Transition -Day One-Happy Dance

Yesterday was the first day of our transition calendar. Which means the girls were told about us and received our book. Their appointment was at 10am with their foster parents and therapists. I was really anxious about this meeting because it could have went two very different ways -really good or really bad. 

I texted their therapist around 10:30 letting her know that I was really excited to her from her after their meeting. She soon called me back with all sorts of good news! 

(I wanted to blog about this because it is just the start of things and I never want to forget all that I heard on this very important day.)

Here's how it went: A (therapists first initial) and J (other therapists first initial) sat the girls down with their foster parents. They told the girls that they had some really big news and they found a forever family for them. M spoke up and said "Is it the family we met at the Lobos event?" (This was the adoption event held in the beginning of May.) And A and J said yes. They told me that she was very happy and excited. They looked through the picture book we gave them of our family and at the end A and J told them that they also had more news that may be scary. This is the news of us moving. They told M&S that we are moving and M said "I hope it's California!" We all could not believe that she guessed it. Of course they were happy to hear about that. 

M noticed that in our book Sean had some facial hair, the photo was taken over the holidays and we met them in May. She said "Oh, he has a beard now." We couldn't believe that she remembered him that closely. 

S had a chance to go through the book again and after she was done she hugged the book and said "I love them." But she was also sad about leaning her foster mom and said "I'll miss you mom". S also loved the photos of the dogs and said that she wanted to buy the dogs presents. (So Cute!). 

S asked if when they move if they will be sharing a room and they told her that they will still have their own rooms. She asked about what if she gets scared and if she can come cuddle. A and J told her that since we are their forever mom and dad that she could cuddle with us at night (this is not allowed in the treatment foster care due to boundary issues)  S replied happily "Well maybe not every night."  

M did a dance, she called it her happy dance and wanted to show us when she meets us. :)  They were happy about living close to the ocean, even though it will still be a couple hours drive. S said that she was happy she learned to swim this summer because she could swim in the ocean and watch for sharks. M said that she was happy because she can be a surfer. M also said that she loves us so much already. 

M was concerned with therapist J being at the meeting because she did not want to talk about hard stuff. (J's main job is to discuss tough challenging issues with M&S)  J ensured her that they would not be. We feel that M feels that if we knew the "hard stuff" that we may not want her. She does not know that we already know everything and still love and want her. 

I was so happy to hear about how their meeting went. Now we are getting ready to go meet them. Leaving here in a few minutes. I don't have words expressing how excited, anxious and nervous I am. We have waited so long and the time is finally here. A told me yesterday to not be surprised if they run up to us with big hugs and I Love Yous!