the beginning of the rest....

today was a big day on our adoption journey and to be honest the only part i have been nervous about.....today was... Panel Day........ Panel had some delays which meant a long wait for us before we would be invited in to answer some questions.....meanwhile we had our own waiting room to hang out in ..stocked with tea and coffee....bookshelves packed with kids books of which we read most of ..lol....this penguin one was our favourite...























..as the wait continued we resorted to playing that old family favourite.....i spy with my little eye something beginning with................to distract ourselves.....i'm not sure how it always seemed to be stuart's turn ..gave me a flasback into my childhood....:-)





























Eventually we were invited into the board to room to meet everyone and answer a couple of questions.........thankfully we got a unanimous YES from panel and as of today are approved to adopt...hooray.....our papers will make their way to Stormont shortly......