10/20/2023
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10/20/2023

Well… It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted an update!

As you can probably imagine, we are busy!
Over the last few months, a lot has happened, so I will try to remember it all and provide updates where I can.

I was able to take 3 months of leave from work when the kids came into our home, and we worked on getting into a routine. My dad came to visit to help us get established. We wanted the transition of when I would go back to work as seamless as possible. Therefore, we started the kids with daycare, and tried to anticipate what the usual drop off and pick up times would be once I would go back to work so that we could implement them right away.


The kids had a ton of appointments. We wanted to get them situated with a new doctor, and see what therapy services they might need. There were about 6 weeks or so where we had at least one appointment a day. I suppose that happens with 3 little kids.
In addition, I was clothes shopping, food shopping, cooking, and trying to keep up with the heaps of laundry. I am so grateful my dad was able to stay with us and help!

The daycare situation was hard to implement. But by God’s grace and ultimate plan, it worked out better than I could have imagined. I first had them enrolled at a new daycare in town because there were no other openings. I had their names on several wait lists hoping something else would open up. Since this daycare was so new, they didn’t have therapy services set up. I would have had to take a lot of time off of work to get the kids to and from their sessions – not to mention it was a bit of a further drive. I was desperately calling around and took a chance at touring a daycare that didn’t have any openings. The director was so nice and listened to all of my concerns as well as offered recommendations to set us in the right direction and set us up for success. She took time to review the daycare’s availability, and sure enough, she actually had 2 temporary openings and offered to have our 2 older kiddos there for 2 weeks. She was unable to offer an infant opening, but I took advantage of the bonding time with baby.
She also reached out to other directors (now knowing the full situation), and a few days later, I received a call from one of those daycares. They had 2 openings and would conveniently be able to take our 2 older kiddos right after their 2 weeks ended with the other daycare. This was amazing news! This daycare would be able to provide therapy services at the daycare, so there would not be any transportation needed to get them to and from those appointments. So, I immediately set up an appointment to tour the facility, which was scheduled for a week later. At my visit, they informed me that they just had an infant spot open up that day and the start date would be the same as the 2 other kiddos. God clearly had His hand in this!

As we progressed through the months, the kids became more comfortable with us and our routine. They started eating more food that they weren’t used to eating, their skills were advancing, and they started trusting us more. As expected with any new daycare and cold season, our immune systems were challenged. On top of that, baby seemed to be sick once a month and she was very uncomfortable. As we started approaching September, I was planning our first birthday party together and I was planning for the upcoming transition of me going back to work. At this point, I realized that not only was I going back to work at the busiest time of the year, but Frankie was going to be in his last term of school, and we still needed to figure out how to make time for cooking meals and taking care of the kids through it all.
We were exhausted and stressed. I knew we were going to need help.


My mom and Godmother were already planning on visiting us mid-Sept. To make this even better, my mom was able to extend her stay with us, and she has been a huge help as we worked through the tight deadlines. Thank you both for visiting and helping!


Frankie is doing well in school and is anticipating the completion of his master’s degree by the end of this weekend!


There are several legal processes that happened over the course of the summer. For the sake of all involved, I am unable to discuss these matters. However, I am pleased and so incredibly excited to share that we have officially been identified as the adoptive parents of all three kiddos! We are working on completing a 3rd home study due to all agencies and processes being separate and are anticipating adoption within the first few months of the new year!!