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Chloe also had a birthday this month. She is now 12 years old. Can't believe it. Lillian and Abel both turned 3 so it was amonth full of Birthday celebrations. The little kids had a Chuck E Cheese party and we all had a small get together at home.
Also on the same weekend as all the Birthdays Lindsay Franks oldest daughter became engaged to her boyfriend Adam. Yeah. So now our family continues to grow and grow. I am thankful to God for allowing me to have this awesome large family.

whats new.

Well I have been a foster for the APL for a while now and while we have seen many puppies and kittens come and go, we recently had a little guy that has made a great fit into our family. Abel is particularly fond of the little Ratt terrier he named JOJO. JOJO was the runt of his litter and has very bad pneumonia. his siblings have all been adopted and JOJO must remain with us in foster care untill he finishes antibiotics again. This time 28 days. We have decided to adopt JOJO when he becomes available as he is already growing on each of us in the household. As fosters we are given the first pick if we choose to adopt or find families for the animals.
Lillian is scheduled for her liver biopsy on June 15th so we are anxiously awaiting the results to see how her liver is managing and what our next step will be. Although I am nervous I do feel a sense of calm since I know she is in excellent hands as well.

Thank You Birthmom

Now on the eve of Mothers Day which is always a huge event here in our household I want to take a minute and reflect on the precious birthmoms who gave us our 2 children. both of which we are very sure have passed on. I pray you know peace and that your children are well loved, honored , and cared for. Today they both had a birthday party for their 3rd birthdays. we are quite sure you both are the bravest women we ever could have known. We felt your prescence today as we thought of you during all the festivities. Someday as we will pass on as well we look forward to meeting with you and thanking you for what you gave us. You both will always be our heroes. Happy Mothers Day to both of you wonderful women who lived far far away and made brave decisions when put in horrible situations for the betterment of your children. you are the true essence of motherhood.

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Lots of new pics to post, Lillian and Abel, Chloe , and Wes are all doing great. Winding down the school year, Thank Goodness and prepping for our trip to Atlanta to see my friend Cathy and all the Enat kids that were with Abel in the orphanage. Cathy also has a little one that was with Lilly in the orphanage as well.

We're Foster parents

Not really, but we are fostering some teacup chihuahua pups for the APL for 6-8 weeks. There was apparently some big puppymill bust in the Cleveland area, and these two siblings are 6 weeks and no mama, which brings us in as foster parents to get them up to age and weight to be spayed, neutered , then adopted to their forever families. It has actually been a fun project for the kids and I. We are enjoying it too. The cat on the other hand is a bit confused, i believe she thought they were mice and stuck her paw out to check them out, they promptly charged her and started barking. she has been wandering around confused ever since.

Whats up.

We are doing well here. Abel made the front page of the paper during the annual Easter Egg Hunt. He was so cute, once he realized there was candy in the eggs, he went crazy. My mom had to take the candy off of him since he starts to act like a fein and get crazy, he will keep eating until he pukes so you have to give him a limit. We are really looking forward to some warmer weather around here. The winters just seem to get harder to withstand year after year. But its Cleveland. I'm excited Spring Break officially started today for the older kiddos so lots of fun in the next week planned. Today we just hung out at the pool at the Rec center and swam alot.