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Miraculously our boy is with us for his 3 year old birthday!! It didn't look like he would be and that fact about broke this mama's heart!!! Doing foster care is hard, always hard! Dealing with the broken system, the broken parents... The kids though...A-MAZ-ING!!! Each and every one have found a home in my heart...in the hearts of my whole family!!! Thankfully every child to come through our home has ended up with a happy ending (one still pending, but, we are believing!)... It looked like this one wouldn't be after T was with us just short of a year the courts decided to prematurely send him (and his 2 1/2 month old baby brother) back to birth mom so she could "try" again. EVERYTHING within me screamed it was a WRONG decision and the battle there waged almost the entire time they were gone. God did capture me in my pit and restore my peace, but, it looked iffy for a good while. And then, He brought our boys back to us!!! More broken, but, with renewed hope of healing...

We celebrated BIG for number 3!!! All of his pre-school friends were invited to the bouncy gym, along with all the family. He was OVERJOYED!! For weeks we talked about the big event!! He was not disappointed! So many celebrations, so many presents, so much love!!! T shows he is 3 by using the love sign...how DARLING is that?!!! He has grown 4 inches in the past five months and has had several haircuts. He is growing by leaps and bounds in every area. His language and speech has soared since he has been home, he is doing so well at the potty thang, he LOVES his teacher and friends and EVERYTHING about his school... He knows how to count to 20, write his letters, get his own snacks (cheese sticks still the fav), get dressed to socks and shoes and just about buckle his car seat. He LOVES bubby, sissy, playing nerf guns & sword fights, being in the backyard, praying, church, telling me when baby barfs or stands, reading, helping Papa fix things and run errands, snuggling, chatting with mama, JUMPING, running, playing in the sandbox, with blocks building tall, tall towers, cars, his bears (white & pink(, snugglin' on the couch with a blankie to watch BOZ or Jay Jay... Breakfast is his most hungry time and he LOVES eggs!! He also loves bagels and "swrol". He is SUCH a delight and a bit more of a challenge as he is now asserting his," NO!" We are so thankful for God's gracious gift of this amazing boy. We hope to make his adoption final this summer. He will be called Levi which means grafted in, joined. And that is what he is in our family...forever OURS!!!