We have had so much fun gathering items to send to Emalyn, her nannies and friends at the orphanage. It was hard to narrow down all that we would have liked to send to items that were practical and would fit in a 12" x 12" x 6" box. This has been a good distraction from the waiting and waiting and waiting for LOA. Even though it has barely been 30 days, I am so anxious to move past this large "yield sign" on the road to bringing Emalyn home.
After alot of debate and indecisiveness, here is what we decided to send. People say that the Chinese people love American cosmetics, etc. because they are so expensive in China, so for the nannies we sent lip gloss and mini candles from Bath and Body Works. For Emalyn's nanny, we sent shower gel, lotion, body spray, lip gloss and a loofa also from Bath and Body Works. For the all of the children, we sent a noise maker/musical instrument to chew on, play with, and shake. We also included two disposable cameras that we hope the nannies will use to snap pictures of Emalyn for us over the next few months.
For Emalyn, we sent a special tiger lovie that was selected especially for her by her big sister (with a little coaxing from me). Emalyn was born in 2010 which was the year of the tiger.
We also sent a special board book that we made for Emalyn. Each page has a picture of someone in our family and that person's name/title in English and Pinyin. My hope is that her nanny will read her the book and point out each person in her forever family so that our faces will be familiar when she's finally in our arms.
Here is an inside view of our board book. This page says 'big sister'.
Of course, our package wouldn't be complete without a little "decorating" by Adair.
On our way to the post office.
To China from America, with love. We hope this package reaches our little girl soon and that she can feel our love through each item we placed in the box.
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