I am now a momma of 6 WOW!

It is 12:40 and I now have all 6 of my babies asleep. We didn't get them until about 11:00 pm. Noah and Zachariah were both still up when they arrived. Thankfully Noah fed Hunter a bottle while I got Zachariah settled. I really needed Noah's help. I am so thankful he was more than happy. He is just glowing that now he has 2 "brothers!"

The little girl was conked out when they got here. SHe has BEAUTIFUL long curly pale blond hair. They are both very fair skin, very light hair. The investigator that brought them did have their b-days for me. The boy, Hunter, is 7 months, Amberleigh will be 4 in October. She looked the same size as Rachel lying there, so I will probably have plenty of clothes for her. I am so thankful Becky sent all those clothes to me b/c I was just able to go out to the garage and get what I needed!

I am sleeping on the couch tonight, b/c there is no telling how many times I will be up. I am so worried what Amber might do when she wakes up....with no idea who I am, and where she is! Bless her heart! I don't know what tomorrow will hold for us. It may be awhile before I can even think about sitting down at the computer, but I will post pictures, and fill everyone in asap. Unlike Zachariah, who was put into DHS custody at birth, both of these have been with their parents until today. I have no idea how they will feel about that, and about us tomorrow.

Please, everyone, say a prayer that I will have the strength and patience to care for all my children, and to give them all the attention they need. I am so happy to be able to do this for them, but to be honest, I am absolutely terrified! But, when we got that call today, that the kids had been removed today, on a holiday, and all these people were working on their day off, and the kids had been at DHS office all day long, with them looking for anyone that could take them, how could we say no?

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I am waiting right now to have 2 new children brought to us. It will be a 9 month old boy, and a 3 yr old girl. It is 8:30 pm, and I am not sure when they will be here, but it will be tonight b/c they have nowhere else to go. I will post more as soon as I get a chance tomorrow...haha I have already declaired tomorrow a non school day, just b/c I know I don't have the energy to deal with all that, and carry SIX kids in the car to take them, plus just dealing with 6 doing the whole school routine. I already was thinking about it b/c it is Rachel's b-day, and we have never not been together on someone's b-day, so I guess it will all work out.

They are coming with only the clothes on their back. They have had a long day. We got the call while we were in Jump Zone, and I don't think my house could have been any more unprepaired...haha but my awesome family all kicked in, and it is decent now!

PLEASE PRAY FOR US, but more importantly for these kids as they deal with what all they have been through. I was told that there wasn't any actual physical abuse involved that they know of...or at least that wasn't the reason for removal. I have no idea how long they will be here.

He's getting ready to party too!

I was fretting over what I was going to do with Zachariah while we are out enjoying Rachel's day today. His carseat carrier is SO much heavier than the one we had with the other kids, and can barely lift it, and hate carrying him in it. So, I got him this at Wal-Mart today, so now he is ready to go party too!

Getting ready to party again...

Tomorrow is Rachel's b-day, so today is our day of celebration! Noah has begun making her cake, and we have a day of fun planned. Stay tuned for pictures soon!

He and Clay began making the cake while Leah and I went to wrap presents. Noah was determined to read all the directions on the box, he wouldn't let Clay look at them!

Playing Barbies

I have been trying to make a more conscious effort to just play, and hang out with the girls. Sometimes that is so hard for me to just shut off my grown up brain, and just "play". I do enjoy the quiet downtime of playing with them, and listening to their stories they make up. I think everything in these pictures was mine as a child except the actual barbie.

Our day today

Christie called me last night to see if I could keep her daughter for her today. She is on the adoption coalition for DHS, and they were having a meeting with over 25 prospective adoptive parents to answer questions, and let them look at the heart gallery photos. So, I was excited. I just love Brejah, she is such a sweet little girl. She was so funny imitating everything I did. And, I was reminded of my days when Leah was a baby. Brejah just turned 1, the age difference between her and Zachariah is the same as Noah and Leah's.

I loved how Zachariah was looking at her. I wonder if he remembers her...she was his sister for a couple weeks....just a couple of weeks ago. She kept trying to climb in the seat on top of him, and thought she was playing a game with him called TAKE THE PASSY...he didn't think it was too fun. Haha

She is teething so she has a runny nose. I did wipe it before I took the picture, but it was running fast! She is such a happy little girl!