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NINE MONTHS OF MOTHERHOOD

OUR ADOPTION STORY

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Instagram memories. Reminding me that this time la

Instagram memories. Reminding me that this time last year we were enjoying the Portuguese sunshine with friends knowing we were headed to adoption panel the next week and probably wouldn’t be travelling for awhile. ☀️🌊
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Throw in a global pandemic and it’s now been a whole year since we’ve been on a plane exploring! ✈️🌏😫
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It’s no surprise that I’m forever annoying Greig by taking pictures of flowers and plants everywhere we go! 🌺🌿
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Eleven months of loving this little guy (time plea

Eleven months of loving this little guy (time please 🛑 ✋) and a social distanced family photo (that I forgot to share!) to commemorate the time the world went mad and we all stayed home!🏡🌈
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After 4 solid months of hanging out with me, JJ lived his best life today with his Nannny McFee! 🙌🏼 I think the break did us all the world of good! JJ was as happy as could be and I’ve done my yearly deep clean of my 4 head embroidery machine! My life if nothing but glamour! 😂✨
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I just love the boys in this snap, they just can’t get enough of each other! Built in besties for life! 💙
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After having these frames sat on our lounge floor

After having these frames sat on our lounge floor for over a year they finally got put up the other night as well as a few random objects! JJ’s new hats now nailed to our wall! 💃🏻🎉
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I’m not sure why it took so long, I mean we’ve had a global pandemic and it still took us 4 months of that for us to do it! 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Now this room just needs its new floor (getting done in August thanks to covid! 🙄) and it’s done! Well I say done but is anything every really done!
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Anyways swipe ➡️ to see what we started out with! I LOVED it! I would have happily lived in the crazy patterned, fluffy curtained house with furniture so small only the borrowers could use it! And check out those light fittings, I’ve actually kept the glass from them and at Christmas they make cute little trees! 🎄
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Today I got to be the guest speaker at stage 2 ado

Today I got to be the guest speaker at stage 2 adoption training for a bunch of new, hopeful adopters. ☺️
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When it come time to ask questions they all wanted to know about approval panel. I remembered from our training that panel was all anyone ever wanted to talk about as well.
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Greig and I never understood the pressure others felt around panel. The way we saw it was this. There are sooooo many kids bumbling around the system that need great homes. There are SW’s who’s job it is to find those great homes. Panels job is to make sure your SW has ticked all the boxes and prepared you as much as possible to be a great adopter. 🏡📚✏️
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Everyone is working FOR you. No one wants to see you fail because if you fail it really means they’ve failed.
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Panel can’t ask you a question you don’t know the answer to because all the questions are about you and your life! You’re the expert! ✨
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Our panel date was last July on the hottest day of the year. 🥵 I remember in the lead up buying this dress 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 because I thought it said ‘responsible but fun!’ It also has pockets! 🙌🏼
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We absolutely loved our panel and saw it more as a nice time to reflect on all the work we had done in the months leading up.
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So basically if you have panel coming up don’t worry! You are the expert of your own life and everyone in that room is cheering for you! If they weren’t your SW wouldn’t have gotten you to that stage! 👌🏼
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We’ve finally grown some wonky looking strawberr

We’ve finally grown some wonky looking strawberries! Mine was delicious, JJ spat his on the floor which Louis then ate! You can’t win them all! 🍓🍓🍓 .
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NINE MONTHS OF MOTHERHOOD

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