Sorry, there will be no pictures on this post. I just wanted to let all of our friends and family that may not have received texts or email that our sweet little foster baby went home to live with his great grandma yesterday. It has been a whirlwind of things over the last couple of weeks. We knew of course when we got him that this could happen. When you sign up to be a foster parent one of the big questions you ask yourself is... "will I be okay when these sweet little people leave my home and go to be with family?" You want them to be with family if that is truly the best option. If everyone is rehabilated and well that is always the best option. However, we also are in the foster to adopt program so we eventually would like to adopt if that option presents itself. I guess it is hard because we got P when he was 5 weeks old and now he is 5 months old. He went from being a newborn to a happy smiley baby in those 4 months we had him.
He was an angel baby. Such a huge blessing in our family. When we found out on Friday that his Great Grandma was getting guardianship of him my heart was broken. We had the weekend to love and snuggle him. I had to give him to his GGma yesterday morning. I kept feeling like something was missing all day. I was supposed to be feeding my little P. I was supposed to be changing his diapers. I was supposed to be snuggling him and listening to him babble and talk. I was supposed to be wiping that slobber and kissing those cheeks. I was supposed to be loading him in and out of the car when I ran all my errands. Instead of doing all that I just felt like something was missing all day.
My older girls cried when they had to say goodbye to him before they went to school. After all they were all little mommies to him. As Bailey was getting ready to say goodbye to him she whispered in his little ear "I hope you remember us". I told Bailey that his Spirit would always remember us. I truly believe that.
Even though it has been extremely hard these past couple of days, the past 4 months have been an incredible blessing. Little P was loved like no other. He made a huge impact on our lives