Our First State Wide Staffing

Well, it's official, we now have a case worker and are ready for the first statewide staffing on September 8, 2009. Statewide staffing is the process of DHS looking at all the adoptive families to see if there are any children who would match the adoptive families. You are only signed up for children that meet your criteria. Once again there is no guarantee that there will be any children that match our criteria. We have broadened our requirements after being advised to do so by our caseworker. We have also looked into the possibility of becoming foster parents and taking an infant from the DHS shelter. We have not made a final decision on this idea. As we understand it is the best way of getting an infant. However, having said that there is also the possibility that the child could be re-unified with the family or that a relative could come in at the 9th hour and take the child. We are not sure we would be able to handle getting attached to a child then have to give it back. So that decision will be for a future date. So for now we are glad to be moving forward. I just learned that my older brother Ezra and his wife Briana will be having a baby next spring. This is Briana's first child. We are very excited for them. So hopefully our family will have 2 new children in the very near future. So once again new Mr. Zimmerman, your family is waiting to meet you, and hoping it will be soon. Hold on we are coming to get you as soon as we figure out where you are.