Yes, I am reviving this topic - so if anyone wants to go back and read the background, it's right above this message.
So, I find out the two-year old boy was voluntarily put into foster care 3-4 weeks ago, and that they are trying to get him back - pretty much once a child is in the foster system, a private adoption is out of the question, so we made one questioning phone call which didn't get us far, and figured it was out of the possibility . . .
. . . . until this morning, when my friend calls me and says, are you still interested in the 2 year old boy? If so, call this social worker, NOW! So, long story short, the little tyke isn't officially a ward of the state, yet, so a private adoption is NOT out of the realm of possibility, after all. The social worker has been pushing them towards an adoptive placement, and they pretty much have decided that's what's best. There is a couple about 3-4 hours away who they don't like, but ARE licensed, and we're about 2-4 weeks away from being licensed, so the state wants to ignore us and have them choose the other couple - except that they wanted to meet us, so we went to meet them this afternoon, and the birthmom likes us and wants to place with us. BUT - the social worker is meeting with this huge group on Tuesday to decide what to do with the 2 year old, and the shelter mom doesn't want to keep him much longer, and they don't want to put him into another placement while waiting for us, but might if the birthmom puts up a big enough stink about insisting on us, but the social worker still has a lot of influence, and so we don't know what will happen, AND we haven't met the child, and we'd like to in order to decide for ourselves if he's right for US!
Whew! So, um, if any of you are praying folk - I think we could certainly use a few, and, um, I'm gonna be a bit busy trying to get the basement done in a week instead of a month.
It's crazy.
Andy
Mom to Aaron 14 (HG), Anna 11 (HG), Adam 8 (adopted), Andrew 8 (adopted), fostering a newborn . . .