The Decision

Everything worked out perfect with Christopher. As it turns out, we decided that we would not keep him because it was too hard on us and not fair to any five of the kids. We were so torn because we also did not want him to not be able to grow up with his siblings. I had a friend that was in the process of getting her foster license and offered to take him. It was a struggle to get it to actually happen but as of 6/24/2010, Christopher went to live with another foster family. They are a great family and will adopt him if it gets to that point. It is so nice that the kids will still be able to maintain a relationship with him. We have already gone out to dinner with them as well as Christopher spent the night one weekend so it is great so far. Anderson had the hardest time when he left. He was holding his bottle one day and told me "I hold the baby's bottle for when he comes back" Another night he started crying and saying he wanted the baby to come back. All of the kids are really excited when they see him and they know he is special to them. I feel confident that we made the right decision. Even when he slept over for one night it was rough. Our kids are at such a different level right now because of that and the multiples of them, it is too hard to add a baby to the mix but we love Christopher so much. I met with Danielle at one of the visits and explained our decision to her and she understood. She asked how Alice and Anderson were doing and told me to give them a big hug and kiss for her.