Gotcha Memories - Shopping

Expectant adoptive mothers are always encouraged to shop while you wait. With the absence of an expanding mid-section (okay, an expanding mid-section NOT caused by snacking) there needs to be some acknowledgement that a child is "expected". I did quite a bit of shopping waiting for Emmy's referral. At first I was scared and actually called Dave from Babies-R-Us in tears because I didn't feel like I should be there. But with the help and encouragement of family and friends (especially my internet yahoo-group friends who were also 'waiting') I learned to shop away the wait. I'd pick up a onesie here and there, a toy, some books.

Waiting for Aidan was different. We got his referral right away so I thought shopping would be fun - we knew he was boy at least! But things didn't pan out that way with our time frames constantly changing and then not knowing if we'd even get to bring him home at all for almost five months of the wait. Needless to say I didn't feel like shopping. We did however send a few packages to Guatemala of things for his foster family to put to use. It felt good to send him things to wear and play with, it felt sad to not get to put them on him myself.

Here are some of things we sent. Then we got updated pictures of him wearing the clothes, talk about excitement! Plus another First Year favorite pic!