I received a call today about another placement. This time it was only for one child!! He is 6 1/2 years old and will probably be a permanent placement right away. We won't know that until some time next week though. (In case you are wondering what that means, a temporary placement means that they might go back to be with their birth family, if their parents can work through the case plan that the judge gives them within the time frame that he/she sets for them. If they can't do that then they become a permanent placement. If they are a permanent placement right away that means that you will be able to adopt them after they have lived with you for a minimum of 6 months.) I really can't give any more details about him on here because of the HIPAA laws. Anyways, after I got off the phone with CCHO, I called Todd so we could talk about whether or not we thought this would be the right placement for us. We said YES!! We feel that he would be an awesome fit for our little family and we would love to have him as our son! Now we wait again...Our home study was turned in today to his case worker in the county he is from. She will review it, along with any other matches they have for him, and let us know, probably on Monday, if she thinks we are the right family for him. If so, it sounds like we will get him next week. About 10 minutes after I got off the phone with Todd, he received a phone call from a friend asking if we could use any boys clothes sizes 5-9. If that's not a God thing, I don't know what is!!! So we are hoping and praying that maybe that was a little sign from God telling us that they will choose us to be his parents. :) If not though, that's ok too. That just means that God has some different little ones in mind for us. While we are waiting for the news, we would really appreciate all of your prayers for the little guy as he waits to be placed with his forever family, whether that's us or someone else. Also that God would give us peace as we wait for the news, and for peace and comfort if the answer this time is no.
Thank you all so much for following our story!! Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!
Megan
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Samples of pre-adoption photo shoot!
Here are just a few samples of our photo shoot from yesterday! The pictures turned out great! We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!!!
Exciting Weekend!
This weekend was very busy and exciting in the Fisher household!! On Saturday we had a good friend come over to take some "pre-adoption" photos of us. She did a fantastic job!! We LOVE the photos and can't wait to get them printed to put up in the house!!!
This evening while we were waiting out the storm in the basement, we noticed an email from CCHO with our first placement offer. We were super excited at the thought of our first possible placement! They knew it would be a stretch but decided to ask us anyways. The placement was for a sibling group of six little girls, ages 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9, and they are up for adoption right away! Immediately we started thinking of how we could make this work. We would need a mini van, 2 sets of bunk beds, lots of girl clothes and toys, school supplies, 4 car seats, a bigger dining room table, plus more money to feed all these mouths! After considering all these things and trying to come up with a way to make it work, we decided that it isn't the right placement for us. We wouldn't be able to give these girls all the things they need and deserve. As much as it breaks our hearts to have to say no, there is a family out there that God has chosen for these precious girls, and they are better suited to take care of them! I'm sure we will think of these girls often and wonder how they are doing! We will continue to pray that they have found a good, loving home where they could all stay together! We are going to sleep and pray on it to make sure that we are making the right decision.
We would appreciate your prays, as well, for discernment and wisdom in making the right choice now, and in the future with the next call. Also, please pray that if these are the kids that God wants us to take, that he will show how to make this work!
Thank you all for your continued prayers and support!!!
Todd and Megan
This evening while we were waiting out the storm in the basement, we noticed an email from CCHO with our first placement offer. We were super excited at the thought of our first possible placement! They knew it would be a stretch but decided to ask us anyways. The placement was for a sibling group of six little girls, ages 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9, and they are up for adoption right away! Immediately we started thinking of how we could make this work. We would need a mini van, 2 sets of bunk beds, lots of girl clothes and toys, school supplies, 4 car seats, a bigger dining room table, plus more money to feed all these mouths! After considering all these things and trying to come up with a way to make it work, we decided that it isn't the right placement for us. We wouldn't be able to give these girls all the things they need and deserve. As much as it breaks our hearts to have to say no, there is a family out there that God has chosen for these precious girls, and they are better suited to take care of them! I'm sure we will think of these girls often and wonder how they are doing! We will continue to pray that they have found a good, loving home where they could all stay together! We are going to sleep and pray on it to make sure that we are making the right decision.
We would appreciate your prays, as well, for discernment and wisdom in making the right choice now, and in the future with the next call. Also, please pray that if these are the kids that God wants us to take, that he will show how to make this work!
Thank you all for your continued prayers and support!!!
Todd and Megan
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Waiting...
The last post was called "WOO HOO." It should have been called "Almost WOO HOO" lol. We had both the safety audit and the fire inspection of our new home done on Oct 28th. During that time we were told that Todd had one more class to make up that was some how over looked. The class was offered that Thursday, the 31st. Todd talked to his dispatcher and he said he would try but there wasn't a lot he could do. The next time the class was offered wasn't until the middle of December. We were both really upset, not at Todd's dispatcher or CCHO really, just at the situation. We were both feeling very out of control at this point. We thought everything was going along great and then we were hit with this speed bump in the road. Todd got to the office on Wednesday to pick up his paper work for his new load which was to deliver in Iowa on Thursday evening. Everyone in the office could tell just by looking at Todd that he was very upset about having to wait even longer to make up the class. A little while after he left, his dispatcher called and told him to turn around and go back home. Apparently, the owner of the company, Tim, had seen Todd when he was in the office. When Todd left, Tim came out and asked the dispatcher what was wrong so he filled him in. Tim called the company that Todd was supposed to deliver to and made arrangements so that Todd could deliver at noon on Friday instead. He understands that this is the only way we can have kids and he is willing to do whatever it takes to help us! That's a lot more then we can say for the company Todd was working for in the spring of this year! We love working for this company!!! God truly blessed us with it and we have both agreed that Todd will be working there for a very long time! So, Todd made it to his class that Thursday evening! While Todd was at class he was informed that we needed to change something about the house. In the nursery, there is a big window frame, but no glass. If you look over it, you will see the stairs. This was a safety issue so we had to put in a piece of plexiglass. However, it couldn't go all the way to the top of the window sill, because then it wouldn't have any "fresh air ventilation" in that room...all these rules! (This was installed yesterday!) Right after class was over at 9 pm, he left and drove all night long to get to Iowa by noon on Friday.
So everything got turned into CCHO for review on Monday of this week. Again, we thought everything was good to go but we were wrong. We had to fill out a new financial statement because Todd makes more money now and since we moved, our rent and all our utilities changed. We had to have more of Todd's pay stubs and more utility bills because more time has past now. Also, we had to show proof that we have changed the address on our renters' insurance policy and have another reference form filled out from one of Todd's past supervisors. Thank goodness he was still in touch with her on Facebook! I delivered the last of the paperwork to CCHO this morning for final review. As long as I don't get another call before the end of the day today telling me that we need something else, our home study report and all our paperwork will be turned into the state today!!! So now we are just waiting for our license to come in!! They call this the "third trimester" of adoption...the waiting process.
More good news, we are all settled into our home now! I still need to unpack the office and the craft closet and take everything from the garage to the attic. Otherwise, we are all unpacked, pictures are hung, and decorations are put up. The kitties are all settled in at feel at home now. They have been running around like crazy playing with each other and their toys! Oscar's favorite place to lay is on the back of our new recliner and Izzy's favorite place to lay in on the steps going to the upstairs. They love looking outside to see what is making all these noises they never got to hear when we lived in the city!
Please pray that all the paper work will get passed through the state smoothly and quickly and that we will have our license in a week or two! Also, please pray for our patience as we wait for the license to come in and as we wait for the call telling us they have kiddos for us!!
Thanks everyone!!
Megan
So everything got turned into CCHO for review on Monday of this week. Again, we thought everything was good to go but we were wrong. We had to fill out a new financial statement because Todd makes more money now and since we moved, our rent and all our utilities changed. We had to have more of Todd's pay stubs and more utility bills because more time has past now. Also, we had to show proof that we have changed the address on our renters' insurance policy and have another reference form filled out from one of Todd's past supervisors. Thank goodness he was still in touch with her on Facebook! I delivered the last of the paperwork to CCHO this morning for final review. As long as I don't get another call before the end of the day today telling me that we need something else, our home study report and all our paperwork will be turned into the state today!!! So now we are just waiting for our license to come in!! They call this the "third trimester" of adoption...the waiting process.
More good news, we are all settled into our home now! I still need to unpack the office and the craft closet and take everything from the garage to the attic. Otherwise, we are all unpacked, pictures are hung, and decorations are put up. The kitties are all settled in at feel at home now. They have been running around like crazy playing with each other and their toys! Oscar's favorite place to lay is on the back of our new recliner and Izzy's favorite place to lay in on the steps going to the upstairs. They love looking outside to see what is making all these noises they never got to hear when we lived in the city!
Please pray that all the paper work will get passed through the state smoothly and quickly and that we will have our license in a week or two! Also, please pray for our patience as we wait for the license to come in and as we wait for the call telling us they have kiddos for us!!
Thanks everyone!!
Megan
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