Our wait is over!

We had our first placement! The first one was just a respite placement but it was fun and we adored the kids :) Before I go any further let me explain the type of placements that we are taking;

Transitional Respite- Sometimes when case workers remove children from a home they do not have a foster home available to immediately bring them to. So while they look for a foster home they bring them to a respite family (like us!) Who help them understand what is happening and cope a little bit. These placements will usually be for just a few days or sometimes only a single night. Then the children move on to a more permanent foster home and work on reunification with the biological family.

Respite- Foster parents have 14 days a year that they can put the foster children who are with them into a respite home so that they can go out of town or if they have a medical issue or something like that. The state pays the respite family to babysit so that they know the kids are in a good licensed home. These are also usually a short coupe days.

Foster- These children would be placed in our home for a longer period. anywhere from 3-12 months. They could also potentially become available for us to adopt in which case we most likely would. During the time they are with us we would be helping them to work on reuniting with there parents. The parents spend that time going through intensive therapy and work to reach multiple steps to earn the kids back. They get to see the children for one hour once a week for visitation while they do the work.

So now that I got that out of the way, we had a respite placement! It was just for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We had freedom who was Three and her ten year old brother, Red. They were great kids and we had so much fun. We were lucky enough to have them during Halloween weekend while we were doing pumpkins and what not.
There is a good chance we will have them again :)