So it's been almost two weeks since our last post. Nothing much to report but we have been very busy organising our home in readiness for our little one to come home. Now we know that it is really happening; we are going to be Mummies soon. All the Social Workers we speak to about the matching, speak as if it is a dead-certainty. So for possibly the first time in the whole process, we have been able to feel confident that we know what is going to happen next. This is a welcome state, after almost 2 years of not knowing what direction things are going in from week to week!!!
Time feels to be dragging as we wait for the 8th of May, but we do 'check' ourselves regularly and remind each other that we must enjoy our final few weeks being just us. However, we honestly feel so ready to move onto the next chapter on our adoption journey. But, we have got so much to do before the 8th May, so the reality is that time is of the essence.
The last weekend we have bought a stairgate and a car seat and today we had carpet fitted in the little one's bedroom to make it more cosy for her. I think this might be the adoption equivalent to nesting!?!
Our next project is to get her room ready and take some photos of it and other rooms in the house / the garden etc. We have bought this wonderful talking photo album made by Tomy. It allows us to record a voice message for each photo. We have got photos of us both, on our own and together. We will take it with us when we go to the matching panel and the SW will give it to Raina's carer. It's amazing to think about the Foster Carer and Raina going through it together; seeing her two Mum's and hearing our voices before we have even met each other! We also need to make a short video of us both and the house, so Raina can watch us. we are not experts at technology and video media production so it's good that she is only two so she won't notice how amateur it is!!!
Today we received a draft timetable of the introductions - again another symbol of the fact that it will be happening soon. We are set for 9 days of introductions. We feel that this is such a short amount of time to build up a relationship with Raina and form strong attachments. We hope that it all works well and we will have to trust the SW's that they know what is best for Raina. It's impossible to know how she will settle but the plan is that she will come home with us on 24th May and then we start our lives as a forever family.
We feel so much support from our family and friends; we know how excited everyone is for us and how much they love and care for us too and we are really feeling it now. I guess this is the support network that our lovely SW talked about at most of our meetings over the last year!!! Introductions are looming and we hear from other adopters that this can be the most tiring, challenging and wonderful experience. We hope that we can document each step on here.
But first: Matching panel here we come!
Hannah & Ruth
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