Adoption journey

[Milty]

Oh my goodness how exciting....this is amazing...when do you find out more?

 

[Lolly1985]

Oh my god Loski, that is such exciting news I have absolutely everything crossed for you, please keep us updated

 

[twinklycat]

Oh wow!! I am so excited for you!!!! xxx

 

[Loski83]

Well been shown another 3 profiles today but still want the one from yesterday don't really know what's happening properly till Friday or how it all works. Feeling a bit out of control of things at the minute we have all fallen for this little girl but don't have a clue if it's going to work out, it's a very scary feeling. Anyway hope everyone is ok and moving in the right direction xx

 

[Butterfly67]

Aw that sounds amazing loski

 

[Milty]

Is there any reason you fell for this one or did it come from the heart...

Sorry if that's to invasive I'm just so scared I won't know what to do when we are looking at profiles again

 

[Loski83]

I don't know what it was there's just something about her that got our attention straight away. We even showed my step sons all the profiles and asked them to pick who they like and they both picked her. My youngest ss got upset yesterday when we got more profiles cause he thought it meant we couldn't try and get this one. Don't get me wrong there's some big issues that we need to discuss further tomorrow but I think we are decided on her regardless of what happens tomorrow.
Anyway now for a rant I am a childminder and had organised tomorrow off for this meeting. Anyway one of the schools is shut cause its been flooded so that parent has been twisting at me for the last couple of hours about not being available so I have organised my friend to look after her daughter. I feel so pissed off and just starting to realise how much aggro I'm going to get of some parents.

 

[Loski83]

Well we got our official approval today
We get the full profile of little girl on Monday so excited for that and more meeting next week. Sw was already talking about what could happen at matching panel when we go and what questions we could be expected to answer. Hope everyone else is having a good weekend and that things are moving along for you all. Xx

 

[Milty]

I've never heard of a matching Panel ...what do they do approve the match?

 

[Loski83]

Yes you have to go in front of another panel and they have all our info and all child's info and ask us questions about different situations and we answer them. Then we wait seven days to get final decision. I think thats how it goes anyway lol.

 

[twinkle458]

Fingers crossed for you Loski. How damned exciting!! xx

 

[Milty]

So since she is a baby does this mean after that panel you will take here home?

 

[twinklycat]

Good luck for the matching panel! xxx

 

[Loski83]

No if we get to matching panel for her and approved then we will have introductions they won't be very long cause she is so young. After introductions we bring her home. I don't know how it all works properly though and to be honest everything seems to be going so fast I'm just expecting something to go wrong. Touch wood it doesn't I can't stop thinking about her just want to be reading her a bedtime story and putting her in her brand new cot xx

 

[Butterfly67]

Aw loski this is so exciting, I have everything crossed that you get this little girl

 

[Sunnie1984]

Congratulations Loski!

I've been watching this thread for a while and I'm so excited you've been approved and that they may already have a little girl for you!

I'll keep my fingers tightly crossed for you, I'm sure she'll be lucky to have a family like yours to move into.

x

 

[Lolly1985]

Hi all, how is everyone?

Loski, things seems so damn exciting right now It must be hard not to get too attached, but if it's meant to be kit's meant to be (and it does seem like it is meant to be ) Hang in there and hopefully you can get some meeting set up asap. It does sound very positive though, yay

Hope you have all had nice weekends, boo to mondays, but oh well, it's nearly over!

We have had a nice few days, went to Alton Towers and my parents came up so have been having some nice 'mummy daughter time'. Cooking a massive vat of chilli for tea tonight, will be enough for 4, tomorrows lunch and some to freeze I reckon.

Still nothing really to report, waiting waiting waiting Sooooo excited to crack on now, although family keep saying I should enjoy this time before getting caught up in the whirlwind. I'm sure these few months will do us good in the long term and show how committed we are. Right, rice is nearly done so talk soon lovely ladies,

Lolly xxxxx

 

[Loski83]

Didn't hear from anyone today, fingers crossed for tomorrow. Off tomorrow as well so that's good. Hope everyone is having a good week so far. Lolly chilli sounds lovely x

 

[twinklycat]

Hi guys!

Loksi I hope you hear tomorrow!!

I applied for various volunteering positions today, and have a couple of interviews soon. I'm trying to get more experience with under 10's, as I think that might be one thing that will be picked up on. They sound exciting so fingers crossed

 

[Lolly1985]

Mmmmm, it was good, but soooo stuffed now, need to diet me thinks!

Good luck for tomorrow, glad you are off work too, you deserve some time off! Let us know *hugs* (my smilies arn't working? *doh* haha!)

Twinkly, that sounds a positive step, good for you. You will really enjoy it and it'll give you great experience to call upon when required. Hopefully you will have something sorted soon.

I'm gearing up for tomorrow, going to be meeting a little boy who was neglected and abused as a baby/toddler and as a result has an under developed brain. It will be very rewarding if we begin to see progress over the coming weeks, plus good experience for me career wise, but personally I feel I may struggle. Im sure it is hard to remain professional regardless, but I think this may hit me harder than I want it too xxxxx