Children in the home

William and Lina came over today and spent 3 1/2 hours here. Their foster mom stayed for about 2 hours then left for an hour and came back. The children didn't seem to mind her leaving them here. When she got back they weren't terribly excited, and they didn't want to leave. She kept asking William, "Should we go now?" Every time he would shake his head and keep playing.

Here's Lina inside the pop-up truck, she loved it, although you wouldn't be able to tell by her face in the picture.
Here's William in the hall
Here's Daddy and William - William wanted Daddy to help him get high enough to turn on and off the light.
Here's Mommy and Lina

Angelina and William eating a snack

William, Jessica, Timothy, and Angelina
I have to say, what a beautiful family! We are so blessed to be able to adopt these adorable children who are so young, have had a stable beginning, and haven't been exposed to substances. We are looking forward to having them in our home permanently to experience the joys and hardships of parenting toddlers.

Meeting William and Angelina

Today Timothy and I got to meet William and Angelina. It was a good experience. It went better than I thought it would. They were both shy at first, but after a while they warmed up to us. William went and sat on Timothy's lap for almost an hour while they looked at books and played a little. Angelina sat on my lap off and on and also sat on Timothy's lap for a minute or two. William is really starting to talk and we can understand most of what he says. Lina (Angelina's nick-name) says only 3-4 words, but is good at making her desires known. We mostly just played with them at their foster home, and talked with their foster parents. As we left they watched us out the window, they didn't cry, but they looked sad that we were leaving. It was probably rare for them to get 2+ hours with one-on-one attention from adults. We love them a little already, and I'm sure that love will continue to grow as we spend more time and get to know them better. Oh, I just feel so happy! We'll post pictures of us with them in few days.

Adoption News!

Timothy and I are excited to announce that we are adopting William and Angelina, And later their baby brother whose name we won't say because we're going to change it.

William Paul is 2 years old. His birthday is September 12. He is happy and healthy! He likes to get into things around the house. He's just starting to put words together.

Angelina Marie is 16 months old. Her birthday is August 26. (They're only 11 months apart!) She loves to be held and loves to follow her brother around the house, helping him get into everything. Angelina is healthy too. Her talking is still just babbles.

The baby boy is 11 weeks old. His birthday is October 18th. He has dark hair and is healthy. He's a good baby.

We'll start transitioning William and Angelina into our home on Jan 20th. The baby has to wait for a trial to place him our home. So, we won't have him for about another month or so.

We are so excited! Here's a picture of William and Angelina! We don't have one of the baby yet.

Interesting note: William's middle name is Paul, just like Timothy's and Angelina's middle name is Marie, just like Jessica's!!!!! We're sure it's not a coincidence, but that the Lord planned it that way so we don't even have to change their middle names!!!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers in our behalf. We know that they helped!

Love,
Jessica and Timothy