A big part of our adoption process is sending a care package to our sweet pea! I've thought about sending this package for months now. It's so exciting because this package is the first thing that he will get to see of us, his family! So, it's kind of a big deal! :)
We will send this package through AIAA (our adoption agency), which means other than sending the package to Michigan, it's free to send. International shipment will get ya.
Now, one would think I would send a giant box with multiple outfits, toys, etc. That would be lovely, but we are very limited on what we can send. It has to be flat and fit in the weekly Korea package that is sent out by AIAA. I've also heard that they like to keep the packages small because the foster mother usually has to carry these packages home on the subway system, usually with a baby in tow. Shew, I get that...Let's all have a Hunger Games moment---three finger salute to those precious foster parents. Small package it is, sweet Foster Momma!
Having a size limit made our care package a little more tricky. This is what we ended up with...
Now, for any of you blog readers that are interested in the details of what we sent.
Hallmark Recordable Storybook - "Circle of Love" - Talk about a sweet book. This book also holds eight pictures. It's a recordable story and a picture album...score! We all took turns reading the words and talking to him.
DVD- This is a 30 minute DVD of our family. We used our laptop webcam and Microsoft Movie Maker (which is a free download) to create a video of us and our home. We included each of us reading him a story and introducing ourselves. I even included texts in the video that were in Hangul, the Korean letters. Now, lets just hope that Google didn't lead me astray on some simple translations. I can just imagine his foster mother watching the video of our boys and the caption says some profanity. I compared lots of resources, so hopefully that's not the case.
Blank USB drive: We are sending this blank USB drive in hopes that his foster parents will include pictures and videos of his first year. From what I've heard from my friend, you know the one from the last post, my Korean Adoption Mentor, she said that his foster parents are great at documenting all of the important happenings in his life.
Laminated Pictures: I have also included about 30 random pictures of us and the boys. I laminated the pictures so they are slobber proof and put colorful paper as a background. I fastened them together with one of the fancy book rings.
Letter to his Foster Parents: We have included a card to his foster parents. We've been told that SWS will translate it for us before they give it to her. We let them know our deep appreciation for them and told them to tell our baby we love him so much.
As for now, that's about it. Still just waiting for E.P. Submission. That could be anytime between now and October-ish. We can only hope it will be on the sooner end of things.
