Bittersweet

Yesterday the SRS worker went over to talk to my sister about the agency's recommendations.  They recommend that my husband and I keep the girls for now and get legal guardianship.  I guess that if she had refused they would have put them in SRS custody.  So, I'm happy the girls get to stay but I'm really sad for my sister.  I hope she can get her stuff together, but by the time she does the babies will be pretty attached to us.  It's amazing to see how far they have come in almost a month!
 
I'm tired and I can't believe how much our lives have changed since they got here.  We are working on getting the nursery set up.  I can't believe that we have a nursery!  With two cribs!  We went and bought a glider rocker today.  My girls needed to be rocked.  We went and got the other crib from my sister today.  It's white metal, not our style, but it was free so we'll deal.  She also gave us the Noah's Ark baby bedding she had.  Also not our style.  That one may have to be replaced.  We'll see.
 
The weather here has been amazing the last two days.  What would normally be 100+ degree days have been in the low 70's during the day.  It rained all day yesterday and we found a leak in our roof, but I can deal with that for this unseasonal coolness.  It makes me excited for fall.  That's always my favorite time of year (my middle name is Autumn!) and this year I feel like I have an extra reason to be excited for the season change and the holidays.  I'm already talking about Halloween and Thanksgiving. 
 
My brother is progressing.  We are afraid now that due to the lack of funding and programs in this area he may have to go to a nursing home for a few months.  He's only 31.  Right now he's at a rehab hospital trying to learn to live as a paraplegic.  Life will be so different for him and he is suffering from some serious depression right now.  I don't know what to do to help him other than be there.
 
Time for bed.  I'm going to switch some laundry and go crawl into my nice warm bed and snuggle with my wonderful husband.  By the way, I think he's enjoying the girls as much as, if not more than, me.  It's great to see him with babies.