Packed

Our baby is all packed (we packed his Christmas gifts too as we never opened them because we have too many toys!) We are excited for his parents as the court is sending him home. As foster parents we have done our job. We have loved him and encouraged his parents. He is well attached so he will attach quickly to his family. Although we are happy for him, we are sad too. We loved that little one and he loved us back, just such a sweet baby.

This case has really bothered us. We really felt he should have never been in care in the first place. Dss didn’t even go to trial, they agreed to send him home because the charges were unfounded! Unfounded? That family missed most their child’s first year because they couldn’t get heard in court. It is just crazy to me. Our little man has a court hearing in that same courtroom later this month for TPR pretrial. I wonder if it will be heard. I wonder how long it will take to finish a case where the parents left the state almost 2 years ago and have never been back and rarely talked with DSS.  Our other foster son is in the same county.

It is strange tonight, no mom to change and give a bedtime snack, no baby to change and give a bedtime bottle. So much change this week and it will take some adjustment!

I am laying here in bed with Benjamin nearby thinking about a baby in another home and hoping that he is sleeping well.

Goodnight all