Good afternoon!
My fiancée was a stay at home dad for a while. I had a baby back in January but had the better paying job so he chose to stay home while I worked. We couldn't afford daycare and couldn't get daycare assistance. I lost my job recently between dealing with my 9 year olds behavioral therapy, psychiatry, and appointments for both boys. Things were great! They were stable despite the few struggles. But... things started to snowball from there. My fiancée got a job offer for a good job but has yet to start. I work 3 days a week as I am currently 18 weeks pregnant and a high risk pregnancy so I can't work a whole lot. We're a month behind on rent. 2 months behind on our car payment and just set up a payment plan for our electric bill. We've sold everything we own that's worth anything just to pay rent until we can get caught up. We got denied for food assistance so we utilize food pantries when we can but most are very limited. I recieve W.I.C. for my 9 month old. Unfortunately any money we get from work has to go to rent and our car payments so buying groceries at the moment is very limited as well. So I'm afraid neither of my boys will be able to celebrate Christmas this year. It's not new to me as growing up my family couldn't really afford Christmas either but it breaks my heart when other kids talk about their Christmas lists and my son isn't even sure he'll get one this year. I've tried signing up for other programs to try and help us out but everywhere is out of funding for the year or many others beat us to the sign up. My oldest is 9 years old but wears size 10-11 pants and large shirts. My baby is 9 months old and in size 9-12mo. and we have a baby girl due March 4th, 2025. So far we have nothing for a girl as I've only had boys so far. Anything at all will help. My 9 year old loves gaming and space. He wants to be an astronaut. We definitely believe he can. He is also a huge gamer but unfortunately any systems we had (they were all my fiancées) got sold. My 9 month old is hitting milestones like a champ, so, so fast. He's already walking! So any learning toys and music things he absolutely loves! My fiancee sold his whole magic the gathering collection not by choice so he would love to get some of his cards back. Me, I'm simple. I just want my boys to be happy. Anything will help. We're so close to getting out of this hole. We just need a helping hand as we really have nobody. My family and I don't talk and my fiancée only has his mom. So whoever decides to adopt us, if anyone is ever so willing, thank you so, so much!