mixed emotions

There are two things that happen that give me the opposite emotions at the same time- getting new babies and babies being adopted. It is exciting to get a new kid but so sad that their parents deserted them. When kids go home to adoptive parents I am so happy for them to have a loving home but its still sad to not see them anymore. Both happened/are happening this week.

Tuesday night they had a baby who we think is about 10 months old brought in by a police officer because they were left outside of the police station. As soon as I walked in the door on Wednesday morning little gold earnings on a baby's ears caught my eye and I knew we had a newbie. When our social worker came in I asked her the story and she said they are investigating but have no information. She said if they cannot find out the babies name then they are naming her Jennifer!! How awesome is that? It's an honor to have someone named after me. :) So just like Naomi she is still unsure of where she is or what is going on but she has adapted fairly well. She gets a bit clingy and calls for "mama" which is heart breaking.

Melody and Gloria are two of the toddlers as well and they are in the process of maybe being adopted. Melody's prospective mother is coming tmrw and through the weekend to do her bonding and then will take her home at the beginning of the week. Gloria's prospective mother was on site to do bonding last week but it did not go as well as hoped so she is back to try again. The way adoption works here is that the prospective parents are brought in by an adoption agency and shown kids in the gender and age they are looking for. If they like one they will come on site to do 4 days of bonding. If our social worker and staff think that they bonding went well then they take the child home on day 5. The child stays with the family for 3 months of foster care with so many visits back during that time. If those three months go well then the adoption paperwork starts and it is then in the courts hands.

The only other thing to share today is that I have started to get over being a perfectionist... or at least a little bit! One of the toddlers scratched me with her finger nails yesterday so today I asked if I could clip her nails. Well when you do something to one child you have to do it 18 more times. So I clipped almost all of their fingernails and toenails today. This is where the perfectionist in me had to die. Little kids do not sit still and do not like their nails cut so you just have to get the most of it and move on! haha. I got pretty good by the end I must say.