We leave in One Week!!!
As we prepare to travel and bring home Mamush we wanted to give everyone a "heads up" on what to expect when we come home. Please try to put yourselves in Mamush's shoes... for all of us this is a happy exciting time but, for him it is another scary transition. He is entering a whole new culture, language, and family. To him we are complete strangers. Yes, we sent him photos and a voice recorder so he could hear our voice, and he has also been working with a social worker who is helping to prepare him. But, at almost 3 years old nothing can prepare you for such a HUGE life altering change. So, in order to help us bond and attach with Mamush (and allow Mamush to get used to us and his surroundings) we are requesting that we not have any visitors for at least 2 weeks.
Trust me it is not easy for me to turn away family and friends who come with kindness in their hearts to our door, but I have to protect my son. I have to put that mama bear mentality in action. After the 2 weeks we will re-evaluate where Mamush is and update everyone on how we will move forward. It very well may be that we sort of stay in incubation for anywhere up to 6-8 weeks.
However, if you do not want to wait that long to see Mamush's sweet sweet face in person we are inviting family & friends to meet us at the airport to welcome Mamush home when we arrive on May 7th. We are asking that everyone gives Owen and Ella a chance to see and meet their brother first, but after that we will all be excited to see familiar faces and share our new son. I can't promise we will hang around long bc I am going to base it completely on Mamush. If you want details you can leave a comment or send me a facebook message.
As we prepare to travel and bring home Mamush we wanted to give everyone a "heads up" on what to expect when we come home. Please try to put yourselves in Mamush's shoes... for all of us this is a happy exciting time but, for him it is another scary transition. He is entering a whole new culture, language, and family. To him we are complete strangers. Yes, we sent him photos and a voice recorder so he could hear our voice, and he has also been working with a social worker who is helping to prepare him. But, at almost 3 years old nothing can prepare you for such a HUGE life altering change. So, in order to help us bond and attach with Mamush (and allow Mamush to get used to us and his surroundings) we are requesting that we not have any visitors for at least 2 weeks.
Trust me it is not easy for me to turn away family and friends who come with kindness in their hearts to our door, but I have to protect my son. I have to put that mama bear mentality in action. After the 2 weeks we will re-evaluate where Mamush is and update everyone on how we will move forward. It very well may be that we sort of stay in incubation for anywhere up to 6-8 weeks.
However, if you do not want to wait that long to see Mamush's sweet sweet face in person we are inviting family & friends to meet us at the airport to welcome Mamush home when we arrive on May 7th. We are asking that everyone gives Owen and Ella a chance to see and meet their brother first, but after that we will all be excited to see familiar faces and share our new son. I can't promise we will hang around long bc I am going to base it completely on Mamush. If you want details you can leave a comment or send me a facebook message.
