Naune

Naune is as cute as a button! We are loving his presence in our home and are adjusting to all the changes. From the beginning he just started playing with everyone and I hear the small whisper that says my family's current stage is just right for foster children. He called me Mom right away and has a large vocabulary (including some not so great words). It was only around day three when he wept in his sleep for mommy, that we saw signs of his home sickness. Other things started popping up later as well and we have managed them as they came. My least favorite words of his are 'I don't care' which he heard entirely to often, I believe and I always respond with 'Well, I care!"
After a week he learned to fold his arms and be quiet during family prayer. Taking him to our church was exciting, and I really appreciate people who come up and ask about him as opposed to the confused stares. I'm still waiting to use the line "I don't know who his father was!" but I doubt I'll get to.
I'm not sure that he's ever swam before and so we try to often. Boy do we really stick out at the pool! Naune and my white/blonde son swimming with me are quite a salt and pepper pair. We are still learning so much and enjoying everyday of this. But Naune is such a cool kid, it's hard not to like the experience.

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Do you believe in a loving Heavenly Father who guides and watches over your life? I do. And so I trust he will help me and send the right child to our family.
We have our name on the list for another Foster Child. And we have received four calls already. Each time we are given a little information on the child, and asked 'will we be willing'. As a couple, my husband and I have agreed to say yes to any request and trust that the right one will come to our home. The Lord knows what child will teach us the most, without putting stress in our relationships with our children and causing harm to their growth. So with each call, I think about the child, what it's been through, what it will need right away and what I can do to ease the trauma of leaving it's previous situation. Now that we've had Ashley, we feel for the other side of the situation and what the child may feel after being severed from it's previous family.
So far we have not been called back,( not uncommon) and so we wait.
The hard part (ya, I know; only one hard part?) is not being able to plan ahead. Today is a crazy day. Saturday would have been perfect. But please not on Thursday morning. No I can't say when we are best able to take the child. They come when they come. That's really how it is anyway.
Wish us expecting parents luck. Maybe our new bundle of joy will come today!



Update: We are expecting a two year old boy any minute now. Removed because of neglect. He has a 3 yr old sister who is also placed in care. We don't have enough seat belts for both of them currently. I admit I am terrified. A two yr old boy, terrible twos, missing sis and mom? What are we thinking? Oh yeah-the Lords with us on this.