Hey guys, Well, the countdown is on! Only 9 more days until we fly out. First, thank you again and again for your continued prayers and support during and through this journey. It's not over yet, our journey is really just beginning. We covet your prayers while we are gone. Check out our blog with our schedule. For you guys that are new to blogging (so are we) then just type in the address and hit go, it pulls us right up. If you wish to send a comment the user and password we set up will allow you to.
We just wanted also to take the time to remind everyone how important bonding and attachment will be during and after our trip. This process could take weeks and months so we ask that you please be patient with us in wanting to hold baby Claire until she and we are ready. Our social worker again stressed the importance of us being the only one to hold, feed, change and care for her during this early process and that is what we want, a good and lasting attachment.
You see, in an institutionalized setting these babies have many care takers and maybe only 1 consistent nanny so we want to make sure baby Claire loves us and knows we are really here for her as mommy and daddy and will never leave her. Many times the babies experience trauma after leaving the nanny for her new parents and if she goes to another person for holding and love, she could experience that all over again. So, we want to avoid that if at all possible. Please don't take it personally if we don't let you hold her right away, we just ask for your patience as we go through this transition.
We will try and return phone calls and emails quickly upon our return but please do not take it personally if we are out of touch for a while. We hope you understand and continue to pray that baby Claire takes to us and bonds and attaches well. Thanks for understanding! We can't wait to return to the USA with our new little baby girl and look forward to sharing many happy memories with each of you. Love, xoxoo MA and J
Here is our blog: http://tochinaforclaire.blogspot.com If you want to comment, just use this user and password we have set up.
User: ClaireJoLee@gmail.com
Password: Chongqin
Love, MA and J
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Mary Ann and Jason,
We are so excited for you! What a blessing! Claire is adorable! We pray that you have a great flight and that all goes smoothly while you are on the ground.
We are praying for your family!
Grant, Kara & Elizabeth Chapman
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