They seemed very openly positive about the match and so our Social Worker asked if they had already reached a decision and if they were able to tell us there and then. They had and they were... they said there and then that they wanted to go ahead with the match! We were both a little overwhelmed at just what that meant. We are going to be parents and there is a beautiful baby boy waiting to be our son! They had brought a short DVD with them for us to watch... it was just surreal, for the very first time we sat and watched our baby moving on the TV screen. Crazy.
Our Social Worker was quick to enquire about dates for matching panel and to make a plan for the next steps and it seems they already had a timeframe in mind - almost as though they knew we were the right family before the met us in person. Our little boy is just 8 months old so they are keen to have him with his 'forever family' ahead of his first Christmas and birthday in January - OMG... how exciting. This is the most wonderful Christmas present we could have wished for!
So a matching panel date is set for early November, with a post-panel planning meeting the next day and introduction dates will be scheduled to begin a weeks after, meaning he should be with us by the end of November. We can't quite believe we only began our prop group training in January; just five day after our baby was born.
I would like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to our Social Worker and the team at Ealing Council's Child Placement team who have all been so amazing and made our adoption journey so far very slick and professional.
Wow... So much to plan for now!
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