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When we were licensed as foster parents, we were approved for two placement spots, one infant and one child. We have a twin bed in the nursery in addition to the crib, so we technically have room for two. We agreed to this mostly because we thought if there was a sibling pair that needed […]

I’m not really comfortable writing anything specific about the court process for T, but I thought it might be interesting to go into a little bit more detail about the process of hearings that occur when CPS becomes involved in a child’s life. The process varies from state to state, but this is the general […]

Missus Turtle and I are so very lucky to have such an amazing support network. We live close to my parents and grandparents, about four hours away from Missus Turtle’s family, and we have quite a few friends near and far that are supporting us as we venture into foster parenting. I wanted to write […]

I’ve been trying to write  post about T’s first visitation with his bio mom for ten days. In those last ten days, we’ve had six visits scheduled by CPS. The first one happened today and actually was pretty anticlimactic. It started the Monday after we picked T up. His bio mom had a court hearing […]

A friend told me last week that she was impressed with how well both Missus Turtle and I have thought this whole thing through. She said initially when we told her we would be fostering (hopefully to adopt) a baby or babies, she worried that we had signed ourselves up for heartbreak. Well, I said, […]

We like to think we are healthy, but, well, pizza. Pizza is our go-to quick and easy dinner when we don’t really feel like cooking. I don’t mean delivery, although that would be quicker for most people. We live in the boonies and I’m not even sure we have a delivery place that will come […]

How do you all find time to write with infants?? We finished our first week as foster parents yesterday and wow, it’s been a busy week! We’ve introduced T to one set of foster grandparents and great grandparents, had two pediatrician visits, one ultrasound and one trip to UC Davis for a consult with a Pediatric […]