Melissa at work told me about a great recordable photo album. It holds 24 pictures and each picture can have a message recorded for it that is saved in the book's memory. I ordered it from Amazon. We will be boxing it up to send to Holly. Each family member will have a page to put a picture in, and record a message to Holly for that page. I am putting some other things, like pictures of the dogs, of the pond, our car, stuff like that, and recording messages telling her about the things in the picture that will be a part of her new life.
Katie and I went to Build A Bear today and created an adorable bunny, with a button in its paw that I recorded a message on for her to play. It says, Wo Ai Ni Holly Jun, Mama loves you. Wo Ai Ni means I love you in Chinese. I dressed it in a baby sleeper outfit, with bunny slippers and pink bows. I picked up a soft baby blanket and wrapped the bunny in it. I'll toss in some packets of fruit snacks and more clothing items like socks. This will be the third box we send to her, and I will be interested to see if she brings any of these items with her when we pick her up on "gotcha day".
Gotcha day, for those not in the adoption circles, is the name referring to the day we meet her and she becomes ours. Myleigh's gotcha day anniversary is August 3rd.
LOA's came in today, there was one family that only waited 59 days, so, it's encouraging, but, there is absolutely no way to predict when ours will come in. I just keep hoping, keep praying, and keep my fingers crossed.
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