Little Bundles of Love in the Mail

This week, along with all the other little things we do in the span of a normal week, we have been putting the finishing touches on our first care package for our little man! Pei-En will turn 3 months old next week and at that time ( or right around the 3 mos. mark ) he will be transitioned from the maternity hospital into his Foster Family's home. This is the normal procedure for the program we are involved with, through our wonderful agency. The Foster Care system in Taiwan has significant differences than those of our country and through other families experiences we know he will receive loving, attentive and skilled care. We will be forever grateful for this dedication and consider it a tremendous gift for our son and our family while we wait to bring him home.

Sooooo, what did we put into this bundle of love? Welllll, of course a note, cuz you all know my penchant for long winded correspondences.....lol...and I actually kept this one fairly brief, with my only plea being that the foster family use the items we are sending without fear of ruining an item or concerns about keeping things pristine. We absolutely want these things to be used for our baby! In addition to that, we sent a baby photo album with family photos, a soft teddy bear rattle ( had to have it! ), a barbell rattle, a set of teething keys, a soft book, a cotton blanket, an outfit with half a dozen pair of tiny socks ( sooo sweet! ) a onesie, a sleep sack ( I'm a fanatic on sleep sacks!), two disposable cameras( thanks Mimi O. & Papa Mike!) and two footed play sleepers. I want to send a HUGE thanks to my folks also ( Mimi & Papa K. ) for the dinosaur sleeper, Mickey outfit and onesie. A huge help to us! :)

I do know we are probably sending way too much, but by golly it has been hard not to shop after waiting so long. Even laundering all of the itty bitty things in Dreft brought back a flood of sweet memories of preparing for Lauren. It is also difficult, very difficult not to be able to care for our baby boy on a daily basis. Therefore much of that yearning and need has gone into this bundle, with the hopes that it conveys adequately what we so want everyone to know ( and says in the red sleeper I found)......that Pei-En is deeply loved & cherished from his family across the big pond....now & always!