We're almost there

Today we had our introduction planning meeting and as with everything we have experience throughout this process it was a total roller coaster   To see the next few weeks of our lives marked out in black and white was really something.  In the room was us, our girl's foster parents and a (surprisingly large) number of social workers.  As we discussed what was to come I was totally filled with a million different emotions.  It didn't help that I could tell that our girl's foster mother was looking quite emotional too.  I couldn't even look at her half the time.  The lead social worker was so good, and thanked both foster parents for the care they had given our girl, which was made me even more emotional.  In the words of Whitney Houston, 'I get so emotional baby!'.

The only down side from today's meeting was that we had expected our first meeting with our girl to be next week but due to diary constraints it has to be delayed for another week.  We are so used to delays now that we have adopted (no pun intended) the glass half full approach.  So we have to wait another week! It's only a week and then we get to meet our girl for the first time.  And at lest we know know when she will be home with us and we can begin to be a family.  She should by now have the book we made for her and hopefully she would have seen us for the first time.  I hope she likes what she sees.

We got our Matching Certificates today.  I handed it in at work which basically confirms that I will be going off on adoption leave.  I've also confirmed my last day at work which is only a couple of weeks away.  The amazing thing is that we've known what could/would be coming for over a year but now it's here it's so hard to take in.  Yet again, the emotions are taking over!

Finally the old car is gone and the new 'family' car is in it's place and on Sunday we pick up a car seat from a friend.  It's going to be such a odd feeling driving in the car with a child seat but no child in it.  With our 'glass half full' approach at least we know the child to fill the seat is not far away.