2007:
Meredith and Hershel had finished up their foster care classes and could start taking kids in as they came. They had gotten a call in the middle of the night. Hershel woke up Maggie told her they would be back in a few hours and locked up leaving her in charge. They ran to the hospital and met with a caseworker.
Meredith and Hershel took the young teen home, along with her elementary age sisters. They had two extra bedrooms for them, and got them all settled in.
Close to a month later Hershel and Meredith took the teen girl named Hannah whom was 2 years younger than Maggie, she was taken to the hospital after she started having stomach pains and couldn't move. It turned out the doctors had completely missed running a pregnancy test on her and didn't think twice about it.
Hershel and Meredith stayed with her and helped her through it. She ended up delivering a baby boy by cesarean section. Meredith went back with her and stayed with her through it all. A few days later they took her back home and helped her get settled into life with a baby.
Hannah and her baby - James along with her sisters - Erin and Marcia ended up staying with them for close to a year, before a family member stepped forward wanting to take them in and adopt them all.
Meredith and Hershel along with the kids helped them off, and said goodbye. They watched them drive off, and slowly went back into the house and started their lives with 4 less people living at home.
Maggie and Beth took it the hardest, and had a hard time understanding why Meredith and Hershel couldn't keep them. They sat down with them and talked to them for a long time one night, about everything and how the family did everything they could to get the kids. The girls eventually understood but were still sad about it. The boys were upset some also and asked questions, Meredith and Hershel answered whatever questions they had.
They ended up taking in some more kids throughout the following year..
