They came and took him! What do I do now? *UPDATE PAGE 5!*

[sumbirdy]

Woah, haven't posted since before you got Nathan back.

I am so happy you get to see him again! Great news. I have one question. Wasn't Stephanie supposed to be arrested?? I really hope she is soon.

She talked to her parole officer and he ended up dropping the warrant. It would have been nice if she was that way Nathan probably would have been here full time and not have to be with her.

[sumbirdy]

So...Stephanie took Nathan to get his shots yesterday and told Charles that the doctor said that Nathan was stressed from being over here. Mom called this doctor (It just happens that we've known him for a while) and he said that he didn't say anything about stress and was really upset that she lied about what he said. So...mom told Charles this and he said "Yeah, I knew that didn't sound right." This was the only home Nathan ever knew, why the heck would he be stressed from being over here? Besides, we're very quite people that rarely yell which is the exact opposite over there. Where do you think he would be stressed at?
Anyway, mom told Charles he needed to come to his senses and he said "Yeah, I'm getting there." So mom said, "Well while you're 'getting there' Nathan is suffering" Charles told mom he wouldn't leave Stephanie because he's afraid that she would lie about a bunch of stuff about him. She already told him that if he did anything wrong she was going to call DHS and tell them that all the stuff we said she was doing was actually stuff that he was doing but mom and dad didn't want to tell them that because Charles is their son. She ticks me off so much What I don't get is why doesn't Charles go to DHS himself now and confirm all the stuff we have told them. But he's always saying that he doesn't want to make her mad. Who cares?! He needs to step up and protect his son and get both Nathan and himself away from her.

[Catty1]

What does he mean, MAKE her mad???

She ALWAYS is.

He might as well give her something to get REALLY mad about.

It's like an abused wife - he has to find a safe place for him and Nathan through DHS, and then report what has been happening.

I hope he does....

[sumbirdy]

Charles told her something along the lines of if she keeps being the way she is he's going to take Nathan (don't know the exact words) We've always told Charles to not warn her ahead of time and just do it. But what did he do...? And then what did she do? She took off with Nathan. She went over to her friends house and I don't think she'll let Charles see him.
Charles should have done something a long time ago (and not told her beforehand.) He's ticking me off just as much as she is because he won't stand up for an innocent defensless baby. He's telling mom that he see's how she is and that we were right about everything but he still won't do anything about it.

Catty1-you're right. She is ALWAYS mad. And that's what scares me the most. When she's mad she gets physical and doesn't care who's in her way. She got so mad once that she ended up kicking her dog so hard she broke her leg!
And Nathan gets frustrating. He's teething and he's at that point where he knows what he wants but when you can't understand he gets upset. He also gets into everything and you can't just set him down and leave him (which I think is what they do because mom said they had taken his wheels off of his walker and it looked like he pratically lived in the thing)

I just hope they get over this and we can go get Nathan Saturday and when we know he is safe we'll probably have to guide Charles into getting her commited (or some form of help)

[Catty1]

DHS MUST have a pamphlet or something outlining the best way to report someone...as in DON'T tell the person first.

I hope he would consider calling DHS - even from a pay phone to be anonymous - and tell them what is happening, and what they would advise him to do!

BIG prayers here....

[sumbirdy]

Mom talked to Charles this morning and Stephanie is back. (Figured she would be) As far as I know we are still picking Nathan up Saturday (and this time he's staying for a whole week) Mom could hear Stephanie in the background saying "Nathan, tell her that you have a lot more fun over here." What baby (or any person for that matter) would have "a lot more fun" with a self-centered, selfish, angry, violent, always screaming person? She was just trying to get to us and make us think Nathan doesn't like it over here. Right. I guess that's why his face lit up when he saw his room and all his zillions of toys (according to what mom has seen he only a handful over there and Nathan gets bored with the same toys really easily, which is why he has so many here)
She reminds me more of a 10 year old than a 20 year old and I think I will just ignore her. She just wants attention and will do anything to get it. Which is probably another reason she wanted Nathan. Babies get you attention.

Anyway, a woman from Adult Protective Services came out today to get the story from mom again. She informed us she was a cat person when our kitten Maggie immediately caught her eye. And we informed her that Maggie was a person cat. So Maggie was in Heaven. She got to sit in the woman's lap for about 20-25 minutes and get extra pampering. It was weird because the dogs didn't bark very much at her (usually they go crazy when someone they don't know drives up.) Even Lacy quieted down after a few minutes (which is odd because Lacy barks and barks and barks and barks) I guess she was an okay person. I usually rely on my dogs to tell me if people are okay or not. I know to some people that would sound funny but I'm sure some of you on here understand what I mean.

[crow_noir]

Well, good luck with everything.

Totally understand... and if you say your pets say this was an okay person, then trust them.

Before King was my dog i took my friends over to meet them. If they didn't go over there i'd observe his reaction to them anyhow (if he wasn't chained up at the time. *sigh* Yes, they chained a dog in a fully fenced yard.) I paid particular attention if i was dating someone... and was a little more persistent that they meet him close up. (he he... S.o. was a bit frightened of King, but he still listened to me and got involved. In S.O.'s defense King did have a rather deep bark when he wanted attention. It still warms my heart thinking about that. After that first week, every time S.O. came over he'd stop to pet King first.) It was rare that King ever bared his teeth or raised his hair at anyone. I can count the number of times on one hand. Each time we were in a situation where either i'm sure he saved us from danger or it was someone i knew and was a very bad person... and King could sense it despite my cordial mood.

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Anyway, a woman from Adult Protective Services came out today to get the story from mom again. She informed us she was a cat person when our kitten Maggie immediately caught her eye. And we informed her that Maggie was a person cat. So Maggie was in Heaven. She got to sit in the woman's lap for about 20-25 minutes and get extra pampering. It was weird because the dogs didn't bark very much at her (usually they go crazy when someone they don't know drives up.) Even Lacy quieted down after a few minutes (which is odd because Lacy barks and barks and barks and barks) I guess she was an okay person. I usually rely on my dogs to tell me if people are okay or not. I know to some people that would sound funny but I'm sure some of you on here understand what I mean.