we meet our little love bug

We agreed to open our home to a beautiful 13 month old little girl. A transition plan was set up for her move from her current foster home to our home. Day one was a one hour meeting in her home, day two was a 4 hour visit where we were able to take her out locally, day three we had her for the evening at our home, day four we had her the whole day and then on day five we picked her up to come home and live with us. So here i was meeting our little love bug for the first time. (we can't use names or post pics) she was amazing. I went to meet her the first time by myself because brian had to work and it was just a short meeting for an hour. She was beautiful and so darn cute, crawling and walking along furniture but wasn't taking any steps on her own. She was wonderful, happy, cute, curious and right off the bat she made me laugh. She was a jokester. I went home and couldn't describe in words just how amazing she was, even now there are few words to describe how overwhelming that first meeting was for me. Brian and i were able to spend the 4 hour visit with her the second day. We took her to a park and took so many dang pictures! She had a great time at the park and i was introduced to the obstacles parents have to encounter every day: finding a place to change a diaper, needing water to wash hands and face, dirty clothes and finding a trash can. We had fun though and took her to target to do some shopping and finished off with lunch at romano's. We were so excited at that first meeting as a family and she just fit with us so perfectly. I picked her up in the afternoon the next day and she was able to spend the evening with us for a few hours. It was exciting for me to be able to introduce her to her new home, her bedroom and crib. She explored everything, i think she picked up every toy and she crawled around every room. She was curious and i could just imagine her discovering and wondering what this new home would mean to her. It was getting hard to take her back to her home but of course we did and we picked her up again the next morning. She spent the whole day and again it was a lot of exploring and getting to know eachother. She was easy going, independent, curious, funny and a happy little girl. It was so hard to take her back home that night, i wanted her to stay with us right then and there and forever!! We were able to pick her up the next afternoon and i was consumed with happiness. She was coming home to live with us......................................