J5.

a couple of weeks ago we had our monthly visit from our caseworker. {by the way, let me just say that we LOVE our new caseworker. this is our third one, and our fave. she is such an advocate for baby J and i feel like an advocate for stefen and i as well}. moving on - during her visit (friday at 5 pm), she got a call about a little boy who had been sleeping at the DHS office because there were no foster homes and all the shelters were full. since i'm the nosiest person on the planet, i asked what the phone call was about, she told us, and we immediately said we could take him for the weekend. we ended up keeping him for ten days, not two. it was so fun.

his name also started with a J, so i'll call him J5 in this post. J5 came to our door with a walmart bag of belongings. we were able to take him to the consignment store the next day to get him a wardrobe, toys and of course a book (dogs don't brush their teeth - or as he called it all week, dogs don't brush they teeth). it's mind blowing how little these kids come into custody with, especially in oklahoma - because we are the meth capital of the world and when a drug bust happens all items in the home (including little one's clothes and toys) are considered evidence. really sad. for the record: this is not why J5 was taken into custody.

some of my favorite things about J5:

-his sweetness and kindness.
-his amazingly gorgeous hair.
-his appetite. i've never seen a human eat more food in my life.
-his gentleness with baby J.
-his laugh.
-his cute teeth.
-his imagination.

5 year olds are exhausting, but we told his caseworker if his future plans don't work out that he always has a place here.

also, shout out to my church family for loving on him so greatly! he had never been to church before and he was showered with love during his first experience.

thank you for reading!
chelsie