It's TWINS!!!

It has been just over a month since we received the call for Tarzan and Sweety. Since then we have only gotten one call. It was for a 10 month old baby girl. We said yes but they called us back to inform us that she had a 12 year old sister and they wanted to place them together so they found a different family. We have also done respite three times. Twice for sisters who are 3 and 4 years old and once for a sibling set of a 9 year old boy, 7 year old girl, and 5 year old boy. The respite was a really good experience. They were all great kids but it helped us to solidify our age range for placements of 0-2 years old. We do not have any children of our own, so no parenting experience, so our thought is to start out from the beginning.

On another note... yesterday we received our third placement! Twins! That's right TWINS!! Reason for removal? Yep you guessed it... meth. :(  They are 13 month old fraternal twin boys, very fraternal! They are opposites in coloring both hair and skin. But they are the same size, a very chunky 23 pounds. They are so adorable. D is very shy. The poor little guy hasn't laughed yet but he has the most beautiful blue eyes. P is very outgoing and has the most adorable smile, his eyes get all squinty and his nose wrinkles.

We got the call at about 11 am yesterday. I was told that the caseworker would call to set up the details of dropping them off but that we were for sure getting them. So while I was waiting for the call I went to get another carseat and highchair and set up everything I could think of for twins 13 month olds. Well it wasn't until 4 pm that the caseworker finally called and said she would get to our house around 5 or 5:30. Oh man the anticipation...she finally drives up at 5:15. We both went out to her car and there they were! It's interesting how your imagination makes up what a person is going to look like before you've met them. I assumed they would be identical or at least look alike. Man was I wrong. D was sleeping. And P was wide awake with big unsure eyes holding a Mickey Mouse flashlight. The caseworker told us that their mom said D is the cranky one and P is the happy one. Sure enough she said D cried the entire 45 minute drive and had just fallen asleep. They were obviously teething as they were both drooling like crazy. Their top two incisors are about half way in. Their walk is very unsteady like they had only been walking for a couple of weeks. We held them for the first 10 or 15 minutes before they got down to explore the toys.

Their first night went well. They went down pretty easily and slept through the night, about 12 hours!
I feel like I am running on adrenaline. I am not quite sure what I'm doing so I am definitely over anticipating everything. I'm guessing that this feeling is going to last awhile, at least until we get into some kind of routine. Haha... still figuring that out. But you know what? At the same time I am feeling so blessed to have these boys in our family already! While having twins is going to be a challenge, they honestly feel like the perfect fit.

On another note, you know when we were first thinking about doing foster care I was worried that we wouldn't be able to because of all of our pets. We have two pit bulls and two cats. Yes Pit Bulls!!! But no one cared as long as they didn't have an aggressive history. Man they have been an amazing blessing. They are like therapy pets to these kids who come to our home! They are like ice breakers. They lick them and sit next to them. The boys like to sit on them and hug and kiss them! So if you have pets and are questioning whether or not you should or could do foster care because of them, think again!!! You can!