Thankful

Tomorrow's Thanksgiving. As frazzled as I am with so many things happening w/Baby A, my Grandma, Steve, and the kids, I am so beyond grateful for all that God has blessed me with.

Baby A is such a special, miraculous baby girl. We finally received paperwork re: her payment and it says she has NO special needs and needs NO specialized care. Yeah, anyways. Her SW is finally back in town and is coming over next Wednesday. This will be one of many issues we discuss.

Grandma - it's now been 1 year since APS got involved and therefore I've been involved in a daily manner. Her dog continues to cause problems at the new place - barking, peeing inside, pooping inside, and now peeing and pooping in her bedding that the housekeeper discovered. I received a phone call regarding her dog from her facility. I'm just waiting for the official eviction notice. Maybe they're waiting for the holiday to be over. She says if he goes, she goes. I'm NOT looking forward to dealing with that battle. My uncle (her oldest son) wrote an e-mail asking me for her address to send her flowers next week on her birthday. NOTHING about how is she doing, how are things going, how are you, etc. Maybe I was feeling extra snarky but that bugged me.

Steve's hips and bursitis have been an ongoing issue lately and now that the weather's been changing, that affects his hip replacements even more. He's been able to stay out of the bedroom during his down time though and that's made a big difference. For all of us.

Shane is still wrestling. He slept under the baby's crib last night and claims he got the best night of sleep ever. He did sleep until 10:40. How he was comfortable is beyond me. His ADHD is definitely at an all time high and he continues to have difficulty reigning it in.

Shelby continues to test the limits - with everything from her attitude to her lack of trying to sit back in her wheelchair. Her developmental/cognitive delays are becoming more apparent at certain times - she has to read 10 pages a day. She was on page 130. Her question to me: What page do I stop on?

Moose is finally in adoption mode after his fos-adopt family took him almost a year ago. We are so happy for them. Miracle Man is now crawling - ecstatic for his new family. Still can't get over how amazing it was to hang out w/JoJo at his Adoption Party a couple weeks ago.

Need a huge chunk of time to just focus on getting the house in order. Not quite sure how I'm going to do that. Today - dropped Baby off at visit w/Biomom, drove to Grandma's, drove back to pick up baby, drove home to pick up Shane, took him to his ortho appt, drove home, started the basic chores - not the extra stuff that is driving me crazy. Doing some slow and steady work but not as much as I'd like but in the end, I suppose it doesn't matter.

I'm thankful for my life. Busy (Baby still has 4-5 weekly appointments on average) + my Grandma + my family but with God, I have peace and grace. Out of everything, I am most thankful for that: grace.