My New Normal

So our trip to Disney was ABSOLUTELY amazing.

I have not been that relaxed in FOUR YEARS. Makily was a DOLL and she had so much fun. She laughed, smiled giggled and had a big time! We spent most of our days at all the Disney parks and we also took some time our for swimming and lounging by the pool.

Nothing relaxes me like laying out in the sun with a Margarita in my hand.

We met up with the Stephanie (Maia's mommy w/Emanuel Syndrome)and family. We definitley had our moments of "wow's" but one in particular left me in tears. We had sat down to watch "Starship" play. I was sitting next to Stephanie when she reached out to hold Makily. I handed her over and Makily was ENTHRALLED with her. She just stared at Steph with the sweetest most angelic look as if she knew that Steph was a "special mommy". They laughed and giggled. It was way cute and SOOO touching. What REALLY struck me was watching Steph automatically do all the little things that Makily likes to get her to laugh. She knew what to do because she's been here before. I told Steph through my tears that when Makily was born and I found her c22 site that I NEVER could have imagined sharing a moment like that with her. Love you Steph.

I also wanted to say a special thanks to "Kim". I won't go into details but she is an amazing woman and her and I have chatted via email and over the phone...we have something rare in common. She found out about our Disney trip and sent us some gift cards to Disney. How kind and giving is that? Thank you so much Kim. I think of you and pray for you daily.

Foster care licensing is dragging on for what seems to be forever. I just got a call the other day from our agency wondering when we moved in our house. Apparently the people who lived here before us had 40 pages of incidences where the police were called here for domestic violence. She was VERY relieved when I told her we moved in 6 months after the last call was made. Our background checks otherwise came back clean. I have to call again tomorrow to find out when our home inspection is.