs to get his associates degree. Like they say...The more letters you can put behind your name the better. Unfortunately we got screwed on a job he had lined up and he's been unemployed since then. I think that was in His plan though.
I think the best thing that we have done as a couple has been becoming certified foster parents. We have been unable to get pregnant and i got tired of worrying with it so we quit. But i still wanted children. It was like a maternal yearning or need to hear the pitter-patter of little feet on my hard wood floors. We looked at adoption but after a while decided that we wanted to be there for kids that needed us too. And so we decided on fostering. All together we've had seven children (not at the same time!). We will soon be entering the process of adopting our angel, Kayla. (This blog will be a place for her mother to get pictures too).
Another really huge thing that happened was that we gained full, permanent, legal custody of my cousin, Savanna. (We call her Nana because that's what Kayla calls her) Her sister Belle lives with her father but we have her for a weekend here and there. Nana has been as healthy as she's ever been. She stayed sick when she lived with her mother. She lived with us off and on her whole life so there wasn't really an adjustment period. And those are our girls. We have our princess, Nana and our angel, Kayla.
We recently got two new placements to add to our home. Jay is 20 months and Eveie is 7 months. They are adorable! Jay has changed so much since coming to us! he walks better and has started to run pretty good to. He's talking more and we can understand him! He's more affectionate and has gotten into our routine. He's even starting to say their bed time prayer with the girls! That is too cute! Eveie is learning to crawl so there always seem to be new bruises on her pretty little forehead. She's also trying to cut teeth which means loads of slobber. Josh has suggested that we walk around the yard with her so she can water the lawn with her slobber. We call her the slobber worm! They are all great kiddos! They keep us on our toes. It took a little while for them to realize that they had to share everything, even mommy and daddy, but they've got it.
To keep everything going smoothly we have to run a tight schedule and stay on routine. Josh and I both have schedule/appointment books to keep everything in order. I work a 2/3 split schedule, the kids have visits, doctor appointments, school functions, birthday parties, etc. Not to mention that we have to squish in some mommy/daddy time. 'Us time' is rare so we have to plan well in order to have it and enjoy it.
So I hope this blog helps me to share the happiness and joy in our lives with you.
C.
