Chad was on the line and said something unexpected happened and the social worker wanted to know if we could come get the kids today for them to move in with us.
Umm YES of course.
So instead of a 1 to 2 month transition over to us, it was going to be done all at once (3 days before we thought we were going to meet them).
I think I was in shock.
Wow... in a few hours I was going to go meet and pick up my two new children for the first time.
Ok. What has to be done? Called the Sleep Shop where we ordered our organic mattresses for the kids (the mattress are not scheduled to arrive for another week). The kind owners are letting us borrow two mattresses until ours arrive. (Now that is excellent customer service!)
Thankfully the night before I had already cleaned and organized their bedrooms.
Chad still needed to assemble one of the bed frames...so I picked him up from work and we went home and got busy. Rose's VBS had an afternoon party with water slides etc. Then we went home and cleaned up and headed over to the social services office.
We were in a room with some toys a kiddie table and chairs with 3 case workers... when 2 adorable children, foster mom, their teen sister, and another lady walked in. It was all so surreal. What do you say to your children that you are just meeting? Little Boy just walked right in, held out his hand (to shake) and said "Are you my new family? It is nice to meet you" Oh my goodness. Melt my heart. How adorable. Little girl held out her hand too, and mumbled "Nice to meet you." Precious. ( and gulp.)
I now know (one reason) why newborns come into this world so small. I just wanted to scoop them up in my arms and love on them.
After a few minutes of playing they let us leave that building with all 3 of our beautiful children.
First few minutes at home after the house tour...
