[mikeintexas]

Hey Doreen -

Welcome aboard. You have been given lots of great advice, and you are well ahead on things as well. You might take a thing or two to do with your child when you meet him. We had something small we took each time (sticker book, colors & coloring book, puzzles, etc.). We also took the book w/ pictures of the family and home. We left our daughter with a small pink fuzzy blanket and stuffed animal to keep until trip 2 (though we've recently learned that the orphanage staff doesn't always let them keep it as it becomes community property).

I'm glad you are looking for an older child. We adopted our daughter just shy of her 6th birthday.

mike