Cat Daddy.

The wierdest thing happened the other day. When we first got Charlie and brought him home, the cat peeked around the car carrier and gave him a nice hiss. After the days went by, kitty would sit by me when I was holding the baby and sniff at him a little. Finally, one of our church members came over to bring a meal. She picked up the baby and kitty made a bee line for her and was very insistent that he was near her. J tried many times to move the kitty and he kept going back. Was he protecting baby brother? Maybe so. It was just weird. Now I call him Cat Daddy.

What to do?

As you all know, we have adopted a beutiful baby boy. I am so happy. He came at the perfect time in our life. He is a wonderfully easy and healthy baby to have. He is a definite blessing. I love him and so does his mom.

But, the hefty adoption fee did not come at a good time (we ended up going through an adoption program rather than foster care). I already wrote a check for the first chunk of it, and have until the end of April to come up with the rest. I also have property taxes that just came in too.

I have considered getting a second job, but that would put me out of my counseling classes (another expense) for a while and prolong the time I have until I can practice what I would love to do as well as make a little more. If I stay in the classes, emergency certification for school counseling could be a possibility for next year, but not certain. I could get a few loans and pay them off eventually, but hate to go in further debt, but it could be worth it if I stay in school and get the job that I want and use the extra money I would be making to pay it back, but that is just a remote possibility.

So, if anyone out there has a few thousand bucks laying around, you can send it my way :), but most of all, pray that I will know what to do. I will accept help if offered, but don't expect it. Fundamentally I know this is my responsibility and my challenge to face. My professors said I could leave our cohort group for a years leave of absense if I needed to. I will have to decide that by the middle of January when the next semester starts. I have till January to make one decision and then April to have the money, but for the time being I am a little frantic about this big hurdle and all the different factors involved. I just want to make the right decision for my now bigger family.

Another thing that could be helpful is if anyone has any creative fundraising/easy business ideas, let me know. It could be something that works for me. Having an objective view on this could be helpful.

Thanks for all your prayers, looks like we have the baby we have been praying for.