Almost There

Sean will be meeting "Abraham" for the first time in less than a week!  His tickets are booked and came in a good $400 under budget, even with the short notice--praise God!  We have just about everything he needs for his trip, and we are counting down the days and hours till he will have our son in his arms!

Goodies for playing with Abraham at the orphanage

We have heard that there are not many playthings available for use at the visits in Abraham's orphanage, so Sean will be bringing some things to play with.  The things we have packed so far are a Magnadoodle drawing board, an inflatable ball, bubbles, stacking cups, silly putty, crayons and paper, a pull-back plane toy, a stuffed Yoshi, hand puppet googly eyes, and a recordable book so that Abraham can hear us reading to him after Sean leaves.  We also have a photo book we will leave with him, containing photos of our family and home.  I made the tie-dye microfleece blanket with a dark turquoise crocheted border in the background of the picture above last week.  Our priest blessed it on Sunday, sort of a similar idea as a prayer shawl.  I hope the orphanage allows him to keep it and use it regularly, so he has something familiar to bring home with him in a few months.