Wow I have a lot of catching up to do. So we excepted another foster placement. His name is Aiden. He is a handful because Natalie and Aiden are so close in age that they feed off of each other meaning they do what the other does which usually means trouble. Our biggest struggle with him is he LOVES food. We have had to really work with him on making him aware that food is not his best friend. We are still working on that and making him realize that he doesn't need to inhale. He is a work in progress. He does love to play with the Natalie and Corbin. So we are trying to use them as an example to him. We have had Aiden for about 3 weeks.
Now onto Natalie. We had a lady in our ward make Natalie's temple dress who also made Corbin's temple outfit. We went to finish up a few things on it so her granddaughter took some pictures of Natalie. Then she took a few pictures of the finished dress. Natalie is so excited she calls the dress her "pretty white dress" and every time we go to Cari's house she asks if we are going to the Temple. She is so excited to go. HOWEVER.......
We just found out that Natalie's mom has appealed AGAIN which I didn't know it was possible. She appealed but the timing was off so it didn't come to light but the Idaho Supreme Court decided to hear her case anyway. So I asked "What Now" now that we have invitations out and dates set? Health & Welfare said that we have the option to move forward or post pone. We chose the option to move forward and finalize but we still face the chance if the Supreme Court for some odd reason goes in the Mom's favor and the adoption could be over turned then our Deputy Attorney General will then appeal to the Supreme Court's decision and it could turn into a huge mess. So we are fasting and praying that things go in our favor and everything will work out. We don't even know a time line yet as to when this could all happen. So we are moving forward with adoption and Sealing and pray for the best.
This is Natalie's fitting-she looks just like a princess
This is the finished dress. I actually designed it w/the help of Cari Austin. There is the dress, pantaloons, and a white head band w/a big bow on it.
I also had Cari's daughter Kristal make a necklace and bracelet for her to wear with her dress.
