One more?

OH MY GOSH!! Lakin!! that is incrediable and wild news...I can't believe how this whole thing has just gone any ways!!Soooooooooo...............is there a 4-sale sign on your yard yet?

Yeah!!! Fingers are crossed that all goes well.

Thanks guys! I'm not getting my hopes on getting to keep the kids, but we've had lots of things happen that make me think she'll get it together and she doesn't! So we'll see. Just praying that all goes well. I'm taking every day at a time and worrying about that day. God will handle it tomorrow! I haven't shared the baby news with anyone but my online friends. The rest will go crazy and want to know whats going on! They dont' understand we don't have any answers, but just as many questions if not more than they do! Roon, no 4-sale sign yet! But I can only imagine how much more the house would shrink w/ a baby! Haha! I'm still working on that though! Shannon

SW said go ahead and get our spot open. She's not sure when she's due, but thinks she's about 6 months or so along. She said mom is aware that she will loose this one too so she's probably not going to let anyone know when she's due. However, the judge will probably ask her in April. Plus we've been told she has had a drinking/drug problem...so if the baby tests positive for anything, they would automatically remove him/her at the hospital. Does make me worry about the health of the baby. Who knows if she did anything with the kidlets we have now...although they are very intelligent, bright kids! Just keep praying for us as the roller coaster ride begins! Shannon

Shannon, Good luck! I know what you mean about wondering if there will be more siblings down the road. The mom of the kiddos we're adopting is 21 years old. The girls are one year and 2 weeks apart. Seeing that birth control is not readily accessible in Guatemala, I would be highly surprised if their mom does not get pregnant again soon. I would love to be able to adopt more in the future but it's so expensive that I'm not sure that we could do it again! I have a feeling that if we got a call about a sibling (which seems to happen quite frequently in our program). I'm also afraid that the Guatemala program may be shut down for Americans next year if the US keeps going the way that they're headed, which means it wouldn't matter if we had money or not. That's even sadder to me.

Lakin~If the biomomma relinquishes voluntarily, and doesn't test positive for drugs, does this child about to be born fall into the same case? You might ask SW.Our sibling groups mom, relinquished while pregnant, and had a baby at home that the state could not visit, due to them not being in the "case" of the siblings. The SW in her county explained sadly, that biomomma would more than likely lose them also. :( But they could do nothing without a tip or a teacher/daycare provider turning her in. So that at age 4, when one enters headstart, the system would probably hopefully catch them? Tormenting to me to know that my kids siblings are in the same situation they were in, and nothing I can do. Sydney, your situation seems so similar, my heart goes out to you. That would haunt me also!

I don't know Roon.....somehow I don't see her relinquishing though. My fear is that she'll take off again and hide. Roon I know thats got to be hard! I worked with someone years ago who was in the same situation. However, it was before the 15 mos thing went into effect. She had Becca from 3 wks to 7 yrs before she was finally tpr'd and adopted. Bmom had 3 other kids after her that they couldn't take in the county she moved to b/c they couldn't prove anything. Not being able to use the fact that her oldest daughter once she ran away from her private girls facility, was being pimped out by bmom and bdad. They found her when she was 18, and by then the state couldn't hold bmom and bdad accountable b/c she was legally an adult. Of course she denied that for the 2 previous years that they were the ones providing her customers! I haven't talked to Kim in a long time, but I'm guessing that the younger 3 were eventualy taken. Knowing this woman (and I did) she couldn't stay straight to save her life! And had 7 kids to screw up along the way! At least Becca was removed early on in life, although has some effects from the drugs/alcohol her mother used while pregnant. Roon, keep you heart open....isn't one of the little ones due to start Head Start soon? Keep faith that the teachers will recognize the neglect and abuse and report it. I know you've got 2 extra beds ready for them right?! Big hugs! Shannon