Adoption journey

[dreamofabean]

Ah Lyns how exciting!!! Even better if you can bring him home early

 

[zero7]

Loving your updates Lyns!!! Such an amazing, happy and emotional time. Xxxxx

 

[zero7]

Pickle had her MMR jabs last week and she is today showing symptoms of the measles jab. Poor little love is really out of sorts - off her food, extremely tired and grumpy, hot and showing a few measle type rashes here and there.

It's so hard not being able to take the pain away!

 

[Loski83]

Lyns sounds like you've had a great day and hopefully you get to bring him home a few days earlier.
Zero pickles reaction sounds similar to our Lo's she was bad for a few weeks it was awful. Hope she's better soon.

 

[Lolly1985]

Lyns, it all sounds so postive! I really hope littlie gets to come home early, plus, it seems to make perfect sense timings wise. The last thing anyone would want is for him to get unsettled again with a weekend away, i'm sure SWs will understand. Keep us posted

Aww, Zero, poor little Pickle I really hope some calpol settles her and keeps her comfortable. It must be horrible to see. Get well soon LO

Glad to see such postive feedback about the thread isn't it Loski? Thanks again for starting it, it is lovely to have our community, albeit a small one. Hope you are well

Hi to everyone else, anyone have any nice plans for the weekend?

I will be spending most of it with my little kitty cat. She is very good, and is using her tray for the toilet independently. Only trouble is she gets tired mid poo, and just fell asleep in it All good training I guess... although thinking back to some of the situations at nursery, not sure I need any more poo experiences

We FINALLY get our car back on Monday after 46 days But guess what... a notice has just been issued to recall all 2008 Honda Civics so looks like it'll be gone again.... AHHHH! Time for a new car, I swear it is jinxed

 

[puppymom32]

Lots of wonderful news going on in here. Congrats Lyns Hope everyone else is well.

 

[LolaM]

dr appts today and then i think we are ready to for the application to be sent to state for licensing!

 

[Loski83]

Hi everyone hope all going good, I'm running the great north run in September for the NSPCC as I believe no child should have to suffer. I'm going to try and raise £400 hundred pound for them so if anyone wants to sponsor me just inbox me and I can give you my just giving page details.

 

[ipen44]

Hi Everyone,
Just checking in. I have had no news lately so I have been reading, but not posting.

Yay for the kids coming home early

Lola-Congrats on wrapping up the paperwork

PuppyMom--You look so much like my childhood best friend, I tried to enlarge the picture to get a better look at you You did not grow up in Northern Indiana by chance?

AFM--Very frustrated with my private agency. They are taking so long to get back to me with every little thing. I went ahead and made my own website, I was so tired of waiting on them. I am sure one day we will "go live". The good news is that our local social worker keeps passing along leads so we are being shown to some potential birth mothers.

 

[Lolly1985]

Hi all

How are you doing?

ipen - sorry to hear of your agency being soooo slow I think it is something that many of us have to get used too, although I am not saying this is right at all! Everything in this journey has been slow, from TTC, relising we had problems to having treatment, failures and now adoption. It all seems so drawn out and we have been on this journey now for nearly 7 years I am really happy to hear you have had some leads though, have you any more news? Hang in there, it WILL be worth it

Loski, I will sponser you! Can you PM me your page details please? Good for you hun, a cause close to all our hearts How is your lovely little lady doing?

Dream, have you had your next HS session yet? How is your Grandma doing? Keep thinking of you, big hugs

Hi puppymom, thanks for stopping by! How are you? We have a fair few ladies here now don't we, and it is lovely to see

Zero, hope you and LO are doing well? Has she recovered ok after her jabs?

Lola, how did the doctors/medical checks go?

Lyns... really hope little man is home with his forvever family now and settling well.

Not much to report really. We have had our home health and safety check form through, 53 questions I don't know what I expected but it wasn't that intense Luckily most are yes/no answers so should be ok.... she says!

Right best be off! I will speak to you all soon!

Lots of love, Lolly

 

[dreamofabean]

Hi all,
Lolly we've been given a health n safety checklist to look at too, it's lengthy!!!
I'm ok thanks, things have been tough lately but are looking up. My nan had a routine procedure at hospital and it went very wrong, leaving her in intensive care n hospital for a week. She is home now though and back on her feet. We are very thankful for the time we have with her as I really thought we wouldn't be bringing her home
We've had a joint hs visit and dh had his individual one last week. Sw is back tomorrow for my individual meeting feels great to be moving forward finally!!
Hope everyone is well! X

 

[zero7]

Hi everyone.

Good to see that there is some more progress for some of you. I think the H&S check list seems long but in reality, most of it just normal stuff (smoke alarms etc). We had to get a fire extinguisher and fire blanket and that was it really. We have a pond in the garden and SW was happy with our safety cover but stated that the childs SW might want more precutions i.e. gating it off- but she didn't mention it.

Hope everyone is well esp. Lyns and her new addition.

As for us, had an accident a couple of days ago. I fell down the stairs while carrying pickle . Mummy very battered and bruised, LO scared witless but completely unharmed. It left me feeling very shocked for a while but all is OK now. When I think of what could have happened......


Oh, and we have bought a big 'family' car now Having been away on a holiday, we decided we definately needed more room for stuff....pickles stuff !!!
Love to all. xxxxxx

 

[Lyns]

Ooh zero.....very scary! Glad you both ok!

Well........ we're home!! Just!! First bedtime tonight.....its going to be interesting

Definitely happy families here!! Xx

 

[LolaM]

It went well. Dr want me to drop a few lbs but otherwise ok. I had my CPR class tonight. Now we wait for ref letters to come back and licensing dept just has to certify us

 

[zero7]

How did the first night go Lyns? You and your hubby must be on cloud nine! How is little M finding it? I'm guessing she is loving being big sis!!....

XXXX

 

[Lyns]

It went amazingly.....he was asleep within 2 minutes of being put to bed......and slept for 13 hours!! Can't say better than that!! Tonight was just the same!

M is now officially the worlds best big sister.......she has truly been amazing, they are inseparable already and i am so proud of her!!

 

[zero7]

Awwww Lyns- thats so lovely xxx

 

[Lolly1985]

Oh my goodness Dream I am so sorry That must have been the most awful and scary thing for you all. I am glad that you are able to have some more precious time with her, no doubt you will be cherishing it all. As for HS, you sound to be rocketing! Go you!! I feel we are in a bit of a lull as we haven't had a visit for a whole 2 weeks now When do you get a panel date? Some agencies seem to give them straight away and others waiting and seem to see how things go.

Zero, poor thing, so glad you and Pickle are ok (ish) Go easy lovely!!

Lyns

Hi to everyone, yay, nearly the weekend again

Well I just had a phonecall from my 83 year old great aunt telling me how very sorry she was... My mum saw her a week and a half ago when they were up on their jollies and so I thanked her and said it had been a tough couple of weeks (I thought she meant when the cat had died ) She said no dear, that you can't have a baby!! She went on and on about how you just don't think, you grow up, get married, have babies... She said her mum always knew she would have a family as she used to dress the cat up and push it in the pram (apparently that determines your fertility or something ) Anyway, the conversation was very very sweet. She is so happy for us to be adopting and wanted to reassure me that that child will be seen no differently, and that she will be wanting a cuddle. We did have some crossed wires when she said I must just be waiting for that letter to arrive!! But all in all it was lovely and I think she enjoyed learning a bit more about what happens. If only everyone was so wonderfully supportive, we would all be laughing

 

[dreamofabean]

Ah bless her lolly! How sweet!!
No panel date but she is hoping for June/ July panel. I'd be chuffed with that!! Both individual profiles are done now next appt isn't until 15th march now so she has time to type stuff up! After that were booked in again for 26th march so not as long a wait! All very exciting really!!
Lyns it sounds like your family are all settled already! How wonderful x

 

[Loski83]

Hi everyone sorry I haven't been on much, been really busy. Pleased to hear everyone is doing good. Zero pleased you and pickle are ok after your fall. Lyns so happy that you have your lo home. Lolly I will pm you details closer to time thankyou.
Our lo is doing great she is walking now so into everything. We have a court date for April and then she will be legally all ours I can't wait. Bye for now