Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sleepover!!!
Morgan was so excited this weekend. She got to have a sleepover with Molly. I mean you can't tell that she loves her or anything can you???
We changed Bitty Baby and Maggie's clothes and then Morgan made Molly play babies with her.
Looks like the babies even got in on some dancing!
They were so exhausted after that that Mommy Morgan patted them to sleep while multi-tasking with her computer.
She cracks me up that one. Molly slept in Morgan's bed and Morgan slept in her sleeping bag in her floor. She was in heaven!!! Of course that didn't stop her from getting up and coming to my room of course......
Hope you ladies have a blessed week!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Upcoming Court Dates
Well ladies, I don't think that I have written a more personal blog since the one right before I got Morgan. I have known for a few weeks that we have new court dates of October 21st &22nd. I haven't said anything to anyone because they have been delayed continuously since July; however, it now seems that these are firm dates. This will be for TPR (termination of parental rights) and placement. The TPR we are not so worried about. Not 1 item on Morgan's mothers case plan has been achieved and just so that you get a grasp on the situation this was not hard stuff. The major things were stable housing with the exception of living with her parents (who technically aren't her legal parents because their rights were terminated when she was about 12 I believe), a stable job for at least 6 months (she hasn't had a job at all since last summer), she doesn't have a drivers license and can't read very well and refuses to get tutored for her GED. I feel really sorry for her because I know that she loves Morgan. It is just a classic case of love is not enough and she doesn't even GET IT. She just literally does not understand that there is a better life available, it is a sad situation. Her aunt is what we are really worried over. Her home evaluation was approved by her county (who approves everything) but was denied by DFCS. She filed a motion to intervene so now we will have to fight it out in court. Just some of the reasons why this is not a good option is this aunt half raised Morgan's mom, she is on disability, she is older, she has a live in boyfriend whom she says that she can't marry because it will affect her disability payment, and this live-in boyfriend has a 6 year old with his own set of issues. Those are just a few of the highlights and not even the best ones, trust me there are more! I believe to quote her exactly when the GAL asked her if she was prepared to deal with the problems that would come with getting Morgan she responded, "What is there to fixin' one more peanut butter sandwich?". Are you kidding me???? I am lucky because I truly could not have hand picked a better case worker, who me and Morgan both love dearly. The CASA is great, the Guardian Ad Lidem is wonderful and Morgan's therapist is going to carry great weight with the court. I feel truly blessed that we have this great team working for Morgan. The SAG representing this case feels strongly that we don't have anything to worry about. But I am beyond worried. Court isn't expected to be over in 2 days. The case worker says that it will take at least 3 if not more to get through all the witnesses. After every witness has been called the judge has up to 30 days to decide his ruling and they have told me to expect him to take all of it.
I can't even put into words the fear that I feel when I know what could happen. It is so hard when you want the end to come so badly, but at the same time it is your biggest fear because you don't know what the outcome will be.
I can't remember my life or my world before I had Morgan; it all seems so distant and trivial at best. I may not have given birth to her in the conventional sense, but she was born in my heart as my own child. I love her with a fierceness that I have never felt before. She is mine and I am hers. I feel that I have been prepared my whole life for this journey and I can only hope that it is a journey that will continue to last a lifetime. I would be honored to be given a lifetime with this special child of God, but am so grateful for the time that I have been given. I have seen a life blossom. I can not tell you the progress that Morgan has made in the 20 months that I have had her. She is a smart, inquisitive, loving, strong-willed, tender hearted, perfect child who brightens my life every day (even though her greatest joy these days is ruining all of her clothes playing in the red dirt at school) ; ). Most days I kind of laugh about this with friends and family, but Morgan cries most days when she gets on the bus to go to school. She skips down the driveway every morning only to climb two steps up the bus and turn to reach out to me and say, "but Mommy, I will miss you." And I mean pretty much EVERY day. Oh my, to tell you what progress this is that she even trust someone enough to let them know that she loves you this much and trusts that you will come and get her when you are finished at work. She says she wants to be a Mommy when she grows up, a nice one she says. At night time, if she isn't already asleep when I put her to bed or if she is still partially awake, she will say "There is no reason to be scared 'cause God will protect me." These are just a few of the things that she says every day that just GET me. They cause my heart to do little flips in my chest and make me realize that my cup truly runneth over. Morgan has made me GET IT, she makes me realize all the good things in life that I might normally take for granted.
So, I guess I rambled on forever to say this. I KNOW that prayer works. I have seen it work in many ways in my life (and in some of my blogger buddies lives recently too). I would like to ask all of you, my blogger sisters, to please pray for Morgan and everyone involved in this case. Please pray for me to have strength, the lawyers and case workers the clarity and knowledge that they need to make the judge see all of the evidence, and also pray for Morgan's mom because I can't imagine what it will be like for her when TPR occurs whether Morgan goes to her aunt or stays with me. I just ask please PRAY and when you are finished pray some more.
I know that God has great things planned for both mine and Morgan's lives and I just have to have faith that whatever may come I can remember that.
In the meantime, here is a picture of Morgan to inspire all of you prayer warriors out there.
I can't even put into words the fear that I feel when I know what could happen. It is so hard when you want the end to come so badly, but at the same time it is your biggest fear because you don't know what the outcome will be.
I can't remember my life or my world before I had Morgan; it all seems so distant and trivial at best. I may not have given birth to her in the conventional sense, but she was born in my heart as my own child. I love her with a fierceness that I have never felt before. She is mine and I am hers. I feel that I have been prepared my whole life for this journey and I can only hope that it is a journey that will continue to last a lifetime. I would be honored to be given a lifetime with this special child of God, but am so grateful for the time that I have been given. I have seen a life blossom. I can not tell you the progress that Morgan has made in the 20 months that I have had her. She is a smart, inquisitive, loving, strong-willed, tender hearted, perfect child who brightens my life every day (even though her greatest joy these days is ruining all of her clothes playing in the red dirt at school) ; ). Most days I kind of laugh about this with friends and family, but Morgan cries most days when she gets on the bus to go to school. She skips down the driveway every morning only to climb two steps up the bus and turn to reach out to me and say, "but Mommy, I will miss you." And I mean pretty much EVERY day. Oh my, to tell you what progress this is that she even trust someone enough to let them know that she loves you this much and trusts that you will come and get her when you are finished at work. She says she wants to be a Mommy when she grows up, a nice one she says. At night time, if she isn't already asleep when I put her to bed or if she is still partially awake, she will say "There is no reason to be scared 'cause God will protect me." These are just a few of the things that she says every day that just GET me. They cause my heart to do little flips in my chest and make me realize that my cup truly runneth over. Morgan has made me GET IT, she makes me realize all the good things in life that I might normally take for granted.
So, I guess I rambled on forever to say this. I KNOW that prayer works. I have seen it work in many ways in my life (and in some of my blogger buddies lives recently too). I would like to ask all of you, my blogger sisters, to please pray for Morgan and everyone involved in this case. Please pray for me to have strength, the lawyers and case workers the clarity and knowledge that they need to make the judge see all of the evidence, and also pray for Morgan's mom because I can't imagine what it will be like for her when TPR occurs whether Morgan goes to her aunt or stays with me. I just ask please PRAY and when you are finished pray some more.
I know that God has great things planned for both mine and Morgan's lives and I just have to have faith that whatever may come I can remember that.
In the meantime, here is a picture of Morgan to inspire all of you prayer warriors out there.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Ta-Da!!!!
Morgan is loving gymnastics and has really started learning quickly over the last few weeks. It seems that all of a sudden she can just do lots of things that she hasn't been able to do before. I think that they learn everything like that. Here is a video of her doing some cartwheels.
Here are a few pictures of Morgan from the last few days....just because they are cute!!!
Here are a few pictures of Morgan from the last few days....just because they are cute!!!
Ready for school and eating string cheese.
Just too cute! I could eat her up. What a little ham!!!
What a BIG girl she looks like in this pic! Makes mommy sad.....
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Vacation Whirlwind-Part 2 (in video)
Here are a few of the short videos that I took while we were on vacation in Orlando. The first one is one of my fav's because Morgan LOVED the dolphins and SeaWorld. There is also video of Tinkerbell's much anticipated flight, Morgan swimming, the kids racing their Lego cars, and a short clip of Morgie talking about the vacation on our last night. Hope that you enjoy!!!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Vacation Whirlwind Part 1
We had tons of fun on our trip. I had over 500 pics to sort through, so I decided to do a slideshow. I was a bit overwhelmed trying to pic a few for the 'ole blog. Our trip wasn't without it's share of drama but we enjoyed it anyway. I will have to say that the 1 person that voted for Belle (uhummm, Ang) was the winner of the survey. Although, it really wasn't fair because we didn't get to meet Snow White (ARGHHH!!!) and Tink was a close second with her flight.
Probably my favorite memory of the whole trip was the fireworks at Disney. Morgan had really taken in the story of how I told her that Tinkerbell would fly from the top of the castle and was really looking forward to it. When the show started they play all the music about wishes coming true and all that it tells you at one point that you can never make enough wishes. I told Morgan to make and wish and she bowed her little head and clasped her hands like she was praying, so stinkin' cute!!! I was in tears by this point. I am a sucker for Cinderella's castle anyway. But then Morgan just keep on looking at the sky with the brightest, biggest eyes I have ever seen then she would look at me and say, "Oh Mommy, my wish is coming true. It's really coming true!" Over and over......well that pretty much dissolved me into a BIG pile of mush! Come on, I am in tears now just thinking about it!!!
Hope you girls enjoy the slide show and we are glad to be home!
Probably my favorite memory of the whole trip was the fireworks at Disney. Morgan had really taken in the story of how I told her that Tinkerbell would fly from the top of the castle and was really looking forward to it. When the show started they play all the music about wishes coming true and all that it tells you at one point that you can never make enough wishes. I told Morgan to make and wish and she bowed her little head and clasped her hands like she was praying, so stinkin' cute!!! I was in tears by this point. I am a sucker for Cinderella's castle anyway. But then Morgan just keep on looking at the sky with the brightest, biggest eyes I have ever seen then she would look at me and say, "Oh Mommy, my wish is coming true. It's really coming true!" Over and over......well that pretty much dissolved me into a BIG pile of mush! Come on, I am in tears now just thinking about it!!!
Hope you girls enjoy the slide show and we are glad to be home!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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