Well that was a surprise!!!

Well, you could have knocked us both over sideways!

We had our penultimate meeting with our SW today and we knew it was going to be a tough one.  Not only were we both tired (long working days for both of us) but we were going to be going over our finances.  I had not been looking forward to it but in actual fact, that part wasn't that bad.

Our SW is really pushing us now as we are coming to the end of the assessment and she has always said that she wants us to be prepared and  today it became clear why.
In mid conversation she pulled out a stash of papers which included the advert-style profiles of three children the family finding team already have in mind for us.  You should have seen us when she gave us the papers.  It was like we'd been told we'd won the lotto, total shock and surprise.  It was certainly not what we were expecting, not tonight anyway.

Yet again, it's another stage where things become more real than they have ever been.  Suddenly we're  no longer talking about kids in care, we are talking about real children, with real names and real wants.  It's crazy to think that we may have already seen the face of our little one.

If we have seen you're face for the first time little one, we can't wait to meet you in person.  But who knows what the future holds in store, we may not have found you yet in which case we'll just keep on looking!