We have been Foster Parents to a beautiful boy named , Malachi for over a year now. It has been so magical and heartbreaking and then magical again that words just cannot explain this experience. We are hoping that our Roller Coaster will be over soon as we have past the parental rights termination hearing, past the 60 day appeal period and are now waiting for the adoption social worker to turn in the paperwork. We love him so much and look forward to the day that we can call him something infinitely more amazing, our son.
We celebrated Malachi's first Halloween and dressed him as Superman. He seemed to be a little overwhelmed with all of the activity , but had no problem with his bucket full of candy. His favorite was definitely the suckers. at one point he tried to eat one before I could get the wrapper off.
Christmas was pure joy for us as Malachi was old enough to take off the ornaments from off the tree and then hand them to Bob or I to put them back on. His face would light up each time we would turn on the Christmas tree lights. And Tiffany found her strength as she bought, drilled a hole, and put up the 6 feet Christmas tree all by herself.
He enjoyed all the gifts from his (soon to be official) grandma and grandpa on both sides and gifts from aunts and uncles. What can I say, the kid is well loved.
On Jan. 25th I came home after a day with my sister in law, Sue and nieces and nephews to a surprise party for my birthday. I was totally surprised a extremely shocked that my loving husband Bob put it together. I mean he's an amazing guy, but planning a party to surprise me, that's a lot of work. I loved it and had lots of fun. Thanks to my sister in law for helping out with the ruse and keeping me out of the house for the day. I had a great time in Desert Palms watching my nephew, Christopher play soccer as part of an all-star team.
It's been a very interesting year and we hope to be visiting family in Texas, Utah, and N. California soon. thank you for reading and may you Adventure On.
