Background Checks

This weekend we wanted to complete our background checks to mark off another "to do" item on our list. We had to go to the Jackson County Jail which I was totally un-prepared for. I had no idea that we would be walking into the same room where they "book" people and also where the inmates were having visiting time. For those of you that know me well, I was so upset seeing the babies and children there visiting their daddies. As I said before, I just thought we would be going to a county office in a seperate section and wasn't prepared to seeing what I saw. You know I've lived a very sheltered life...another story.

We waited a long time or maybe it just seemed long to me since I was uncomfortable there. When we returned to the Jeep an officer came up to us in a stern voice and said "You are parked in an unrestricted area!" I politely and calmly explained to him that we were just there to have adoption business taken care of, I apologized for parking in that area, and wished him a good weekend. As I'm trying to get in the Jeep and apologize to the officer there are prisoner's literally 20 feet from me being patted down and entering back into the gate. Their glares felt like daggers to me. I was just so uncomfortable. I could not wait to get back home.
So all of my friends that have gone through this, I wish you would have warned me! I guess we just happened to arrive at visiting hours and also the prisoners who were out doing work were coming back in, so it was a combination of bad timing. Yikes!

It's seems to crazy to me that we have to go through all of this to bring our daughter home, when there are people who obviously aren't fit to be parents sitting in the same room as my husband and myself who are trying to rescue and raise an orphaned baby! Thanks for listening to me vent! One day we will have a good story to tell our baby girl about all the hoops we jumped through to bring her home.

What I love about you...

Jeremiah-

carpools with us on most days of the week - I don't even have to drive to work

reads to our boys

watches the boys while I workout

makes me coffee every morning

goes to Wal-mart with me to run errands so I don't have to go alone

cuts out "school-things" for me

Preston-

snuggles with me every night

sings to me - new favorite - Your Grace is Enough (he thinks the words are "your grace is in love")

proudly proclaims that he is in the Lord's army - How cool is that?

says, "mommy thank you for making dinner"

forgives easily

makes his little brother giggle

has a vivid imagination

Parker-

gives me a big hug at the end of the day

copies everything his big brother does

tries to sing the ABC's

loves chocolate M & M's almost as much as I do

has discovered that he can earn a piece of candy corn for following directions

loves to cook with me - "Mommy, I cook!"

What do you love about your family?

Tracy