I got what at Walmart!

As many of you know Jesse and I were Foster Parents before we became parents. It is one of most difficult experiences we have ever gone through and our hard work paid off in the end.  Lets go back to 1999 when Jess and I got married and I of course wanted to start a family pronto, but of course things did not go as planned.  I was told that I would never be able to have children and I was devastated.  So I did what I always do when I want something I wanted to adopt, and the cheapest way to do that was through the Foster system.  We started off going through the classes and everything else that is involved with Fostering.  It took us about 6 months to get our license and we just waited and waited.  In January of 2001 we got our first placement they were 2 little boys which to this day I miss them and think of them all the time.  We were told that they were not going to go home and of course I was in love with them from the start.  Well long story short they went home in about 5 months, I was so upset I cried for days and felt empty.  But I had to pull myself up by my bootstraps and wait for the next placement, and we waited and waited.  Finally I get a call about a 12 month old little boy named Brandon and of course I jumped all over this case. So I went and met him a few times at the Foster home so he could get used to my face.  We were told that he would be moved in about a month or so due to paper work and that the foster parents were going on vacation. I so excited because it is rare to get a child under the age of 2 and me wanting a baby this was close enough for me.  So we waited for the time to pass and tried to get ready for our new placement which seemed to take FOREVER.  Brandon went to his bio grandparents house because the Foster parents went on vacation and Brandon  had to stay behind due to his visitation schedule with his bio parent.  I was shopping with my mom and our friend Linda trying to get things ready knowing that I had a week to go.  We ended up at Walmart and we got the things we needed and we were walking out of the store and as we were walking out we see my case worker standing in front of the exit doors.  She is holding Brandon and right away I am confused because he is supposed to be at his Grandparents house.  She explains to me that the grandparents do not want to keep him and told her to come pick him up.  Now remember my mom is with me and she is crying and Linda is crying I am still wondering how in the world can someone not want this blue eyed baby!  So I get home and luckily I have a crib and everything I need so here I have a 13 month old child.  It amazes me how one minute you are alone and the next I had this beautiful child that depended on me.  It is so surreal and I still cannot believe that he was sleeping in this crib.  Jesse gets home and goes straight upstairs because he cannot believe it either.  I remember what he said and it was o my god he is so little!  Brandon is now 9 and loves to here this story, and I love to tell him how he came to us.  It is amazing what you can get at Walmart:)