Our Foster Blog

or should I say 4??  We're a family of 4!  And we're so in love with our new addition!  She smiles all the time and is really only fussy when she needs something.  She loves to cuddle and is just about the sweetest thing there is!

Jontrell is enjoying having his baby in our home.  He wasn't too sure the first night and asked everyone who came over to see her if they'd take the baby bye bye.  He is very gentle and soft with her.  He gets jealous, but we're making sure he's getting a lot of attention!

Jontrell is telling Taylie to smile for the camera

Every now and then Jontrell will call me Momma.  This weekend he (in his 2 year old way) asked if Howard was Dadda.  It was so sweet.  But a little sad...this kid is so wanting a "mom and dad"  Howard and I would LOVE to be that for him, but when he first came to us, he cried for his mom and dad all the time.  And we only want to make these kids feel comfortable in our home, not force them to call us mom and dad!  With Sean it was easy because he was so young he just started calling us that.  Jontrell is older and kind of 'gets' what's happening.  (kind of)  Its such a hard thing...us wanting him to be ours forever, him wanting consistency and permanency.  We're just hoping things will continue the direction they are going and we both might get what we want. :)

Its crazy to think how much Jontrell has grown since he's been with us.  Its amazing what a little stimulation will do.  He talks all the time now.  He can count 1-5 and knows his colors, but if you ask him what color something is, he'll always say Orange.

We're going to Disneyland this week.  He's very excited, but I don't' think he knows why.  We can't wait to see Disneyland through his eyes!