Baby is 6 Months Old!

• Baby is 6 months old
• Happy Half Birthday Baby!!!
• He weighs 17 lbs and something ounces
• He is our chunky monkey
• and we LOVE him that way!!!
• He has decided he's not so sure he wants to sleep at night
• Nor does he find sleeping during the day much fun
• Eating is fun-ner!  :)
• Can we say Growth Spurt?!?!?!?
• He still giggles like it's his favorite hobby EVER
• oh my goodness guys, he is THE BEST thing ever!!!
• he loves when I nibble his toes
• so I nibble them a lot :)
• he can now sit up by himself for small increments of time
• and he is VERY proud of himself when he does that
• if he could clap, he would totally clap for himself when he sits up!
• he continues to find music to be a wonderful thing
• he loves family worship - his favorite thing to do is watch us sing while he "sings along" too!
• he is extremely vocal
• he doesn't cry much
• but he talks your ear off
• he reminds me of my almost 9 year old...  :)
• they're little parrots!
• LOL!!!
• his entire composure changes when "da-da" gets home!
• his face lights up and his arms & legs start moving like crazy
• if he could get up and run to him, he totally would!
• Have I mentioned what an insanely awesome thing it is to have Baby Boy in our home?
• It is insanely AWESOME!!!
• we have run into some issues with baby food however
• and we can't share details
• but we could REALLY use some prayer backup in this area
• we also have another court hearing in about a month
• we could REALLY use prayer for that as well!

Philippians 4:6-7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Baby is 5 Months Old

Little Man is 5 Months old.

• he had a HUGE court hearing earlier this week
• his case worker is happy with the way it went
• we are too!
• he continues to fill our days with incredible joy
• he is the giggliest baby I have ever met
• he has learned how to make the "da" sound
• when combined together it sounds like da-da
• yes, I have video footage of this
• he has started putting himself to sleep when I lay him down for night bedtime
• this is HUGE!!!
• he enjoys sticking his feet in the pool
• he is rolling over from back to tummy with ease now
• the Halls are letting us borrow their exersaucer
• little man LOVES it!!!
• he loves being able to sit upright and look at all the toys on it
• thanks Halls!  :)
• he is sleeping better at night, only getting up twice between midnight and 6am
• he still isn't a good napper during the day, but that's ok
• his favorite past time is still being held and being talked to
• we do A LOT of that
• I can't believe he's already 5 months old
• we are eating up this sweet baby time with him
• I'm afraid of blinking because every time I do, he's changed massively before my eyes!
• we are SO thankful for being chosen to be his Foster Family
• and we're praying that the LORD will allow us to be his FOREVER family too!
• we had a blessed Father's Day  :)

Just around the riverbend...

Brother Bear is almost 5 months old.
He is precious beyond words!  Matt & I still fight over who gets to hold him.  No, for real.
He is like the cheese in our mac!  The icing on our cake!
Getting to be his Foster family is one of the most awesome things ever!

And right around the corner is a major important Court hearing.  *ahem* {Read between the lines.}
It makes me want to break out into Pocahontas's song "...just around the riverbend..."

For those who have been following us through this journey & cheering us on, thank you!  For those who don't quite understand why a family of 5 would feel the need to take on another child, but you are curious to see how this turns out, thanks for sticking around!  For those newbies, welcome!

We're not able to share distinct details about Brother's case.  But we can let you know how we need prayer and what is sorta going on.

We need prayer for this upcoming Court hearing.
What is sorta going on is that it's a MAJOR Court hearing.

Dontcha love how technical I am on here?

LOL!!!

In other news, Summer's been nice with Brother here.  My girls are content to sit around and watch Little House on the Prairie as well as work on their tans.  Brother already has a superb tan!  ;)

And you know how you don't really appreciate things until you are at the brink of possibly losing them?  Well that doesn't really apply to your children, nor Foster babies, because well, they are YOURS and you wouldn't ever want to think of losing them, but for story's sake...when Brother had a visitation with his momma...oh however many months ago that was: I had to come to grips with the fact that his momma is HIS MOMMA, and she very well may be rehabilitated and she very well may get to have him back.  And let's just say that it wasn't a pretty thing to see me try to come to grips with this. I had to go to my happy place and stay there in order to keep from losing my sanity, for sanity's sake. {And in the process I cocooned myself at home, keeping him safe and continuing to work on our bonding.}  And here we are, months down the road from all that...and he continues to thrive and grow.
He is safe here.  He is loved here.  His sisters shower him with sweet baby talk and tickles and lovin's and he just giggles like crazy and eats it up.

His momma...oh how I wish Jesus would fix her up.  I love this baby so much that I wish he could someday have a healthy friendship with her.  I know that would be healing for him.

Maybe that is just around the riverbend...

Good News!

Case Worker called.
We received good news.

Unfortunately, that's all I can say on a live blog.

Please keep praying.

Xoxo,
The Morrows

Thank you!

Oh my stars!!!  Thank you praying friends!  Thank you Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve!
Wait, what?  No, no, I haven't heard back from the Case Worker or the Attorney.
BUT... I DID have a baby who went to bed at 10:30 and didn't wake up until 5:30 this morning!!!

I may have woken up around 4 scared outta my mind because I felt rested and the baby hadn't woken up...the previous 5 nights we would've already been up at least 4 rounds by then!  Did the whole hold-my-breath-hand-on-his-chest trick to make sure all was well.  All was well!  :)

Thanks for your prayers!
We're hoping to hear from the Case Worker today, but it may not be until tomorrow.

Xoxo!!!

No sleep and court and prayers.

You know how I said he was only getting up twice at night.
Well then he had his well baby checkup.
And he was given 3 shots.
And now he doesn't sleep.
Like, at all.
I may be exaggerating just a tad.
He sleeps in 30 minute intervals.
And today's a big day for his future.
And I don't even care if he's not sleeping.
I like 30 minute naps all night long...

Okay, not really, but still.

We have a court hearing at 1:30.

Thanks for your prayers!

The king's (judge's) heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD;
He turns it wherever He will.   Proverbs 21:1

Baby is 4 Months Old

• Baby Boy is 4 Months Old
• his gibberish has gotten quite loud
• he gibbers happily most of the day
• unless he's hungry
• and then it turns into yelling gibberish
• which is equally adorable
• he still LOVES to eat
• i think we're related.  HA!
• he likes the zoo & going hiking
• he LOVES the outdoors when it's not too sunny
• his favorite part of Family Worship continues to be the music
• he is incredibly ticklish...much to OUR delight!
• his hands are constantly in his mouth
• his latest trick is rolling from his back to his tummy, but it is still hard work
• he has a well baby chkup today
• he continues to be super snugly, preferring being held to being placed down anywhere
• a court hearing is on the near horizon, please pray, cannot give more details
• we had a wonderful holiday this past weekend
• we continue to pray for his momma 
• he is incredibly animated & is a great conversationalist  :)
• he's also super photogenic

• no really, he IS photogenic, but you'll have to take my word on it!
• he is sleeping better... only wakes up twice between midnight & 6am  :)
• we moved him into a crib & he has done very well in it
• he continues to be such a beautiful blessing in our family
• Baby Boy is fiercely loved by the Morrows!