The Match Meeting

Today was our Match Meeting, such a big day! We have officially been labeled as the girls Risk Adopt family. They are an adoptive placement now. The journey still continues and we have not even started the 6 mo adoption process yet but hoping after court on Fri we will find out when that will begin, that is if hearings or trials do not get delayed. What was handled today was basically explaining to us the girls history and birth parents as well and how this all came to be to this point. We received a big packet of info and I have yet to get passed the first couple of pages but once the girls go to sleep I am ready to read all about everyone. I am anxious to read on further, we receive all info they have on birth parents entire history and lives plus the girls, interesting info so far, explains a few things. It is so refreshing that their social worker and the adoptions worker are so on board to not send them back to birth parents. Their birth parents are all a big mess and have been for many, many years, there should be no question in anyones minds that they should never go back to lives like they had. So sad what they even went through for how long they did.
I am just so happy and excited we have come to this point, a day that I have dreamt about for over a year now. I remember thinking I just want to get to this point, please oh Lord! Normally when this would happen we would hear about the risk adopt children first before they would be placed with us, then have  the Match Meeting and then say yes or no to them after receiving the info and go forward to starting to visit with them until they came to live with us forever, or move on to the next case. Well not the case here, we got these girls first and as foster children so we all know how it went from there but oh man do I thank our social worker, God and my husband too for us all opening up our lives and guiding us to foster care as well, or these little baby girls would not be with us right now. It is all falling into place, I can see it now.
Now on to court to see what the judge says in sentencing the parents, it is recommended that parents do not get any services to get their children back because of their pasts, also no help in any rehab or classes of any sort and also visits get reduced down to two times per mo, we will either get the green light and go forwarder to the adoption process start date and reduced visits or we will get delayed and go to trial next mo if any of the birth parents contest. Our social worker says be prepared to get delayed or postponed. Of course that is so annoying and we just want to move forward but we are prepared as much as can be to be patient and wait this out. I know in the end everything will be ok no matter how bumpy the ride will get. :0)