baby development

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Visit w/ SW: No News Is Good News

R. (Cookie's case worker) stopped by the house last night when Megan and I were out shopping with Cookie (hey, a girl's gotta learn early, ya know?).

Here's the scoop.

The 161 paperwork is in requesting a court date for TPR. We are now in the "waiting game" to find out our court date. It could be a while.
Biomom has been moved from one facility to another in her court-ordered rehab.
(Megan's research found that in KY you have to test + 8 times to be sent invountarily to inpatient. Dang.)
R. is going to go talk to her sometime soon to tell her about the upcoming TPR (which will be ordered by the judge, no doubt) and find out if she plans to appeal. (We figure if she is planning to appeal, R. wants to go ahead and do things now on the front-end, but we know not what all that entails.)

And that's it, folks. No news is good news.

We have been blessed to have fabulous social workers who are moms, who are smart, and who work hard to see that the child's best interest and future is considered. Go figure. Don't we wish it always worked that way? R. is fabulous. R. means business. We leave her alone to do her thing, and she does it. We really, really like her. I hope in this life and the next she is bountifully rewarded for all she does. I don't want her job.

Cookie, we're getting close, hun.

Please God, watch over our paperwork as it sits in the Fayette County courthouse. If it be your will, please see that it is processed quickly so Cookie can be our daughter for all eternity. We love you, we trust you, and we'll keep trying to surrender ourselves and Cookie to you more and more every day. Thank you for your faithfulness, and for never ever leaving us.