Reality Check!!!!

So, I have a "funny now" story to tell you about, but not "funny then." So buckle your seatbelts as I tell it to you! :)

I have been doing a lot of cooking and baking lately and was in need of some eggs. As cheap as I am with getting my groceries, there is a store called Vekol that I usually go to when I am in need of a few dozen eggs as they are only $.99!!!!!! Can't beat that! So, since I haven't been out for the last 3 days or so, I decided it's time I embrace myself, load up all my cuties and head out there after dropping Laine off at school.

A little "Vekol" history for you will help you better understand my story! This is a hole in the wall "ex" gas station that used to exsist on the Ak-Chin Indian Reservation. It's only about 4 miles from our home, but you have to travel onto the reservation to get them. NOT A PROBLEM, just giving you the "whole picture."

So, I drive on out to the store, graciously unload my two littlest one (mind you Ezra doesn't have shoes on as he just got the top of his foot cut on the bottom of our door so refuses to put shoes on), I grab a "basket" to go grab my eggs and proceed to walk up to the counter where I will pay in a few short seconds. So, while standing there, the clerk (an Ak-Chin Native American Indian) looks at me and very bluntly says, "Are those YOUR children?" My heart stopped, I regained consciousness and said with a smile, "Why, YES, they are!" And as quickly as I could dart out the door, I did, threw the kids in the car and FLEW out of that parking lot.

Why does this matter, you ask!? Well, if many of you will recall, we had a baby, Adalinne, that we had less than a year ago that proved to be a very SMALL percentage Native American indian, maybe 1/100, very little. After the mom proved that to the judge, the judge ordered her immediate removal and placement with a family member or a "tribe" member. Since this removal, our family has been very afraid of this biological mother of Ezra and Chavalah proving that they are part NAI as we know what could happen so quickly. While we'd like to HOPE Ezra wouldn't ever get "removed" once adopted, we really DON'T know. Our dear therapist that is full blooded NAI in the very first visit recognized their NAI attributes and is fully convinced they are FOR SURE at least half NAI!!!! I don't mind that, I love my babies however they are, but we're just really trying to get through Chavalah's adoption before something like Adalinne happens to us again!

Not much else new this week. Laine is "student of the week" in his class, so we've been a bit busier preparing a few extra things for him. He's quite excited. He got to bring something today for "show and tell" and he chose to bring his remote control car that he got from Uncle Ben & Aunt Aubrey for Christmas. He can't get enough of it! So sweet!

Hope you all have a great weekend!