Just Stroll-ing Along . . .

We met three wonderful children last weekend that we will be doing respite care for this coming Saturday & Sunday. Very lively, sweet & playful. They've been through a lot in their short lives and are being cared for & loved by a great lady - their "Gamma Jo." We spent about 2 hours with them on Sunday and they latched on to us very quickly -- especially the youngest. Last month their case worker & the county decided to stop the reunification process with their biological mother, as she couldn't follow the case plan, and are filing for permanent custody. Their current foster mother is unable to adopt them & she told us before we parted ways on Sunday that she was hoping we would be able to take them. What a heartbreaking thing for us -- had we not been approved for Kayla & Joshua (we are still waiting to hear word on a possible presentation meeting for them), it would have been very easy to say yes. Anyways, we will be taking care of them this weekend, and in the meantime we are praying that a wonderful family will step up & want these beautiful kids.

Aoife went to the cardiologist on Monday and the doctor is pleased with her weight gain. They still have not scheduled her open heart surgery, but they estimate she will be in the hospital for about two weeks or so.

Check out the March issue of Romantic Homes -- it has a lovely 10-page spread of Alicia Paulson's (of Posie Gets Cozy) gorgeous Portland, OR home.