Visits and a BIG surprise!

The baby came back from her first visit in bad shape.  She was curled back into the fetal position and she cried even in her sleep.  My heart broke for her all over again.  The next day her lawyer came out and told us some big news.  She has an older sibling also in foster care.  He is 2 years old.  I asked the lawyer why we didn't know about him before.  She didn't know.  Then she asked if we wanted him too, lol.  I told her I would have to talk to Jimi about it but in my heart I already knew I wanted him and that he should be with his sister.  I talked to Jimi, and then we talked to Micah.  Remember, Micah only wanted a sister who couldn't walk yet, so we didn't know if this would be ok with him or not.  Little kids have big emotions and we wanted to make sure he was ok.  Our fears were unfounded.  He was more than excited!  I called the lawyer who called the case manager.  The case manager then called me and told me that he would be coming the next day!  I asked if we could have till Friday to prepare and she said " No, I will drop him off tomorrow at noon!"  ( We did not like our first case manager)  So, we went into scramble mode.  Made a late night trip to walmart and bought as much stuff for him as we could givin that we knew nothing about him.  The next day he arrived after the visit with his mom.  The case manager didn't even come with him it was just a case aid and she literally set him down on our door step and said "  This is *Adam* , he didn't come with any stuff."  Then she turned around and walked away!!!!!  We were in shock! "Adam" started to cry and Jimi scooped him up for a hug.  He was also small for his age so the clothing I bought for him the day before didn't fit.  He had only the clothes he was wearing and an extra shirt in a backpack and one toy car.  I noticed he walked funny with his shoes on and since his were pretty beat up we went shoe shopping and I found out his shoes were two sizes too small.  - This, to me, was pretty alarming because he had been in foster care for nearly a month before coming to me so I would have thought that his previous foster mom would have at least bought him some shoes that fit-   Lesson learned: not all foster parents are created equal, and not all are good people.
Two days after Adam arrived I walked around the corner to see him staring very intently at the baby.  When he saw me watching him he said "sat *Lee*?" (Is that Lee) I said "yes thats *Lee*"  Then he asked "sat my Lee?"  and I said yes that is your Lee.  He burst into tears and started to pet her and just touch her all over as if he was trying to make sure she was really there.  All while saying "Lee lee Mylee"   -That kind of stuff makes all the bad stuff worth while. -
*names changed for confidentiality*