It is both thrilling and butterfly inducing to see your child's referral photos for the first time, the anticipation is agonizing and there is always that little nagging fear that you might not fall in love. Referral photos, like passport and driving license photos tend to be not the most flattering of pictures and so it really is understandable that sometimes you need to view those 3 little photos over and over again before you suddenly realize you've fallen - big time! What is surprising is just how often those photos actually do cause instant and head over heels love.
I've followed adoption blogs for long enough to know that the correct procedure is to photograph or video tape yourself as you see those precious photos for the first time. Being a world class (currently ranked #2) Slacker Mum I have of course failed to record that moment with any of our 3 (OMG 3!!!) children. However, I saw an opportunity to redeem myself somewhat this time round by remembering to video tape Lulu and Beau's reactions when they saw their baby sister's referral photos and video tape. For Lulu it was the love at first sight response, that little Ching-Lin/Amy Sparkles had her at Ni Hao. For Beau it wasn't exactly love at first sight, truth be told not even "like" at first sight. We are hoping an intensive course of Immersion Therapy will bring him round.
The bestest bit is around the 37 second mark where Beau apparently finds the video of baby sister just too awful to look at.
