Amber

***UPDATE**

Miss Amber is FULL of life. She is a very happy child. She is always smiling, giggling, and acting silly. The girl LOVES to talk. She talks from the time she gets up in the morning, until I say, "Amber, you have to stop talking now", when she just falls dead asleep. She has adjusted to our family so well. She talks about her own family a lot, and when she is in trouble or tired, she says she wants them. She says a lot of nice things about her family...she seems to have a good relationship with them. I know very little about their story. She was actually staying with her Papaw whenever the kids were taken. Both of her parents were arrested in relation to drugs, and Hunter was there at the time, but she wasn't. I think it was great for her that she didn't have to witness that.

Not once has she asked me why she is here. The investigator told me that he told her she just couldn't stay with them awhile, and she has never mentioned it, nor asked why at all. And I do think that is strange b/c she asks why about everything, and she talks about her family so much. She knows my name is "Miss Mary" but she calls me mom. I think that is just easier b/c that is what the other kids call me. She never refers to Clay by name at all, but does know who I am talking about when I refer to him. She has a hard time remember our kid's names, but she always gets Zachariah...the longest name right. She doesn't meet a stranger.

She is very quick to scream, yank, pout, and throw a fit. BUT, she is also very quick to get over it, and she has done super well with Time Out from the beginning. She is very teachable. Our first trip to the store was not good. The second time I took her to a garage sale, and I left carrying her with her screaming for her parents. We went straight home to time out that day, and the third trip to Target, she was very good. She started a tantrum right at the door, and I was able to talk her out of it very quickly. All in all, her behavior has been very good. Some of the things she has gone to time out for have been very minor, and have been things I have let slide with mine in the past, but mainly b/c I just want her to learn from the beginning to follow our rules, and she has done so well. I don't say all this to make it seem like she is always in trouble. She has only been to time out about 4 times total. She is very quick to apologize. She says, "I say Sorry to her". And she also says Please all the time.

She does wear me out with all that talking, but she is very cute, and cracks me up the way she says some of her words. She is a very sweet and affectionate girl. The first few days were an adjustment, but she has improved so much in the last few days.

Their first court date is this Wednesday, so they will begin visits with their mom soon I assume. She is out on bond right now. I do think she will begin having a harder time once she starts seeing her, but I could be wrong.

We are enoying her and her brother a lot. We love all our kids. The main adjustment has just been all the time 2 babies require, the lack of sleep, and us all being sick. And, we seem to have a new strain going around at this house of fever and vomiting. Lovely. I told a friend today, that if I get this virus, it may just be the end of me.

When I posted these, I had intended to write a narrative to go along with it, but it took me all day just to get these pictures on here. I edited these in a big hurry on my horrible laptop, and it these kinda bug me how the lighting and coloring are all over the place. Oh well.