Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Keep sake Adoption memories



Something that I did the Day Dawson was placed, is I took off his outfit his birth mom put him in and I took pictures of it and put everything in a gallon zip lock bag with notes from that day, so we can say.. this is the outfit she put in you that you came home in. We have done this with many different things. I kept the outfit I met his birth mom and birth Grandma so I can say this is what I wore when we met with her for the first time. We have countless things and we keep them up high in some plastic Tupperware bins. My hope is that his Birth mom can see those items some day with Dawson..... For now it is something for him to see and understand his story more. I am looking forward to making a scrap book for him where I will take pictures of everything for his book and write down when he wore a certain things. I have also kept for him all of his card and parts of wrapping paper from his gifts from Day one so that i can also put those in his book. I kept his streamers and hats and candle from his first birthday. I even kept a Binky and gave one to M*.  I could make an endless list of the things this little boy has. My hope is to build his story, it is his story and I feel like the more he can look at and put together what it means the better.

2 comments:

  1. So very sweet... I've tried to do the same. And yes, words I use now are hilarious ( my stars!!)

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