A glimpse into the future (one year on!)

If we'd been lucky enough to already have our child, they so would have loved this weekend!

Saturday was my little cousins Luca's 7th birthday and she was having a pizza and cake themed party.  We were the first to arrive and got the full brunt of my little cousin's excitement.  Dad was busy cooking homemade (and totally yummy) pizzas while everyone else mingled.  A group of us, including David and my cousin Carol, managed to erect a wigwam in the garden before heading back inside to find the wine.  Unfortunately, we couldn't say all that long as another friend was bring her 5 month old baby round to see us, but the for time we were there it was great watching her open her cards and presents and all the other kid's playing.

Today was Theo's 4th birthday party.  I remember writing an entry about his party last year!  I can't believe I've been writing this blog for well over a year.  Anyway, I digress!
Uncle Dave was on full form today.  I was better prepared this year, the hoard of screaming didn't frighten me so much and I actually joined in a bit more, although somehow I managed to make the same girl I made cry last year cry again this year. Ooops!  I did the Hokey Cokey, was a judge for musical statues and served the kiddies sandwiches and chocolate fingers.  I know which they preferred.  They all went home happy and I got home relieved and (only just) in one piece.

Thursday we had home visit No.4.  I'm still to see the intrusion nature of this process but maybe I've spoken to soon.  We had 2 and a half hours of more chat and so far it's been ok although the fact that I'm writing this blog means I must be quite happy to chat and share my feelings.  Whilst talking about something totally different our SW suddenly asked if we would be open to adopting a girl as one was 'coming in'.  There was a bit more chat and a bit of what felt like back tracking before she got back to the point at hand. Of course we would be open to taking a girl into our home, at the end of the day our child will be loved whether boy or girl.  Even if this girl isn't 'the one' it's great to know that the local authority are proactively thinking of us.  It means they are taking us seriously and things could happen fairly quickly.

Even though we are only half way through the assessment period things are happening and the future looks bright.