Post by chotimonkey on Apr 16, 2014 14:03:41 GMT
Hi large time lag... but i thought i would have a go at doing them retrospectively...
Day one...leave our house and get in the car...two mini monkeys and an empty seat... i feel like someone on the verge of something epic!! Scared and excited and worried for my two minis, they are so settled at the moment and life has such a nice easy rhythm, i desperately want George home with us, but i know life is going to be more complex for quite some time
Squirrel, Howler and I go up to our accomodation to get them acquainted with our accomodation before we get start intros and i am mostly with Curious George at his FC. Supermarket delivery arrives about half an hour after us...v handy for not having to bring everything with us in an already packed car...
We have taken their blankets, soft toys, pile of familiar dvd's and they play with their toys and potter with a familiar dvd whilst i put stuff away...then we take it turns to play in each room, discover what of theirs is in each room, roll around on their beds and make friends with their new room, we have out coats up on the hooks, pjs and dressing gowns and slippers etc out and dotted their things around so there is something familiar everywhere... we have a nice time just the three of us in the morning, have a nap and then go to visit their FC (not curious George's) in the afternoon (may seem a bit unsettling to some, but for DD's we have been seeing FC every 2 or 3 months and have been to her house several times, and they see her as a member of their extended family) it was v nice as Squirrel walked in and announced 'I used to live here'. FC had a tiny fosterling and it was good for Squirrel especially to be able to say I was a baby with XXX, she used to give me milk and cuddle me etc, she saw that babies were loved
In the early evening DH arrived to find us all in the hot tub...the girls are water babies and it was November and too cold to do loads of playing outside, but they loved being in the water, then bundled up warm and snug and being taken inside for a warm bath that was waiting and warm milk
My parents (aka saints) arrive with a stash of all the stuff i forgot to order and they have picked up, and some special grandparent toys.
We have been away with various connotations of my family before, so this doesn't unsettle them and they enjoy all the extra attention.
I pop over for a very flying visit, just an hour with George, just long enough for a small cuddle and a play.He is so gorgeous, at every contact we have had with him it has become harder and harder to let him go... its nice loving this boy so much already, i know the hard stuff we will go through settling him in once we get home will be worth it... he's a really solid smiley man. he still feels like he belongs to the FF not us though, seeing him with everyone makes me feel a little left out, because he doesn't feel this way about me yet, i can't make his eyes light up just by walking into a room and his chubby little paws don't reach out for me yet...I know they will and its all part of the process and the fact that we have slowly built attachments with dds makes me feel comforted that this will come.
I also feel very deeply for the family that we have got to know a little and like immensely...they love our little man, and we are so grateful that they do...he is so clearly loved and adored and trusts that he will be treated with love...I just feel for them and their loss, I know we will stay in contact like with DD's FF, but every couple of months isn't the same as looking as that beautiful face every day...
Home in time for post dinner, milk and snuggles... they are allowed far more TV and snuggle time then normal and we spend a lot of time in their room before bedtime getting them ready to sleep in a different room...
Days two/three/four to come
Day one...leave our house and get in the car...two mini monkeys and an empty seat... i feel like someone on the verge of something epic!! Scared and excited and worried for my two minis, they are so settled at the moment and life has such a nice easy rhythm, i desperately want George home with us, but i know life is going to be more complex for quite some time
Squirrel, Howler and I go up to our accomodation to get them acquainted with our accomodation before we get start intros and i am mostly with Curious George at his FC. Supermarket delivery arrives about half an hour after us...v handy for not having to bring everything with us in an already packed car...
We have taken their blankets, soft toys, pile of familiar dvd's and they play with their toys and potter with a familiar dvd whilst i put stuff away...then we take it turns to play in each room, discover what of theirs is in each room, roll around on their beds and make friends with their new room, we have out coats up on the hooks, pjs and dressing gowns and slippers etc out and dotted their things around so there is something familiar everywhere... we have a nice time just the three of us in the morning, have a nap and then go to visit their FC (not curious George's) in the afternoon (may seem a bit unsettling to some, but for DD's we have been seeing FC every 2 or 3 months and have been to her house several times, and they see her as a member of their extended family) it was v nice as Squirrel walked in and announced 'I used to live here'. FC had a tiny fosterling and it was good for Squirrel especially to be able to say I was a baby with XXX, she used to give me milk and cuddle me etc, she saw that babies were loved
In the early evening DH arrived to find us all in the hot tub...the girls are water babies and it was November and too cold to do loads of playing outside, but they loved being in the water, then bundled up warm and snug and being taken inside for a warm bath that was waiting and warm milk
My parents (aka saints) arrive with a stash of all the stuff i forgot to order and they have picked up, and some special grandparent toys.
We have been away with various connotations of my family before, so this doesn't unsettle them and they enjoy all the extra attention.
I pop over for a very flying visit, just an hour with George, just long enough for a small cuddle and a play.He is so gorgeous, at every contact we have had with him it has become harder and harder to let him go... its nice loving this boy so much already, i know the hard stuff we will go through settling him in once we get home will be worth it... he's a really solid smiley man. he still feels like he belongs to the FF not us though, seeing him with everyone makes me feel a little left out, because he doesn't feel this way about me yet, i can't make his eyes light up just by walking into a room and his chubby little paws don't reach out for me yet...I know they will and its all part of the process and the fact that we have slowly built attachments with dds makes me feel comforted that this will come.
I also feel very deeply for the family that we have got to know a little and like immensely...they love our little man, and we are so grateful that they do...he is so clearly loved and adored and trusts that he will be treated with love...I just feel for them and their loss, I know we will stay in contact like with DD's FF, but every couple of months isn't the same as looking as that beautiful face every day...
Home in time for post dinner, milk and snuggles... they are allowed far more TV and snuggle time then normal and we spend a lot of time in their room before bedtime getting them ready to sleep in a different room...
Days two/three/four to come