Love in A Ziploc Bag

Throughout our waiting process we've had the opportunity to send over a few care packages with other families who are traveling to Korea to pick up their child.  Since our referral (when we were matched with Joshua), we've had the chance to send over three packages, each filled with a few different things for Joshua and his foster family.  We are limited to only sending over one gallon sized Ziploc bag of "love" at a time, so what we put in it has to fit and be sealed tightly (easier said than done).  How do you stuff all your love in a gallon sized Ziploc bag?

Well, with our most recent package (#3), we were a bit more creative than in the past.  = )   In this package we included a few new updated pictures of our family, some Starbucks VIA coffee packets (for his foster parents, not him!), and a little fun Cubs outfit (gotta start him off right!). 

Knowing that we were getting closer to meeting Joshua, we also wanted to help prepare him for that time of transition into our family.  So, Jill made a music CD of her singing some baby lullaby songs that we hope his foster family will use to help him fall asleep at night, so he can begin to get used to Jill's voice.  We also purchased a Korean-English copy of "Guess How Much I Love You" and made a video of Jill and I reading it to him and put it on a DVD and jumpdrive.  And not only did Jill and I make a video of us reading to him....Nathan and Brooke got in on the act too and picked out a story of their own to read to their big brother along with playing a few songs they just learned on the piano.  We had a lot of fun putting together a little "music and stories for Joshua."  We hope the videos will help him not only become familiar with our faces, but also our voices so he'll be more comfortable with us when we bring him home.


And here's what the result looked like.  Enjoy!