Hiya!
My name is Lynn. I'm 36 years old and from Georgia (if the thread topic didn't give it away, lol! I'm married to the love of my life and we have four kiddos. Despite being born and raised in Georgia, I've never been to Disney World or any Disney Park. I've been a Disney fan my whole life, but my parents didn't travel much and life's been kind of busy since I became an adult
Rich (39 years old) is my husband. He is British born and raised. We've been together for nearly 15 years after meeting online way back in 2000. We've been married 12 years. We lived in England for the first 3 years we were married but moved to Georgia in 2006. We spent the next few years and lots of money trying to start a family biologically without any luck. In 2012 we became foster parents. We now have 4 children They are:
Monkey or H - Our first and youngest child. Monkey was placed with us 9 days after our home opened. He was almost 2 years old at placement and is now 4. We had the immense pleasure and joy of adopting him on March 3, 2014. He is the catalyst for our first WDW visit coming up in 2 weeks and 2 days. We always planned to visit WDW for the first time when he was old enough to enjoy it and possibly have some memory of it. He started asking to go to Disney in August 2014, so we started planning.
Prissy or K2 - Our youngest daughter. Our little princess is the youngest of a sibling group of 3 placed with us in May 2014. She will turn 9 years old during our first WDW visit. We have booked at spot at the Pirate's League for her and her brothers to have her made up. We wanted to get her in at BBB, but we weren't able to get a reservation so we settled for PL. We are currently awaiting termination of parental rights (TPR) on her and her bio siblings in order to finalize their adoption.
Dude or D - Our oldest son. Dude was the only boy for years but has taken to the role of big brother to our little boy wonderfully. Even though Monkey is partial to girls (such a flirt even at 4), Dude is very patient with him and tries to be a great big brother. He is 10 years old and we will be finalizing his adoption as soon as TPR has come through along with his sister's.
Sissy or K1 - Our oldest daughter. Sissy is a GREAT big sister to all 3 of her little siblings. She is 14 years old and, despite having typical teenage problems in addition to having to overcome the issues that go along with being in foster care, she has proven to be a wonderful daughter! We were terrified at the thought of parenting a teenager having never done so before, but with Sissy, our fears have been pretty much unfounded.
As I stated earlier in this post, we're embarking on our first WDW trip in 2 weeks, 2 days. We are celebrating Prissy's birthday, Monkey's Forever Family Day and Gotcha Day for Sissy, Prissy and Dude. I think it's going to be an awesome trip! I'm very excited to be joining the ranks of the WDWFGU gang!