Donovan and I went to purchase items for Noemi’s “welcome bag” this week. AAI asks that each family sends a gallon-size freezer bag with the following items:• a simple one-piece outfit
• two small, plush toys
• a disposable camera that the Nannies will use to take photos of Noemi, including one of her in her outfit from us
• a small photo album with photos of us for the Nannies to get to know us better
It's all that we will get to send to her...so you can imagine the pressure. What started as a laid-back trip to Target’s baby section turned into me tearing up at the thought of trying to find two toys to meet all of her needs. But how can I possibly know what type of stimulation she needs most? Donovan and I laughed as the tears started to slowly roll and I realized my hysterics. It’s the early interventionist in me to want to make sure each developmental domain is being properly targeted. Oh my. I’m a case already. We settled on a half-lamb, half-butterfly thingy that serves as a teether and toy at the same time. Little did Donovan know that I had intentions of sleeping with our new lamb-fly friend so that I could get my scent on him. I think it’s safe to say that Donovan has been a little freaked out by me going to bed at night with a stuffed toy shoved down my shirt, and he gets really cranky when I roll over on its wing and it makes that annoying crinkle sound at 3AM. Donovan has had to remind me more than once that the lamb-fly is NOT our daughter, and that I shouldn’t get too attached to the dang toy. But it’s all I got right now and I’m going to keep shoving that thing down my shirt until it smells like me. And I know that he secretly loves little lamb-fly, too.
The toy Donovan really wanted for Noemi...
Donovan upgraded to the disposable camera with a zoom feature. Of course.
5 comments:
So sweet! I love the sleeping with the toy idea! Oh, and I love your coat :)
Did the robot make it in? So funny.
Harmony
Don't you just love saying "our daughter"
Um, does Donovan know that robot is from a super popular show called Yo Gabba Gabba?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPJZoEI8_lc&feature=related
Hilarious! Loved reading your post about the welcome bag. We had a blast picking out stuff for ours too. I wish we would've gotten some pics in the store though. Yours are way cute. We just got one of it all together at home before we put it in the bag. For Mekonen's toy we got a puppy dog blanket thing. Very cute. I too, slept with it for a week and a few days before we sent it off to AAI. I was kind of sad to pack it away in the freezer bag because all night long when I was snuggling it, I thought of our babe! They say we'll only get the photo album back, but I'm really praying we get the puppy thing back too. I did put his name on it, but who knows! :)
I think your choice of toy sounds pefect! She will love it and she will LOVE smelling her mama even more! I can only imagine the tears as you made these critical decisions.....Ah the pressure!
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