Transition-Day Four-I'm Getting Adopted

First day of retirement for me, and a couple hours of therapy for us. We met M&S at their therapists office. When we entered we were greeted with big hugs and even bigger smiles from M&S. It was such a warm feeling seeing their reactions to us. Now that we know we will see them almost everyday, the anxiety level has decreased for me. I now know its a sure thing. We hung out in the lobby/play area while they bounced around. S saw an old friend from a group session and told him that she is being adopted and we are her new parents. She is very excited to share our news. 

When therapists J came out to start with us, I could see M tighten up and was hesitant to go forward. I told her that she could hold my hand and we could go together. This worked wonders for her. I looked back and could see S holding Sean's hand as well. 

We met first without M&S for a few minutes to discuss the plan for the session. Then J had the girls come in. S was quick to cuddle right up against Sean and M was right at my side. We talked about our dinner the night before and how much fun we had. And then on to our main three topics. Therapist J wanted to be sure that M&S knew that we knew all of the bad stuff that had happened to them before. They thought that we did not know, but we told them that we know everything and that we still love them and always will. This went over well with them. We also talked about what the scary things about being adopted are, like moving away, missing their family, and missing their foster parents. And lastly, we talked about the great things about being adopted are, like playing new things, learning with us, and always having a mom and dad that will keep them safe. All in all, it was another amazing day. 

When our session was over, we met bio-grandparents and aunt. It was nice to briefly meet them, but we wanted the girls to spend time with them. So we got our goodbye hugs and told the girls that we would see them tomorrow. 

Tomorrow is our first day visit with them. Foster dad is bringing them over at 11am. We plan on going swimming in ABQ. We wanted to plan a fun first day with us, instead of staying home and getting to know each other. We can save that for Saturday. 

I am so excited for them to meet our dogs, and they are really looking forward to that as well. We did talk about not being rough with them and how we would show them what they like. The furry kids will have to go through their transition as well. Less time with us,but more love from two little lovelies.