Saturday 18 August 2012

WOO HOO ALL LEGAL!!!!!

BIT LATE IN POSTING BUT AS OF 1530 ON 03/08/2012 THE ADOPTION ORDER WAS GRANTED!!!!

WE ARE NOW ALL LEGAL AND ABOVE BOARD AND OUR LO IS ALL OURS FOREVER!!!!

NO MORE SOCIAL WORKERS, PANELS, FOSTER CARERS OR WORRYING!!

Friday 20 July 2012

court dates given!! :)

we now have our court dates for the adoption order and celebration hearing :-D

03/08/12 for the AO
29/08/12 is the celebration hearing

we are nearly there now, no more social workers, visits, meetings or hassle

will be the start of our new adventure as an official family of 3!

6 months in!!!

yesterday marked the milestone of 6 months into placement!!

Thursday 17 May 2012

17 weeks now!

lo has now been home and living with us for 17 weeks :) really can't believe it's been that long!

things have been going so well the paperwork has all gone in to make it all official now.....just waiting for a date now!

he is an adorable, cheeky little monkey, who when he smiles just makes your heart melt, we feel so privileged to have been chosen to be his parents and are so proud of how far he has come on in the time he's been here.

we really can't imagine our lives and home without him now.........even the cats are used to him now lol

Tuesday 20 March 2012

almost 9 weeks in now!

well our gorgeous cheeky little monkey has been home with us for 2 months or 8 weeks and 4 days and i'm pleased to say things are going fabulously, it is like he's always been here!

he now goes to a playgroup once a week and is waiting to start one for children with additional needs/disabilities which should be after Easter, he loves the one he goes to!

everything is finally slotting into place, he's having portage, physio has begun and if things continue going so well we will be considering applying for the AO as soon as we can :)

the best part of things now is that the sw's are only coming every 2-3 weeks and not every week like before it's just FAB and is like being a proper family with no one looking over you!

we were meant to be keeping in touch with his fc's but they just haven't bothered replying to messages left and to be honest they have caused a lot of problems for us with him!

so all in all, we are loving life as a family of 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday 17 February 2012

28 days in!!

well we are now 28 days into placement with our lo, everything has been going really well

it seems like he has always been here :)

sw's are pleased with how it's going

Thursday 19 January 2012

big news!

after the yes at mp in december and we'd got christmas out of the way it soon came round to january and that meant the start of meeting our lo

intros started 9/1/12 and 10 days later (today 19/01/12) we brought lo home!

had a few probs getting him to go to sleep but as soon as we moved his bed round to the same position as it had been at fc no problem.....out like a light!

so we are now at the start of the next stage of our journey as a family of 3!

Tuesday 13 December 2011

all done!

12/12/11

matching panel was today, was an early start, we were 1st up

not as nervy as approval panel but still slightly so due to the possibility of a no

however i am glad to say we got an unaminous YES!

we are going to be mummy and daddy to a gorgeous little boy aged 2

we start intros in January with a move date of mid Jan

we can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Not long now

well things are well on their way, we go to meet lo's fc's 6th dec so that's less than a week away, and then after that it is the big one.......MP is on 12th Dec so under 2 weeks now :)

hopefully if we get the ok, we can start buying what we need, all decisions decisions lol

got to get xmas and new year outta the way and then the next big step is intros.........which are pencilled in for 10 days starting beginning of Jan

all exciting times and we just can't wait for it all to happen!!

Saturday 22 October 2011

14th October 2011

today was the day we went to meet lo's consultant, this meeting went really well the prognosis for lo was a lot better than we were expecting, not that we would have been put off if it hadn't been :)

we also met with lo's sw, she was really nice, and we got to see an updated dvd on lo, just so adorable : D

next steps are;

24/10 - our sw and lo's coming to us to discuss placement report etc
6/12 - meeting paediatrician, portage/physio and lo's fc
12/12 - matching panel

we are so happy things are moving along