Greetings!

Hello there~
I know I have not updated the blog much lately, but you always know why that is....there hasn't been anything to update. Well, now there is, so here is an update.
Isaiah is doing very well. He continues to learn so much at school and his speech and vocabulary are growing by the day. As are his musical interests. He is now requesting to hear both John Mayer and Dave Matthews on his CD player. Nice!
Last weekend Gabe's parents came to town for 4 days and he ate up all of the attention! He asks daily when they are coming back. He is truly enjoying having a large family.
As for the case, we think we are again moving forward. After recent difficulties his Mom has reconsidered signing consent to terminate her rights and we are hoping to sit down with her and her attorney, as well as ours, this week and try to come to an agreement. Isaiah's DCF worker is moving forward with the adoption paperwork and we believe this will happen sooner rather than later now. But we have been here before...don't forget. So we take everything with a grain of salt.
It has been 2 weeks since Isaiah has seen his mom and he really is a different little guy with that much time elapsed. He must go through such a roller coaster of emotions seeing her then not seeing her. We hope that, after our meeting with her, DCF will start decreasing visits with an eventual end date as soon as appropriate. HA! We think that is now, but who are we??!!?!

Isaiah had his first official play date with one of his friends from school today. I arranged it with the little boy's mom and we all met at McDonald's to play on the play scape. When we walked in he and his friend screeched with joy and ran over to hug one another. They played for a solid hour and had a great time. It was so good to see that a lot of the stuff Isaiah does it just typical little boy stuff. I think I was more nervous than anything. But he did so great!

So, we HOPE there will be movement this week and if there is, we'll update asap.

Until then...

tickling the ivories

We spent the evening at Bill and Andrea's house last night for play time and dinner. Isaiah and William took some time out to entertain us. Adorable!

I Love You This Much

This is a video of Isaiah reading Gabe one of his favorite books, I Love You This Much.

New Tent!

We took a family trip to IKEA this past weekend and Isaiah got a new tent aka Cave for his playroom!

F-A-M-I-L-Y

Isaiah was watching a show today and this video came on. He instantly wanted to dance with Mommy (bev) and has been singing and humming the tune all day.
It really is quite cute!

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDeh7kzXQrc

ACR

Good evening~
So we had an ACR for Isaiah today, annual case review..that is done every 6 months. Not really annual. HA!
It was me, mom, mom's husband and the DCF worker present. There was a moderator over the phone and we were off. Basically it was a status update of how Isaiah has been doing in placement. It was a tad uncomfortable, but I just kept breathing and drinking my water to get through.

The most interesting thing for me to learn is that Isaiah just might be starting to show his feeling appropriately and to the appropriate people. While we have seen a very affectionate and loving little guy, his mom has been seeing a slightly angry little boy who will not be affectionate to her or embrace her at all during visits. I thought, well, he's mad..and he is finally showing it to her and not us!

Also DCF restated that Isaiah's current plan is now adoption with a back up plan of reunification. This is the opposite of what it was last month. They plan to file termination of parental rights in March, if an agreement is not met by then.

We meet with our lawyer tomorrow to see if we come up with something, but in the end if we have to wait for termination to be filed to get exactly what we think is best for Isaiah, so be it.
I have been listening to the new John Mayer CD and there is a line that I have been singing over and over in my head. It is from the song War of my Life and it is:

Come out Angels
Come out Ghosts
Come out Darkness
Bring everyone you know

I'm not running
I'm not scared
I am waiting and well prepared

And we are, we are prepared. So here we go!

Until then...

ps...if you want to hear the whole JM song, take a listen. LOVE HIM!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_Y_1psB6g&feature=related

"Get yourself a lawyer!"

Happy Saturday. We had a nice warm day here today, even spent time outside with Isaiah and exercising!

Well it seems as there has been a lot to update everybody on over the past couple of weeks. And here is yet another update. We found out this past Monday that Isaiah's biological Mom is seriously considering consenting to terminate her rights. This would be a fast end to all of this if it actually happens. His DCF worker called Monday and told us to contact a lawyer to develop an open adoption agreement. So we have an appointment on Wednesday morning with a lawyer who does this type of work and we will see what happens. Kinda nutty.

Also on Tuesday I will attend a case review at DCF for Isaiah's case. It is likely that his Mom will be there so it will be a good time to see how she is really feeling about this. We are very surprised by this development but it is clear that mom is aware that the case is not moving in her direction and that her son is doing very well here. BUT, she could change her mind again...so we just wait and see.

Until then...