As you may have seen on Instagram we decdied to change our name from @twopoofsandapudding to @the_lincolnshaws. When we started the account and this blog we didn’t know what child would be part of this family. A boy/girl, baby, toddler or even a teenager. Sine the Adoption order was granted, we have been speaking a …
We were invited to a press event to showcase the new Duplo Valley which opened at Legoland this month. We weren’t asked to put this on Instagram or the blog but to come along and experience the new zone.
When we found out we were pregnant, I swore I was going to talk more about fertility and fertility treatment. To do my bit to remove the taboo and make it easier for everyone to be more open and talk! Kelly and I talked about if we both wanted kids before we’d even had an …
Disclaimer: This blog review wasn’t part of the press event requirements We were invited to the press event of Nickelodeon Adventure at Lakeside Shopping Centre, Thurrock, Essex. We were asked to arrive by 9.30 to get ourselves sorted, have a photo with Sponge Bob before the fun kicked off. Let Loose As soon as you …
My name is Jonny and my husband’s name is Anthony. We met each other in 2011 and got married in May 2016 and adopted our 2 son’s in January 2019 at ages 2 and 4- they are now 3 and 5. We both knew we wanted children and openly talked about it quite early in …
I’m Kelly and I’m married to the beautiful Zoey. We’ve been together for over 11 years, and we have two children, George and Molly, and a crazy labradoodle called Ziggy. The Beginning We met back in 2007, and after a few ups and downs, we got married in 2008. A year later George was born, …
WHAT.A.DAY! Darran and I have been waiting for this day for a very long time. Longer than Pudding has been with us. In many ways, Pudding has been our son since 6th Feb 2019, the day he moved in with us. There was 1 obstacle in the way, a massive obstacle! He wasn’t legally our …
And what a year it was! 2019 was a mental year, a year we made many memories we will treasure forever. Not only did we become dads to our amazing baby boy we WON a wedding at the beautiful Peckforton Castle. 23-year-old Tim If you asked a 23-year-old Tim, who was still living at home …
As we celebrated our first Christmas as a family it was the last one to be celebrated in the 2010s. If you had asked me back in 2009 how I would be celebrating Christmas in 2019 I would not have said with my husband and child. I would probably have said still at home with …
We’re Mike & Glenn and have been together for eight years when we started looking at having a family, and that was seven years ago. It’s been a long road leading to the birth of our daughter Annabelle. It was a journey that involved two egg donors and two surrogates. Thailand or Cambodia At first, …
My name is Kate and my wife’s name is Sharon. We’ve been together for 13 years (married for 7) after meeting online. In 2015 our son was born after trying for two years via at-home artificial insemination. When we first met I wasn’t really interested in having my own children as I was never that …
Disclaimer: We were gifted an all-Day pass with additional Ragdoll & The Tiger Who came to tea tickets. This review wasn’t part of the gifted experience We decided to get the train to Stratford instead of messing about with the traffic and parking. Plus Pudding loves a train journey. From where we live, getting to …
Never did we think we would be arranging a party for our child, never did we think we would be celebrating our child’s birthday but we did and we are today. Celebrate Pudding turning 3 today after him being with us for 10 months (which feels like forever). We originally wanted to go all out …
Let’s take a trip down memory lane. Where did it all begin?? Jack and I have been together for 7.5 years, 8 in November. We married back in a very wet and cold but beautiful and perfect September last year. We arrive for our ‘pre-approval’ interview in a cold a soulless room. Having dreamed of …
Myself (Michael) and Paul met way back in 2002 in Cleethorpes Lincolnshire. Michael was only 18 at the time and Paul was working as a professional Dancer at the resort and Michael was on holiday with family. It was an exciting time, it was love at first sight. We bought each other rings a week …
Before having Pudding I could never understand seeing parents queuing for hours, waiting in the pissing down rain to see Santa.
I’ve been reading this book to Pudding all week and he has loved it. The Blanket Bears, by Samuel Langley-Swain, is a book aimed at adoptive families with young children as a soft and sensitive warm up to life story work. The Plot The book is about two little bears who were left outside a …
Hello, I’m Jo and I thought I’d give you a little insight into my crazy but beautiful life as a special guardian for my younger sister. Just a little background information to start with. My sister and I have the same birth mother, and different fathers, we also have 2 other adult siblings who are …
There is nothing worse than waking up on a Saturday or Sunday morning looking out the window and just seeing pure misery. I thought I would crawl the internet for some ideas on days out in winter. Pudding loves staying indoors as much as he loves going out and about. The only issue with staying …
This week we received some very exciting news. We received the court date, the date we find out whether we will become Pudding’s Dad and Daddy. On the 8th January 2020, we find out whether Judge Lynn Roberts thinks we are suitable parents to Pudding. She will then either grant the adoption order or not. …
Wow! I don’t even know where to start with this. Disney on Ice was just magical. I was never a massive Disney fan but did enjoy their movies
On August 31st 2016, our family’s world was changed forever. Adam’s sister, who was 25 at the time, died suddenly. She was an amazing Mummy to three children who were aged 4, 5 and 6. Two of those children, our Niece and Nephew, needed to be cared for, as their other parent had made the …
My name is James and my husband’s name is Jay, we started dating almost 11 years ago, and got married 4 years ago. We then adopted our little boy 2 and a half years ago, he’s now 5. Both of us always knew we wanted children, but we didn’t discuss it with each other for …
#WorldAdoptionDay is held on the 9th of November every year to celebrate blended families. It’s a day to raise awareness for adoption. Both Darran and I are well and truly behind this amazing day. How to Get Involved We are inviting you to a global celebration of adoption and everyone touched by adoption. This year, …
The little dude’s party prep is well underway. Pudding turns 3 on December 12th and we’re having his party on December 7th. We wanted to make this birthday special as this is probably the first ‘proper’ birthday he has had so far. He spent his first birthday with his birth mum, and we guess not …
On Saturday, we were invited to celebrate Xander’s (Madlads) third birthday at ‘Party Pod’ in Kent. This was the first official party invite he has received. EVER (we think) It all started Friday night when we were rushing around Asda and Tesco trying to find a Halloween costume that Pudding would wear. We weren’t sure …
The papers on in!! Yay. We went to our local family court to hand in the adoption order forms to finally adopt Pudding. Pudding has only been with us for 8 months but feels like he’s been here his whole short life. When we were going through the process, we always said that we would …
Hello, welcome to Two Poofs! Tell us a little bit about your blended family. We are a two father family (Daddy and Papa) with a little boy (toddler) through adoption. We also have two dogs (Boston terriers). What area of the UK do you live in? We live in south London. Did you always know …
Hello, welcome to Two Poofs! Tell us a little bit about your blended family. Well hello. Its Richard, Ross and our cub Olly here. We have been together for 6 years and married for 3. We live in the middle of nowhere surround by farms and fields and we are as happy as pigs in …
Today we took a trip to Cammas Hall Farm to meet up with B (Pudding’s half brother) and his grandparents to pick a pumpkin. We were meant to be meeting them for 10 am so had to leave just before 9 am. But as usual, we are never on time in this family. Cammas Hall …
Today pudding spent a few hours at Thordon Park exploring the Gruffalo Trail with Bampa and YaiYai before they headed back home to Wales. Pudding has been here a few times and loves it every single time. Tracking down the Gruffalo, the Snake, the Squirrel and the rest of the gang. We thought we’d go …
National Adoption Week is held in the UK every October and this year it runs between 14th – 20th The campaign will aim to find homes for the children waiting. The focus for 2019 will be on the ‘priority’ children who wait the longest for a loving home. Those in a sibling group, children from …
Unlike Darran who is a massive birthday fan and wants to go all out, I’m not really a fan. I mean, you get one every year. what’s the big fuss all about? This year was slightly different though. This year I celebrated my first birthday as a DAD! Work The day started like most days. …
Yesterday was the day that pudding re-connected with his brother since moving in with us, and boy was it an emotional one. We started the day well, Darran’s mum and dad surprised him on Friday so it was a late one Friday night for Darran (3 am)! we all got up, had breakfast and Bampa …
Growing up I never really celebrated Father’s Day because my birth dad was never really around. Today was probably the first time I realised how precious little moments like today can be. Celebrating our very first Father’s Day felt so special. When I was younger I used to dream about becoming a father and used …
Throughout our adoption journey, we knew that we would have to have some sort of contact with Pudding’s family.
As I write this, Pudding has been with us for 6 weeks but it feels like he has been with us ever since he was born.
As I sit here, writing this blog post on a Monday evening and after having a great day. Knowing that this time next Monday I would have just got in from work after finishing my first day back to work after 5 weeks is pretty shit.
As we sit here 4 days in, officially parents we’ve just stuffed a Domino’s down our throat and Pudding is fast asleep, let’s tell you how the last 4 weeks have been.
As we’re full steam ahead with meeting Pudding we thought it would be a good idea to give more information on how these meetings work and for how long. So here goes……
Day One of meeting Pudding couldn’t have gone better than it did. It was an amazing afternoon that Darran and I have been waiting over a year for. We got to meet OUR SON!
So since the last time we blogged, Christmas and New Year have been and gone. January 7th came along and we received a unanimous yes at panel.
Firstly I should apologise for not blogging quick enough. I feel too fucking busy sometimes but I love sitting at the right time and blabbing out, it’s almost like therapy. So here goes… The Night Before The Meeting It’s December 3rd and we have the mother of all meetings tomorrow. I’ve just done a whole …
Phone Rings… I’m looking at my phone screen and there’s our social worker’s name, flashing like Christmas lights on a dark frosty night. I shout “Tim”! I answer the phone, telling Ann that Tim isn’t in the room yet… We both wait and then she says “Congratulations”. from then on we talk about the ifs buts and …
As I sit here with red eyes from crying so much, I thought I’d pour my heart out and fill you in with what happened today. Oh. My. God. You’re Early… So it’s 12:50pm and I’ve just finished prancing around the house in my pants. I have tidied the house ( well Tim did) and …
So… I know the clocks went back on Sunday but I’m pretty sure they only go back an hour, not 48??? I Should Explain When we received our great news that we had been ‘approved’ (this only being a recommendation) we needed to wait for the final approval from the ADM (agency decision maker) for …
Darran, as usual, wasn’t ready at all which meant him leaving the house with curly hair (shock). We were asked to arrive promptly at 9.30 but arrive at 9.33. I’m panicking (I hate being late) but as we drive up to the place we see other adopters we know strolling down the road which made me chill! We walk to the entrance and give our names to a social worker which was a man – never see one of these before
Firstly, I want to dedicate this blog to my Aunt Wendy and Uncle Steve. Yesterday, they laid to rest their youngest son. He was a Daddy to two beautiful children, a brother to 3 amazing siblings and had a huge network of friends and family who all said goodbye! When we say “What A Week” …
We have many different stages coming up, so I suppose we should fill you in…Having a conversation with Ann about the ‘next steps’ and ‘the boys’ we have so much to take in. Ann discussed how the next steps could pan out after panel (literally 4 sleeps 😬). It could all start happening quite quickly once we start the proceedings with our forever child.
