Care Package for Aaron

Tomorrow I will send our care package to Aaron at his orphanage. This will be our first contact with Aaron; it is how he will learn the wonderful news - that he is going to have a Mommy and Daddy and brother. Most importantly, we are sending a photo album, which has photos of each of us, and our house. This is how Aaron will begin to know us. If he is able to look at these photos often, it may help to ease the transition on the day we meet - that at least he has seen our photos before. In addition to the photo album, we are also including a soft teddy bear, a shirt with a soccer ball on it and pair of pants, a soft blue blanket, and several packages of M & Ms. We are also including a disposable camera, for the nannies to take photos of Aaron and the orphanage. These photos will be so important not only to us, but to Aaron when he is older. We also wrote a letter to Aaron, which Rupert then translated into Chinese characters. It reads:

Dear Bao Xinsheng,
We are sending you this special package. We are going to be your Mommy and Daddy. We will love you and take care of you forever. You are also going to have a brother who loves you. His name is Donovan. We will be your family forever. We will love you forever.
We live far away in a place called America. We will take a plane ride to meet you. Then, you will ride an airplane with us to go to your new home. There is a photograph of your new house in the photo album we are sending you.
We hope you like the small gifts we are sending you. We hope you like the sweet chocolate candy. We hope you like the soft blanket, and brown teddy bear, and clothes. We hope you will look at the photo album and see our pictures.
We love you, Bao Xinsheng.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy and brother Donovan