Boo Boo

This is Boo last night. He is just up and into everything. They have a system worked out. I mix dry cheerios with a few apple jacks to add a little fun for Princess. Well, she would rather find a way to get rid of the cheerios so she can have more apple jacks. Boo is at a point right now where he thinks he needs to eat 24/7 (I thought that hit when they were teens?) and so he stands up beside her high chair and she hands him the cheerios! I have to say this is a much better idea than her last, she would just start dropping them on the floor when I wasn't looking at her....cheerios make a sound when the hit the floor! She never did understand how Mama knew when she was in trouble! Silly kids!

Just to keep you all up to date on where things are as far as Boo is concerned....

On December 13th we have the "Final Dispositional Hearing" I will try to explain...that is the hearing where birthparents rights could be terminated. In this case that is the most likely situation, they will terminate on birthmom and John Doe. We then will have to get clearance that he is available for adoption (which will take more time than it will be a problem) and then somewhere January..Febuary..or March we will be in court again to officially make him ours! We are very excited about this...the chances of him ever leaving us are 1 in a million. Birthmom could have a chance to appeal, but it is very rare that a judge overturn a ruling in a foster/adopt situation. Especially dealing with this case...birthmom cannot take care of herself, let alone raise a child. She didn't appeal with her other 3 kids, and I have very good reason to believe she knows that she has lost Boo and is currently trying to have another baby. In her mind at some point the state will just stop fighting her and let her keep a baby.

Medically, Boo is functioning almost like a normal baby boy these days. He still has some developmental delays, but we are sure that he will outgrow them soon since he is feeling better! As you all have seen lately, he is moving around, going up steps, and just all around a happy little guy! We are even seeing the dark circles around his eyes go away, and his eyes do not appear to be sunk in any more. We do give much credit to the natural suppliments...they are getting all the parasites transferred from birthmom out of his system which is allowing him to get his nutrition (instead of the bugs eating it all up) he is starting to slowly gain weight, and he is starting to try and form words. I know when he is saying "all done" [one of Princess's favs!] "hi" "duck" "dada" "Princess" & "mama" He also has special little sounds for "bubbles" & "puppies"

It is amazing to see how he is such a different baby...just wait until you see him at Thanksgiving or Christmas...you will be shocked!

Do pray for him on Friday as he is having a special hearing test. We are still unsure about if he can hear everything or not. It is much better than it was, but we are just covering our bases. He will have to be put under, so we have all the other children taken care of for the entire day! After his hearing, we just are waiting to see if he will grow out of the occasional stiffness in his legs, though he is learning to work around it when it is there.

We are just so thankful that the Lord has placed Ethan and Ada in our home. They are truely to miracles! We also think they happen to be the two cutest kids in the world...sorry to all my cousins with kids...but I am sure you understand!