Say what?

A friend from church who does foster care and is my "go to" for questions about it sent me a text yesterday afternoon.  Her:  "have you heard anything"  Me:  "not a peep"  Her:  "Can i call you?"  Me:  "sure"......i put the phone down wondering what she wanted to chat about.  She called a few minutes later and we exchanged pleasantries for a couple minutes.  Then she told me that DSS had called her regarding 2 three yr olds and a 1 yr old.  The 3 yr olds are being placed in a new foster home because DSS had to "close" the other one.....that CAN'T be good; right?!  The 1 yr old is a new placement (she thinks).  DSS can't find a home for the 1 yr old so they called my friend.  Now, my friend has 5 children (3 bio and 2 long term fosters pending adoption).  They are an amazing family, which is probably why DSS approached them.  They typically only take in older children (not babies/toddlers) but were making an exception.  "How nice" I thought.....then, she told me she dropped our name to the case worker.  Telling them how we are looking to foster that age range and that she wasn't sure where we were in the process.  FREAK OUT A RAMA.
I guess a good way to explain my freak out is similar to a woman who is pregnant...you're ready to get things moving and have the baby but then when it's "go time" you freak out a little but there's really no going back.  We have waited so long that even a potential placement and/or a long shot (since we aren't really licensed) is a BIG DEAL.
Timing would be totally typical for our fam....Brady just broke his arm, kids are about to finish school, work is heating up, and Danny may have to travel next week.  That's just kinda how we roll around here.
Okay, so I am packing a ton of things up for my friend - pack n' play, booster seat, etc....cleaning the dirty car seat from my attic off with the vacuum when i realize i had a missed call....from DSS.  FREAK OUT x2.  No voice mail.  Interesting.  Now I can't help but wonder WHAT they wanted and i really don't think it was a coincidence since she mentioned us by name.
When I brought the supplies to her house, she mentioned that she plans to keep the 1 yr old (who I now find out is 14 mos old and HUGE...that's ALL i know and probably all you will ever be able to know) until a perm placement is found.  She thinks it will be us.  Crazy.  Scary.  Exactly what we signed up for.
I've been praying hard for this little guy.  You can't help but think that someone must have done something pretty awful to have a child taken from them.  At least he's big....that says he was fed.  (sad to even think about that)  I've also been praying for our family, that whatever the plan is goes smoothly.  It won't but we will make it work and laugh about it at the end of the day. (see above:  that's how we roll)  :)
So, who knows....will we get a temp license?  Have they even submitted our paperwork?  Was our application still at the bottom of a pile here locally?  Did they just dial a wrong number?  Is this guy a long term placement or will he be going back to his family soon?  What's the story behind it?  Will the kids adapt easily?  Will Danny and I?  Will our friends and family?  Thy will be done.
I'd say "here we go"....but who knows at this point.  Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.  Nervous and excited over here!