Our last visit with Terri, our social worker, was bitter sweet. After this Post Adoption Report (PAR) we will submit them annually on our own, until Violet is 18 years old.Terri is so great with the kids - Daniel especially loves it when she comes over.
We talked through Violet's progress and as a proud mama, it's fun to watch a professional in this area be so blown away by Ms. V. Her vocabulary and behavior have always been impressive, but this time she had grown significantly in both height (33.6 inches) and weight (23 lbs, 10 oz).
As always, she gave us some good ideas going forward (like how to help gradually incorporate Fernando into the nighttime routine to relax Violet's very strong preference for mom in this area). And we even had time to snap a photo before she had to leave.
Our copy of the last report came in the mail today, and the last paragraph made me get a little teary-eyed:
"Violet continues to do extremely well in her adoptive home. She is doing very well in school and appears to be a well cared for, happy, healthy child who is developing normally for her age. This has been a highly successful adoptive placement and Violet has a bright future in her forever family."
The words "highly successful adoptive placement" have rung in my ears all day. But I have always been too much of an authority-pleaser anyway, so reading those words from a licensed social worker just made my week.
The words "highly successful adoptive placement" have rung in my ears all day. But I have always been too much of an authority-pleaser anyway, so reading those words from a licensed social worker just made my week.
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