A Match made in heaven

Ready, set, go… It’s Thursday and we feel like we are racing against the clock to get everything done. 

Papers translated and notarised at lightning speed, check. (Thank you, Richard.)

Accommodation and flights booked, check.

Almost packed, check.

Feed our child takeaway every day this week, check. 

It finally happened. The moment we waited for is here, and we can’t quite believe it and how quickly everything has unfolded. 

Match maker, match maker…

Last week we were matched with a baby girl in need of life changing surgery/ surgeries, and we could not feel more blessed. 

Everyone is saying how lucky this little treasure is to be joining our family, but we truly feel as though we are the lucky ones. For reasons we can’t quite describe we know this is the girl we have been waiting for, she is the missing thread in our family tapestry. 

To some, it may sound daunting to adopt a child with a serious need, but when we set out on this journey we had prepared ourselves for the outcome that our child may require a little extra tender love and care, and her medical need doesn’t overwhelm us. 

It’s been two and a half years since we started this journey on the British side and almost a year since we were placed on a waiting list of adopters in Armenia waiting to be matched with a child. 

There were points where it felt like time stood still, but we have always had a great belief that things work out as they should, when they should. And in moments of dread and panic when we waited to be matched, we reminded ourselves of this. 

The perfect match… 

Somewhere in an orphanage over 3,000 miles away sits a baby girl who has no idea that her mummy, daddy and brother are frantically preparing to come and meet her. 

She has no idea that she shares a name with one of our cherished family members who passed away just months before we started this journey, and no idea how much we have yearned to meet her. 

She has no idea how much her life is about to change, and we know how scary this will be for her. 

She has no idea how our community has pulled together to try to help her and us unite as quickly as humanly possible. 

We really can’t express how grateful we are to everyone who has been loving and supporting us, wishing us well, praying for us, keeping us close in their hearts. As our tanks run on empty our hearts are so full, and our spirits are high. 

We are so blessed to have extraordinary friends and family, offering their help however they can, even offering to fly to the UK or Armenia to help with child and doggy care needs. 

Family selflessly devoting themselves to dog-sit and housesit as long as we need. 

Our son’s teachers and headmistress who have bent over backwards to accommodate our needs, our son’s needs and generously given our little guy space and a platform to share with his classmates about our adoption journey, not only this week but since he started reception this year. 

Our school circle has felt like our second family. Pulling us in sharing in our excitement and doting on us. Friends with medical, physio, mental health and educational backgrounds have all come forward to ask how they can assist and support our family now, going into the orphanage and when we return home.

Our legal team, here, and in Armenia, and our adoption consultant, Cecile (International Adoption Guide) and Carolina have been answering our questions pretty much at all hours and advocating for us, and our social worker has made us and our daughter her main priority. 

We are also unbelievably appreciative to our adoption community where many of them have openly and graciously shared their stories, their advice, and  have always encouraged us to get over the next hurdle. 

We couldn’t be in better hands or more grateful.

Thank you to everyone who has been sending love and well wishes.

We can’t wait to share more when we can…