[MissTaken0809]

Sorry this is long!

My husband and I have no children of our own and just got our license a few weeks ago. We were wanting a baby and willing to take a sibling group if it included a baby. We got a call before our homestudy was even approved about a 9 year old boy (M), 2 year old girl (G) and a baby boy (J) not yet born. I said yes right away. Everything seemed just right and just like I had always dreamed. Like a sign from God that this was the right family to add to mine and my husbands family.

J was born on the 18th and we got to bring him home from the hospital. But come to find out, the older two had been placed in two seperate foster homes and have been there for 8 months. The foster parents of G want to be able to adopt her once the rights are terminated. (Dad is in prison and mom is in jail waiting to be sentenced. We've been told that they are trying to get rights terminated asap) But they don't want either one of the boys. CPS told them that she will be placed with us because we are willing to take all three. Well, the foster parents now have an attorney and are wanting to take it to court. They have even said that they will take J now.

I believe the only reason they are saying they want J is because they think it will allow them a better chance of keeping G. M has a different dad than J and G and they must think that keeping those two together will make a difference.

CPS is on our side and wants them placed with us to keep the three together. But they say it just depends on the judge. One might see it our way in keeping the three together and another might see that she has been with them for eight months now and is doing well.

We have said that we are willing to take J and M even if G ends up staying with her current FP's. I would love to have G, she is adorable and it would be great to keep them together. But J has been with us for two weeks now and of course I fell in love with him the second I saw him. Keeping him is the most important thing right now.

I understand where they are coming from, they have had her for eight months and love her like I love J. But they were told from the beginning that the three would need to be placed together and they don't want the boys.

The thing that makes it the hardest for me is I just found out not too long ago that they have a baby of their own that is just a few months old. I don't have any children. I know this must be hard for them but why would they try to take J from me?