Maybe he will...

be a good zoo keeper; cleaning up after goats....



....Maybe not.


The one thing I DO know about him is that he IS a great "*big brother*"; no matter how long or short lived it may be... he does it well for the time he has been given.



***No they are not related***

5 AM

That is exactly what I saw on the clock when I retrieved Miley Bird from her cradle this morning. Time to feed & change bird and sleep for 2 more hours until "morning" in the Wachsmann household.

That was before my race to the restroom before my bladder exploded this morning. I had to set bird down and go to the restroom QUICKLY. Upon arrival in the restroom and my trying to get my eyes to stay open I heard a thumping noise coming from the boys' bedroom.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Sure enough; as I entered the room there sat a wide eyed and bushy tailed little Bear. With one shoe on none the less!

When he saw me he proceeds to tell me... "Maaaawwwwnin'"! So to keep sanity for the other sleeping child and for me later b.c he is a CRAB APPLE if he gets woken up, by say... a noisy brother!

So I take him to go potty and then bring him into the LR with me to finish feeding Bird and he never showed a sign of being tired. I on the other hand was dead walking! Forget sleep walking! We did however get Miley back to sleep and then we shared some fun Mommy - son time together before the household started breathing for the day!

During those next hours we managed to wear mommy's no show socks as knee highs; eat strawberries and play with suds in the kitchen, make breakfast (eat your heart out Pampered Chef! Here we have the ahem... un-pampered chef!) and then he was put on dish detail! Ahhhh he's growing up. I am glad to have moments like these to spend with him alone! He is so precious to me.






































Then you have the little ruffle muffin bottom that woke again to grace us with her presence! She is getting bigger by the day. Her court hearing was today and they are requesting a paternity test on the alleged BF because there are family of his that want to take her but in order for that to happen they have to verify paternity. If he is indeed the father then they will be candidates for Bird to go with them. If not then there is no reason for them to take her and we will start seeking other potential fathers and family members to take her. If all that falls through then we are first pick in getting to keep her.













It is still WAY early in the case to determine things from one standpoint or another but we can hope right; I mean right?

As for Moe baby; CPS is having a staffing Thursday and we will then start the transitioning. Wow it is so close!

Hope you enjoyed this 5AM just as much as I did.

from the land of Nod...

Hello faithful blog readers. I am so sorry that I have been incognito. I have been doing all the fun paperwork that comes along with placements and fostering. As well as squeezing in training hours and visits with 2 of our 3 children! OH yes... and teaching, playing with, feeding, diapering, potty training, bathing all of our littles! AND the normal house stuff...dishes, cleaning, laundry. Then there's the dog, cat, fish feeding, tank cleaning that goes on.

Needless to say we have been busy. We are all adapting well and getting along just fine. Some days are still testing the waters but I am loving our 3 littles!

I took "Miley Bird" to her first visit a couple days ago. I have to say I was at a loss for words. I did type up a letter and print off some pictures of their precious daughter for them. I prayed about it and felt like it was from the Lord so I proceeded to type the letter not knowing anything about them. I got to the visit and saw some people sitting in the lobby. I thought the woman looked WAY too skinny to have a 3 week old baby! But then the CPS CW came and took baby bird from me and then the people in the Lobby left to go back too. Hmmmm guess that's them.

I am in no way judging them but I really hope they can get it together if they are serious about getting her back! I gave the CW her diaper bag and showed her the letter that I had written to them. She shook her head in acknowlegement and proceeded on.


Other than that newness... Bear is still in potty training mode. He is doing amazing. He can go all day without a diaper (if no one comes over OR we don't go anywhere) and not have an accident. Even for naptimes he is good at holding it until he wakes and then gets out of bed when I come to get him and goes potty repeating "haiwy, haiwy, haiwy Pot-T".

He has been sleeping in a toddler bed now for about 3 weeks. We just took the front rail off his bed and left it open. He only fell out maybe twice and now he is sleeping like a champ in his bed. He stays in for the most part. I did go in there one day and he had a shoe on.... and unless it was hiding in his bed when I put him down I am POSITIVE he got out. It was under his bed so he could have just dangled over the edge and grabbed it. I have seen this act before; who knows! :)

He can now put on his own shoes and get himself dressed from the waist down. His shirts are still a bit tough and slow going so we still work with him and help him on that. He is getting so independent and he is so smart. He can say lots of stuff now. He can say some things that resemble sentences missing the conjunctions. It is fun to hear him speaking and telling us what he wants now.

He has also started this lining things up bit. I came into the kitchen today and found these cars parked just like this along the bottom of the cabinets.



I later went into his room and found some of his toys lined up on their play table.

He is really getting into his tee ball set and his cars. He loves hitting the balls off the tee and running to get them... He has become Duke's best friend! With his cars he drives them all over the place making car noises and he loves to take them to bed with him so that he can drive up and down the back rails of his bed while lying there. Eventually he falls asleep with them tucked beneath his arm as to not let them fall off the bed. He is so fun and we love him dearly! He loves his newest role of big brother. He has always been a big brother but Moe is not that far behind him in age so now he has someone he can hold and just stare at that doesn't move all that much!

Moe is still doing Moe things. Still removes his diaper from time to time. Still pees in his bed when he does remove it. He is still our little comedian. He makes us laugh most of the time unless he is having a day! Then he makes you want to pull your hair out b.c he is so clingy and needy. I love that he is my snuggle bunny but when I have 20 other irons in the fire I have got to do something more than sit on the couch while he whines! Those days he goes and sits in his crib until he is ready to be good then he comes out with a changed attitude for the most part. He is good like that. He will change his behavior when corrected. He is learning new things too. He watches Bear all the time and pretty much tries to do all the things he sees big brother doing. He is still the typical little brother but he is loved and taught right beside big brother!

That is about the updated version of our lives right now. Check back and maybe; hopefully, I will have filled in more about our lives. I sure hope to post some pictures soon. Maybe someday!