Category: Our First Kid

It was Tuesday evening before we were able to get the appropriate security clearance to visit Marcus at the Children's Hospital.   And we didn't really know what to expect when we got there.  It was less than 10 days before halloween and one of my good friends made and decorated adorable skeleton cookies that… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: High Needs Case Management

The Monday after our rough weekend with Marcus, I worked from home.  We had a pre-scheduled meeting that afternoon with Ivette, the counselor that attempted to work with Marcus in his first foster home.  She had asked to meet with us to discuss strategies to work with Marcus when he ultimately moved into our home.… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: The Breakdown

When we woke the next morning, my first call was to the shelter to check on how Marcus was doing after we dropped him off the night before.  His shelter case manager, we'll call her "Kathy," picked up the phone immediately. "What happened?"  I could hear the concern in her voice.  For all of the… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: The Morning After

If you read my last post, you know it had already been a rough morning with Marcus.  So when he jumped out of our moving vehicle, tried to board a city bus, then ran into the Barnes and Noble, I had a feeling we were in for it. In the nearly two hours that we… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: So we’re no longer welcome at Barnes and Noble…

So this is a long one, but I promise it's an entertaining read.  It's got everything: suspense; a police chase; a child jumping out of a moving vehicle (okay a slowly moving vehicle but still...keep those child locks on folks).  Grab some wine and pull up a chair. We learned in our foster parenting classes… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: The one where we leave a path of destruction…

The Tuesday following our Friday afternoon visit, we finally got to take Marcus  "off campus" for a visit to our house and to meet our dog, Millie!   It was WONDERFUL!  If it wasn't for the fact that I would have certainly been charged with kidnapping, I never would have brought him back to the… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: First home visit!

WE MET MARCUS!  And we were just a little excited about it. 😉. We visited him at the shelter on a Tuesday night with a bag of games and snacks. He was wonderfully adorable with the sweetest smile and laugh.  His favorite color is red, his favorite foods are macaroni and cheese and pasta with… Continue reading Our Foster Parenting Journey: Meet Cute