And Then There Was FOUR!

I told y’all there was more, and I won’t disappoint!

Before Chris left for deployment we decided we wanted to adopt again! I’ve been researching adoption agencies and nothing really felt right for us! It turns out God had plans of his own!

We barely made it home from the airport Tuesday when I got a voicemail. I went to check it and it turned out being our lawyer who handled Jaisalyn’s adoption! Jaisalyn’s BM (birth mom) is  pregnant again and trying to track us down! She wanted to know if we wanted to adopt the baby. Of course feeling this was a sign from God we said absolutely! Answer to prayer right?

Lawyer said enjoy your holiday (thanksgiving) and we’ll talk Monday! Flash forward to Monday and here we are dealing with the grief of our trashed house and Ilee, and the lawyer wants us to come through Tuesday. Ok no big deal, but wait BM will be there along with 2 of Jaisalyn’s sisters!

A little back story is we have a completely closed adoption and BM did not want to even look at Jaisalyn for fear of changing her mind. We’ve had no communication for the last 5years! Yikes, right?

We went from having a closed adoption and no real possibility of Jaisalyn ever meeting her Bio family to preparing her with the confusion of it all in less than 24 hours! Adoption is not a new word to her, but I’m still not sure she fully understands! She’s elated to be a sister though to her 2 new sisters and to this new baby! We had an amazing visit with BM and her sisters. It was so surreal and crazy how much they all look alike and even act!

This is all new territory for all of us, and we are very unsure of the future. However, we know the Crazy B’s are growing, and we are excited to announce we are “due” May 5! Please keep both our families in prayer that God will continue to work in all our lives!

Elated and emotionally fried,

Queen B

Where to Start?

It’s always been forever since I last wrote, life happens and I just get so caught up living it that it’s sometimes hard to sit down and record! We survived our 6th deployment, barely! Jaisalyn turned 5 and is in her second year of preschool! She’s loving it, and can’t wait to go into her full time kindergarten next year! She’s doing ballet, tap, and started hip hop this year too! She LOVES dancing and singing! We’ve all in all done rreally well at staying busy!

I tried my luck with LuLaRoe! It ultimately ended up not being what I thought is was, and even though we loved doing it as a family even, we decided it was bleeding us dry. Now I’m doing what I’ve always done which is some crafts! Chris surprised me with a cricut and I haven’t looked back!

Chris made it home last week and the very next day we headed out to adult, but also a little adventure and family time. We had to go check on our home in Georgia which we haven’t been to in 7 years!!!!
Our landlord has been increasingly more difficult and frustrating with communication and overall just doing their job! So we decided tit was time! It was so bizarre to be back there and see the home we raised Ilee in! Her room is still blue and her glow in the dark star stickers are still all over the ceiling! Even still 7 years later, I can’t believe through all the tenants they’re still there. Our house is a disaster and needs a lot of work. So please pray with us on getting back in a sellable state.

We can’t go back to where it all began and end so to speak, without visiting our dear sweet baby. As hard as it was, especially with a very confused Jaisalyn,  it’s something we’ve wanted and needed to do for so long. We sat as quietly as Jais would allow for a few minutes and visited her grave site.

From here we went straight to the landlords to fire them! I know what you’re thinking! Wow! That’s a lot how can there be more!? Well, most definitely there’s so very much more! I’m sorry but that’s for another day as we are still living it! Trust me you will not want to miss it!


Stay tuned...

Yours always,
Queen B