Adoption journey

[Aimee4311]

Yay Lolly!!!!!

 

[dreamofabean]

Omg!!! I'm so friggin excited for you!! just amazing!!! X

 

[LolaM]

I'm going to be a mummy!!!!

Did you make a match?

 

[Loski83]

Congratulations lolly I'm so happy for you, is it the 7 month old boy your linked with?

 

[Lolly1985]

Now 8 months and 1 day, haha!!! Matching panel in two months! Meeting foster carers, medical advisors, other social workers and having a pre panel meeting next month. So happy so in love!!!! xx

 

[Lolly1985]

A little girl Loski!

 

[dreamofabean]

It's just wonderful lolly so excited for you! X

 

[Loski83]

Wow lolly so exciting, your on pretty much the same time table and age as me

 

[Lolly1985]

I know Loski, can't believe I am still following in your footsteps! Will be after lots of advice i'm sure

Thnaks Dream, I just know you'll have your own good news to share soon Have a great day at the activity day on Sunday too Can't wait to hear all about it!

So yesterday was brilliant!! They were so lovely! They didn't have many questions at all as they said our PAR was so well written (SW looked smug ). We had a general chat and asked our questions and they really brought her to life. You could tell they adored her too and used the term 'textbook baby'.... hmmmm, we'll see they said they had loads of enquiries but had found us and wanted us. So lovely! they said at the end they were so lucky to have found us and that this was in their eyes the perfect match! I was crying and the family finder teared up and said she felt emotional as she knew LO would have such a lovely life with us. Honestly, it couldn't have gone better and that is credit to the brilliant SWs we have worked with all the way through We knew it'd gone well when they looked at the garden and started saying things like 'ooooh, you can put the swing there, a sandpit there...'!!

I will be totally biased here but she is honestly the most beautiful little thing I have ever seen. I can't believe she will be our baby. We will give her everything we can and love her forever. I can't believe I am going to be a mummy

 

[Monkey78]

Oh Lolly i am in tears reading your post. HUGE congratulations, I am so made up for you, Ive been following your journey and its beautiful to hear such lovely outcome. I am really made up for you, well done. You will make such wonderful parents, and your little girl will be truly blessed to have you.
She sounds just perfect. Congratulations

xxxxx

 

[Lolly1985]

I'm in tears reading that you are in tears monkey!! Haha!!! Thank you so much lovely, we can't believe we have got here. You will be soon too and will be as happy as we are. It's all worth it a thousand times over. Hope all is well your end, big hugs xxx

 

[zero7]

Lolly- what amazing news! I'm a great believer in fate and I believe that our journeys take the right amount of time for us to meet our destined little ones! Our journey took ages but I wouldn't change a thing as it brought J to us. Yours was the exact right amount of time for you to be matched to this little one.

So happy and excited for you. You're going to make a lovely mummy! Xxxxx

 

[Nicki123]

Lolly I also had tears reading your post. I still follow your journey on here, I'm so happy for you!

 

[Lolly1985]

Thanks zero and nicki, your support means so much. We are still so very happy!!

Dream, how did you get on today lovely?

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend in the sunshine!

Lots of love to all xxx

 

[dreamofabean]

Hi girls
Lolly today was just lovely! A really, really positive experience! And also a ray of hope!!!
We met the most amazing little boy! Well, 2 lovely boys but one in particular really got us! He is 11 months and is the image of my dh as a baby! We both just stared at him! It actually made me quite emotional! There are some health issues that we would want to know more about so ill be emailing my Sw in the morning!
The other chappy was 7 months and a beaut, so chunky and smiley but his birth family live rather close so think its a no go.
So yeah, an amazing day and we feel very excited! Even if nothing comes of these links, it's confirmed that there are very little ones out there and really gave us positivity!
Hope everyone's ok! X

 

[Lolly1985]

Ahh dream that sounds such a positive experience. And also so little, you thought they would all be older children. I can't wait to hear more about this little man, although you have a healthy attitude about things and that is good. Keep us posted. So glad things went well, and it's nearly time for your visit. All good lovely xxx

 

[Loski83]

Dream I'm pleased you enjoyed it and that it's made you feel positive. Lolly are you still on cloud 9? When are you hoping to start your adoption leave?

 

[Lolly1985]

Hi Loski, how are you and how is little lady? Yes, we are still on cloud 9 and have been shopping today which was a dream come true. Although somewhere deep down in am still terrified! Social worker rang and I felt sick. Like she would say they changed their minds. Of course I'm an idiot and she was just checking in and saying she was about to email the minutes from our meeting Thursday. Hopefully we will get more pictures soon as we know little lady's social worker is going to see her tomorrow. Matching panel is 12th September so probably start leave from that date. Really not sure yet, it's all a bit surreal!! XxX

 

[dreamofabean]

Ooh it's so exciting lolly!!
I emailed our Sw today and asked for more info on the 2 boys but not heard anything back from her. Not sure where we stand as they're from the consortium but not our local authority!
We shall see I suppose!x

 

[Lolly1985]

Hope you hear back very soon dream! How we found our little lady, consortium but different authority to where we live. Keep us posted won't you! XxX