Just wanted to update you all since we had court this week.  Nothing really changed as for Elle’s case. The judge said that she remains with us and there will be another court date at the end of January.   As for Elle herself we have seen huge differences over the past week or so.  The crying has stopped and she has become the most happy and content child. Her sweet personality has come to the surface more and more.  She is so funny and so smart. She is eating better and more of a variety. We are still working on nap time. She is not a fan. I left for…

On Oct. 21 at 11 p.m. our phone rang. I hesitated to answer, but eventually John picked up the phone. On the other end was a placement worker who wanted to know if we would accept a 1 year old baby girl. What is funny about this timing is that earlier that day we were driving back from a weekend away. After some long conversations over the weekend about our hearts, and where we were in processing our sweet Grace no longer being in our home. We talked about all the what ifs of another placement, but we both came to the same understanding. We just needed to be willing.…