Many of you know we had a meeting with LCS and our adoption agency, Antioch, this past Friday. It went ok - I guess as well as expected. We didn't really get any new information on the case. There hasn't really been much movement in the past few months. It was good to get both groups together though - at least to even meet up face-to-face.
The latest is there is a court date coming up, mid-April, that could maybe result in N's overnights starting. Maybe. And, even if those do begin to happen, we don't know for how long and what comes after that. With cases that are worked by DCFS the parameters and timelines are very different. With Tribal cases it is totally up to the Tribal council and there really aren't timelines...so we could have him another 2 mos or another few years. Really, probably closer to the months end though. Ugh. But that is what we thought in August - we didn't think we would have him through October. And look - we are approaching his 2nd birthday!
The latest with little Mr N. He is continuing to show us his climbing and running skills. We spend a lot of time at the park/s right now - keeps both of us sane. He is talking more and more - and listens really well, too. It still amazes me - this little one growing up thing. I cannot believe all that he understands and does - and that we taught that to him! He does not like it when Daddy hugs Mama - will stop whatever he is doing to break it up. Pushes me away from Kevin and gloms onto me. Cracks us up - so we do it even more! We have been spending lots of time together as a family - it is so important for him to feel safe and stable. In the midst of visits getting longer and whatever is down the road for us - we want him to know that he is loved and cared for as much as we are able.
So please continue to pray for us and all the relationships - with N's social worker, our social worker with LCS, mostly, our relationship with birth mom. That she would continue to trust us and know that we love her son. And that she would feel peace - I don't think she is right now.
