Ok, so I finally gave in and created a Pinterest account. Its actually pretty awesome, and I can see how people get sucked in. For me its serving the purpose of collecting a spectrum of kid ideas. Since we're not going specifically for an infant, I need an arsenal of activities and ideas for ages 0-5. And because we're waiting till September for logistical reasons and I am unable to "nest" and plan and decorate kid rooms and prepare specifically... I could go on... This is temporarily satisfying my need to do those things. Its keeping all of my brain storming and collecting in one neat little location that doesn't take up any space in my house. I think I might be in love.
For those of you already parenting, please feel free to share your wisdom and ideas. I don't mind collecting them here as well.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Practice Time
We're going to have a full house this weekend. Another family in our agency is needing to go out of town without little ones in tow, so we're going to help them out. We'll probably do this a few times through out the summer while we're waiting to open our house for more permanent placements. So if you see us with a bunch of kids and then you see us again with a different bunch of kids, that's why.
While kids are still in the system parents are very limited as to who can baby sit and keep them over night especially. Respite care is a huge need for families serving the children of the State of Texas. The process to become respite care certified is a little bit of a hassle (though much simpler than becoming foster/adoptive parents), but if you have a heart for kids in foster care and don't have the ability to sign up full time, this might be something you should consider.
Both mine and Jeremy's parents are getting respite care certified, and a few of our friends have mentioned wanting to look into it. That blesses my heart like you wouldn't believe. To be able to have a date night or a weekend away from time to time will be our saving grace. I know there are many families that dive into this without that kind of support system. We are so blessed.
While kids are still in the system parents are very limited as to who can baby sit and keep them over night especially. Respite care is a huge need for families serving the children of the State of Texas. The process to become respite care certified is a little bit of a hassle (though much simpler than becoming foster/adoptive parents), but if you have a heart for kids in foster care and don't have the ability to sign up full time, this might be something you should consider.
Both mine and Jeremy's parents are getting respite care certified, and a few of our friends have mentioned wanting to look into it. That blesses my heart like you wouldn't believe. To be able to have a date night or a weekend away from time to time will be our saving grace. I know there are many families that dive into this without that kind of support system. We are so blessed.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Confessions of a control freak...
So sometimes I feel like a complete spaz. You might read this, or actually know me, and think I'm crazy, and you would be correct.
I worry and stress about the silliest things. And I don't just do it for a few hours or a few days. I have the talent of dragging it out for weeks. If I feel like I did or said something insensitive, selfish or just silly, even after apologizing up and down, I'll be concerned about how that person really feels about me for a long time afterward. Poor Jeremy. Sometimes I'll be apologizing to him while I'm still mad at him for whatever I may have confronted him about. How confusing would that be?!
I can't control how people feel about me. I can't undo my mistakes, and I make plenty. All I can do it try my best to make it right, to learn from it for the future, and to move on. The moving on is the part I have the hardest time with. There was a saying that I coined for myself back in high school (this worry thing is a long standing sin I've been battling), "God is bigger than my conversational blunders." And He is! Praise Jesus!
Philippians 4:6-7
I worry and stress about the silliest things. And I don't just do it for a few hours or a few days. I have the talent of dragging it out for weeks. If I feel like I did or said something insensitive, selfish or just silly, even after apologizing up and down, I'll be concerned about how that person really feels about me for a long time afterward. Poor Jeremy. Sometimes I'll be apologizing to him while I'm still mad at him for whatever I may have confronted him about. How confusing would that be?!
I can't control how people feel about me. I can't undo my mistakes, and I make plenty. All I can do it try my best to make it right, to learn from it for the future, and to move on. The moving on is the part I have the hardest time with. There was a saying that I coined for myself back in high school (this worry thing is a long standing sin I've been battling), "God is bigger than my conversational blunders." And He is! Praise Jesus!
Philippians 4:6-7
Friday, May 3, 2013
The beginning of a great many things
I'm going to give this blogging thing a try... bear with me...
My husband and I are almost finished getting licensed to foster/adopt. We're excited, nervous, scared, and a whole combination of other emotions. This blog will mostly consist of our journey through becoming and being parents to the children that God places in our home. Adoption is something that we're both passionate about and its something we both feel called to do. How convenient, right? Coincidence? I think not. God has his hand in everything. But that is another story for another time and will most likely be re-caped in and around our next wedding anniversary.
Right now we're just waiting... I'm not good at waiting. Really really really not good at it. There are many unknowns and plans that can't be made yet. Its driving me a little crazy, because I love to plan. I plan for a living even. Its what I do, its how I function and its how I think. So this waiting, even to plan, is killing me! God has done this to me several times in my life now. He takes away my ability to plan on purpose. He fills my life with not just one unknown, but a series of them, so that I have to rely on him to take care of the details. There are a few things I know for certain though. We have an age range and an open date. September 2013. Four months for me to either rest in the peace of my Lord, knowing he's in control and has it all laid out already... or four months for me to drive myself batty with unknown details that I can't plan for.
Jeremiah 29:11
My husband and I are almost finished getting licensed to foster/adopt. We're excited, nervous, scared, and a whole combination of other emotions. This blog will mostly consist of our journey through becoming and being parents to the children that God places in our home. Adoption is something that we're both passionate about and its something we both feel called to do. How convenient, right? Coincidence? I think not. God has his hand in everything. But that is another story for another time and will most likely be re-caped in and around our next wedding anniversary.
Right now we're just waiting... I'm not good at waiting. Really really really not good at it. There are many unknowns and plans that can't be made yet. Its driving me a little crazy, because I love to plan. I plan for a living even. Its what I do, its how I function and its how I think. So this waiting, even to plan, is killing me! God has done this to me several times in my life now. He takes away my ability to plan on purpose. He fills my life with not just one unknown, but a series of them, so that I have to rely on him to take care of the details. There are a few things I know for certain though. We have an age range and an open date. September 2013. Four months for me to either rest in the peace of my Lord, knowing he's in control and has it all laid out already... or four months for me to drive myself batty with unknown details that I can't plan for.
Jeremiah 29:11
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