Me and the Wee-Bean

Yes, he is as surprised as I am. At what? Neither of us can say. Maybe daddy is going to land on "Free Parking"!!

I've now been home from my temporary partrol aboard the CGC Dependable for one month. Micaiah is no longer wondering, "Who is this guy and what is he doing with my Mommy?" He's gotten use to having me around and I enjoy spending time with him. Taking him off of Dianna's hands and feeding him his bottle. Dianna says I am good at feeding him and rocking him to sleep. He loves to play on his blanket and bouncing in his chair. I can't believe how much he "talks" and coos. I'm sure all of you readers have heard before, but I don't mind saying again, being a parent for your own child is a complete difference than being a foster parent. Dianna and I have notified DYFS that we are now "Open for business." So bring on the little ones.

I suppose if there is any excitement with being a Foster parent, it comes with wondering who the next child will be, what difference we can make in their lives and, the day they are reunited with their family or loved ones. Dianna and I keep in touch with our friend/case-worker who keeps us up-to-date with previous children we've fostered.

We don't know what will happen after we move from Cape May. Hopefully we can continue foster care the next place we move. Being in the Coast Guard doesn't really make it easy to do either, not knowing where we'll move next or what the housing situation wil be like. We would like to have more children of our own, and we would rather adopt than foster. But all of this we leave in God's hands.