So I haven’t blogged much beyond the poem a day. It has been a bust couple of weeks. Partly because of work, partly because we have been on holiday so have been giving the computer a rest.

So here is a quick précis of the past few weeks – more for my own reference really.

It started with a visit from the Social Worker about a possible match. This was a time of mixed emotions. The situation is about as ideal as you could get – as far as these situations go. The child in question has been in care since birth – so has never suffered any abuse or anything – but has had several moves already.

The issue with this case is concerns over the mothers ability to look after him. And that is because of the horrendous life she has had.

I felt something I hadn’t really expected to feel – guilt about the idea of taking her child away from her.

Yet if we don’t someone else will and if they didn’t then the child would have a terrible life itself.

Much to think about.

Anyway it may all come to nothing. This is early matching and other couples are also under consideration. There’s a lot of hurdles to go yet.

In other news. We have been popping about seeing friends and family. Alexander had two birthday parties to attend. One was a superhero theme and Alexander was one of several Supermen to go. The other was a lovely day at the beach.  We also saw two sets of his God Parents. We went to Herne Fun Day and Herne Bay and played in the arcades. We also went to Howlett’s Zoo and to Legoland, Alexander loved this despite the hour-long queues for five-minute rides.

We took Alexander on a nature walk around the village.

We also had our final meeting with the social worker so are now just waiting our report – and then to panel! And onto matching.

On the adoption front we also made good progress on sorting out the rooms. Alexander’s room is refreshed and he now has his big bed set up – with dinosaur duvet! The spare room is 99% ready too. Just need to convert Alexander’s old cot bed back to a cot.

And finally – if you hadn’t noticed – I self published my book! Yay!

So busy busy times.