She's Ours!

For finding your mother,
There's one certain test.
You must look for the creature
Who loves you the best.
~ Little Miss Spider; David Kirk

Middle Sister decided, years ago, that she wanted to be a foster parent to infants. So when her youngest entered his teens, she convinced her husband to go along with the program and they began the long process of being approved as a foster home.

It took a while, but they were finally approved as an emergency infant foster care home. That meant they'd get infants and keep them for just a couple of weeks.

Three years and two days ago, they picked up their first baby at the hospital. At the time, I was just entering my second trimester with A., and I was thrilled to get some practice. I practiced bathing, bottlefeeding, and carrying an infant carrier without dislocating my shoulder.

She was only going to stay for a few weeks, but a few weeks turned into a few months, and it wasn't long before they knew she belonged with them.

Today it was made official - according to the judge, the county agrees that it is K.'s best interests that Middle Sister and Husband be her parents forever and ever.

Big Sister is 19 years older than I, and it's rare that we find a family with a bigger spread. Middle Sister (12 years older), in typical middle child fashion, has to outdo us with a 24-year-old, a 21-year-old, a 15-year-old and a 3-year-old. But some people are just meant to be mothers.