That is definitely GREAT news! I guess mine was hearing DS laughing so much this afternoon & talking on his play phone.

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Well I think that makes everyone's heart happy. I am very happy for you.

In addition to that happy news, my heart was made happy because Riley and I got home at 2am this morning after visiting my parents. After sorting through our luggage this morning, I realized that I left every single piece of makeup that I own in Florida. I told DD that I was sad because I couldn't wear makeup and I felt loopy (I know, bad move on my part). She gave me a big hug and said, "But you're a princess. You don't need makeup."

That is great news Indianamommie!




Carol, can I borrow Riley for a day or two? She is too sweet. I tell my kids I wear eye makeup everyday so they could identify me if they ever had to!

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My mom called me and told me everything was going to be okay.

Just had to weigh in on this thread, even tho was a few days ago.

Tuesday was my daughter's 5th birthday. Lordy, where does the time go? We're foster parents, and she came to us at 16 months old. The very first thing she did (the caseworker hadn't even left yet) was toddle into the other room and find a little bottle of blue craft paint, and squirt it all over herself, the wood floor, the carpet, everything. She loves to hear that story, and see the outfit with the blue paint on it.

Three years later, we finalized her adoption. I don't know how many times I started to pack her things, so sick at heart I could hardly breathe, just sure she'd be sent to live with distant relatives she didn't know. Thank God the judge saw that was not the right thing for her.

When she came to us, she had been very traumatized and neglected...for months, she wouldn't even make eye contact with us or play. Now she's the ultimate bossy (yet loving) big sister, full of spunk & silliness. She truly believes she's a princess, and adores anything that sparkles.

We now have her new little brother as a fosterson, and have reestablished contact with her birth mother (a good thing), and are trying to reestablish contact with her older brothers.

So 8/21 is a good day for us.