A Follow Up to the "I Will Be a New Woman" Comment

Hello dear friends! If you haven't read yesterday's post, I would suggest giving it a look over before reading this.

I went to bed last night with a new plan in mind. Wake up at 6:30. Wake up kids (if they're not up already) at 7:30. And Baby B at 8:00. His new feeding schedule is bottles at 8, 12, 4, and 8. With some cereal and baby food in there as well.

My reality? I woke up at 7:30 a.m. (oops!) with 2 little kids who had made their way in our bed a few minutes earlier. Actually I woke up to Raegan rubbing my back! When I opened my eyes, there she was with her sweet little face looking right at me. I said, "Raegan, thanks for rubbing my back!!" She looked up at me and said, "I did it just because I love you!"

That was a sweet moment!

Though I didn't wake up the time I planned, we did actually get out of the house on time. And no one was in pj's or shoeless! Now that's an accomplishment!

So the day was going rather smoothly until around 3:50. It was then that things started to get a little hectic. I was preheating the oven to put in a casserole (lovingly made by a friend) and ready to feed BB when I saw a car parked outside my house. Then a woman got out and started walking up to our front door.

A little preface: The night before I looked at my calendar and saw 4:00pm written down but nothing else beside it. I even mentioned it to Clint "I have 4pm on my calendar but I don't know why." I figured it wasn't important.

Well....

4:00 came and there was this woman ringing my doorbell.

I opened the door and she said "You must be Jami!" Then she looked at Rae and asked "Are you Raegan?"

I immediately assumed she was someone working in the system - since there are many people coming and going in your home when you become a foster parent - but feeling a little annoyed that she hadn't called ahead, I asked "And you're name is???"

Seeming surprised by my lack of knowlege she responsed, "Well I'm Nancy."

It was then that the 4pm note on my calendar came into my mind and I realized that this was our licensing worker!

The one I had never met in person but had spoken with on the phone.

The one I arranged a 4pm meeting with today! Uggggg.

I welcomed her into my not very clean home, tried to put a casserole in the oven, feed a baby a bottle, feed a grumpy child a snack, shoo the two little boys down the basement and answer any questions she had for me! I was - can I say - frazzled and slightly sweaty. Just being real here. :)

All in all, she was very gracious and understood my forgetfulness. Thank you Nancy!

And thus ends another eventful day at our house. :)

Tomorrow, is the second visit for the boys with their parents. Yet another transition. Lord, have mercy! :)