Positive News!

On Friday we met up with our Social Worker.  It feels like a lot has happened since we last met up and we have been looking forward to getting on with our assessment again!

She rang in the morning and when I heard her voice I thought..."oh no, she's calling to cancel our meeting this afternoon...." But instead she was calling to ask whether we would be interested in seeing a snippet of a child's profile that afternoon! I was taken aback; whilst she explained that she can't share the full Child Placement Report with us because we are not approved adopters yet she said if we were interested she would be looking for approval and matching at the same time in January!  She told us that she had this child in mind for a while....

As you can imagine, after months of waiting, wondering and feeling 'stuck' this came as a bolt out of the blue!

So we had a really positive meeting.  Our Home Assessment Report is almost finished, apart from a few bits and pieces.  We were lucky to get to read a little bit about a child, who our Social Worker thinks is a very good match for us.   She asked us to come up with questions over the weekend to ask the child's Social Worker.....we can't read the full CPR or see a photo yet....but we really want to know more.
When we said goodbye to our Social Worker we realised we were both far too excited to drive, so we stopped off for a meal and sat there staring into space, both of us shell-shocked!

Finally we have some feelings of excitment......the first time we have allowed ourselves to feel like this since we started the process.  We know we need to keep it contained, as there is still a long way to go but we are enjoying the moment.

On Saturday night as we drove into Tesco's to get some shopping, it dawned on Ruth that by far the most exciting thing about the whole weekend was......."We can park in the parent and child bays soon!!!!!!"

Goodbye Post Adoption Centre....until next time

Today we have finished our current round of counseling sessions at the Post Adoption Centre.  We have had three individual sessions each and today we had a really positive joint session together.  We have been lucky enough to have had some amazing counselors who have given us new insights into ourselves individually, as a couple and as prospective adopters.

The Local Authority assessing us have financed our sessions and PAC have said that we can keep our remaining sessions 'in the bank', for further down the line should we need them.

Our SW is away at the moment - due back on 14th November. All being well, we can crack on with the rest of our assessment when she gets back.

Can't rate the Post Adoption Centre highly enough - thanks PAC x