LUDWICK LIFE

We have been licensed for a month which is crazy! We have learned so much about this truly broken system that the children are exposed to due to no fault of their own. For the most part, we felt like we knew what we were getting ourselves into... but as they say, you truly don't know what you will experience until you walk in it. That surely has been the case for us! What we have learned/experienced so far: 1.  Placements happen at lightning speed:  We currently have an almost 4 week old baby boy in our house. He is the sweetest little boy and loves to cuddle. I received a phone call about him when he was 39 hours old, found out he was coming 30 minutes later and he was at our house an hour later. We were licensed just a few days prior. My type A personality was no way prepared or ready to welcome this little bundle of love into our house but we made it work and got all the necessities as quickly as we could.  2.  The backgrounds of children in foster car...

It is hard to remember what life was like before Lyndon entered our lives on January 8, 2014. Our sweet girl loves life, friends, school and all things girl. This last year, Lyndi has really started to come into her own. She has developed self confidence and knows what she wants and definitely communicates her desires at all times.   Lyndi loves to play house and family, taking care of babies and her animals and being a big sister. She is definitely taking on some first born characteristics which is fun to watch. Taking care of babies and being a big sister has really presented itself even more than before in the last week. Lyndi became a big sister again and wants to do anything she can for our new baby foster boy! She is very particular about her nighttime routine, what she wears (only dresses), what shows she watches (Pinkalious!, Princess Sophia and cooking/toy demonstrations) and making sure everyone follows the rules. She hates getting into trouble and get really up...