Williamo86

It's been about a year since I submitted a journal here, since I blog literally all day over on tumblr it's easy to forget to update another platform. But regular check ins are good too. Life is busy. We're up to five kids, my two biological children and three unrelated foster placements. A little girl who is now 2, a boy who is 8, and our newest addition is a girl who is 13. The two younger placements likely will return to family in the near future, which is great and amazing and what foster care is really about-support and reunification. The 13 year old however will definitely not be returning and we are just starting the adoption process

I'm trying to get to a place where I can get back into batiking because my life is so full but at the same time very devoid of things I enjoy doing. Now that the baby is older and able to occupy herself for periods of time (or binge watch Curious George) maybe this winter I can actually do some art and get mentally back on track with my own shit. This summer was a whirlwind of 3 kids at 3 different summer camps, now 3 kids at 3 different schools and a baby at home who seems to have some sensory processing issues that we're working on...it's exhausting. My other blog keeps me sane but I miss this place too.

So a while back we said when the baby got on a schedule we'd open our home to another foster placement, a school age child because being home with two babies would make being a stay at home dad a very un-fun thing. Well at 6 months we finally found a schedule that works and life is a bit easier, so for the past two weeks we've been gradually transitioning a new placement into our home. He's been in another foster home nearby but they're closing their home for personal reasons and he needed the special attention a stay at home parent could offer because he is on the autism spectrum. So far we've done a few overnight visits and I've picked him