More kids?

Well, we were finally able to send our home study to another state for a sibling group. We are praying that these little boys will be meant for us. We know it will be a lot of work but will be so worth it!

Of course the little boys we are looking at have some special needs but we don't mind that. The older boys are twins, about 3 years old. K and JJ both have cerebral palsy but JJ is more affected than K. They were born premature. L is the baby, just under a year old, and is meeting all his developmental milestones. K needs a brace on one leg to walk and run. He is also in speech therapy. JJ isn't walking yet, is in speech, and is thought to be slightly mentally handicapped. Of course we haven't seen their medical records or anything like that yet. We would have to actually be picked as potential parents first.

We had been looking at a similar sibling set in another state a few months ago. That's when we tried to get our home study sent out and couldn't do so. These boys also consisted of a set of twins, age 4 yrs., with one of them having cerebral palsy. They had an older brother, age 5 yrs., that had no special needs. The boy with cerebral palsy in this group could crawl but not walk or stand and was developmentally delayed. You could also tell from the photo that he drooled quite a lot. I have heard that could mean a lot of speech and possibly feeding problems.

We have been researching the help and therapy we would have available in our town, since it's quite small. We have been pleasantly surprised that there is quite a bit of help available here. Of course it would probably be necessary to travel to the larger metro areas a few times a year for more intensive testing or therapy sessions, but that would be no problem as we already do that with our current sons.

Our home study approves us for 2 children - but our case worker said that our free bedroom is plenty large enough for 3 children. We are hoping in the near future to put a new basement under our house. There would be a large play/rec room and 2 bedrooms there - freeing up another bedroom upstairs.

It is so hard to wait for news! It's only been a day or so since we were told our home study would be sent and already I'm on pins and needles waiting for news!! LOL I know it's very likely we won't be chosen, but I also know that the Lord will give us our children when it is the right time and the right children. We just have to have patience until then.