Lucky Sevens

This morning I realized that today is our 7-month wedding anniversary!  Seven is DW's lucky number, so we got married on July 7 (7/7).  Still love that spouse of mine!  She bought me four bouquets of flowers this week, so I'm pretty sure she still loves me, too.  :)

We've got another kiddo this week: another girl!  DW said something at one of the foster meetings recently that we'd had a lot of boys, and while boys are great, she has a really good connection with the girls.  "Oh!"  one of the staff said.  "Let's see if we can get you some girls!"  And so here we are at kid 14, a girl, our second one in a row!

Fourteenth Kid?  Rad.  She's really easy-going and funny.  We've been making jokes with each other, which makes me happier than I can express.  I got to meet her mom for a few minutes and Mom commented how well we got along cos we're similarly silly.  We had a lazy Saturday, mostly in our pajamas and binge-watching Netflix.  We might go out for a while today... it's supposed to get up to 60° this afternoon!

Sixty degrees in February, with a fantastic silly kiddo?  We really are lucky!

Lucky 12 and Lucky 13

We're back in the swing with Respite Care again.  I like it for the short stints, but I don't like it cos the stints are short.  Can't win.  Just keep swimming.

Twelfth Kid?  Same as TenthKid.  Rad.  Still smooth, which is cute of course.  How can you get mad at the cute?

Thirteenth Kid?  Rad.  Our first girl since.... June, maybe?  And she was twelve.  Just a baby.  It's interesting how different 12 is from 14 (the typical age of our kiddos).  We played baby dolls and watched cartoons and ate chicken strips.  She told me she didn't like PG-13 movies cos she "didn't get them."  Awww, more cute!

I don't know if we're going to have kids in the next two weeks, but in mid-February we're set to have a 17-year-old for a whole two weeks.  She has different privileges, so it'll be interesting to be able to have a bit more freedom with her care.  Can't wait!