Valentines day for us was fun. I have heard people say that adopting older children is hard because you miss out on so much and so many firsts. But just like any new mom and dad David and I are experiencing firsts and moments that are unique to us. So we celebrated our FIRST valentines with him. David and I had fun picking out things for his little valentines basket. David is so thoughtful when it comes to this kid. He went by and picked up a special spiderman basket to put all his goodies in. We met Timmy and his foster dad Lyn, and he was excited and ready to go. He jumped out of the car and greeted us with smiles! We learned that Lyn's Dad was not doing well and they most likely would be up at Forsyth hospital. Lyn and Cindy are Timmy's foster parents and they are just a lovely, down to earth, sweet, and genuine christian couple. We have enjoyed getting to know them and feel a kinship family type bond with them. We told Lyn to please keep us updated on everything and to not hesitate to call us for anything.
We were told by our social workers that our visits should really be like real life in our house is like. So we got him home and showed him his room, which he was super excited about, the mattress wasn't in yet but he was still excited and loved it. We have a few more things to do in it. I will post pics of his room once it is complete. David showed him the Entertainment Room and Timmy LOVED it, we have a projector and gaming systems in it. David got him Angry birds Starwars and played it on the big screen. We limited the amount of time on the gaming, and grabbed some lunch and headed to the science center in Greensboro. Timmy was enthralled with the aquarium they have their. He and David sat there for a good 30 minutes talking about the different fish and he was fascinated by the sharks and the puffer fish. We enjoyed playing at the science center a lot, we love playing with our kid so much. David and I do not want to be observation parents any chance we get we want to play and interact with Timmy. We as parents and Timmy as the child have missed the first 5 years and we don't want to miss anything. It is so fun to run around with him and play!After the science center we took him by to meet his Papoo and Mimi and Gi-Gi. (my parents and great grandma) They are the first of our family to meet Timmy. The vista was a very short one, but went as well as expected. We headed back to Winston late afternoon. His foster parents came and picked him up around 7pm. He was solo excited to show them our house and his room. It was hard to watch him go, we love this little guy so much.
Signing off the,
Mom to be
