Welcome to the Family!
Trip Start
Dec 05, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 18, 2008
Vinh Long,
Vietnam
Monday, December 8, 2008
Okay - so the pictures wont upload. I'll have to do that from Saigon tonight. Sorry. I'll give you more info then. Anelise is doing well. She does not appear to have any of many skin ailments we were prepared to fight. She does have a bit of scarring from multiple mosquito bites but that is all. They gave her a hair cut just before we arrived. We will have to fix that when we get home :). The orphanage was a large place and the children were happy to see us. Harrison passed out candy to many of the kids. Anelise did not cry but was very easy going at first and was just as curious about us as we were about her. However, when we returned to the hotel, she would cry as soon as Lan left her sight. So we fixed that by making sure Lan never left her sight. Anelise christened the bedspread where Lan and her were to sleep by spitting up her entire bottle. Phew, forgot about that part of babies. 20 minutes later and a fresh set of linens and she and Lan were asleep. Anelise woke up around 4 time during the night and cried but Lan was very good at soothing her and getting her to go back to sleep. This morning we went to the government building here in Soc Trang and completed the adoption. She is now officially ours. During that ceremony she squirmed like a fish and behaved just as any normal 10 month old would in her situation. She did not cry but wanted to grab everything within reach and then promptly throw it down on the floor. We are back at the hotel now and we will be traveling back to Saigon in about 2 hours. I should be able to post lots of photos when I get back there around 8 tonight (8 am Monday US EST). Until then.
PS - The map on this travel blog site does not recognize Soc Trang so I had to pick the closest town near it. If you loo k on google maps and then keep going south, you'll find Soc Trang.
Comments
Hair cut
Sorry to hear they gave her the Robert Free special. The best part is it will grow back and can be re-styled. Glad to hear everything is going so well. I think we will have most of the shifts covered tomorrow. We are trying to get Alan to take a shift.
Lazer1 out.
Anelise hittin' the ol' bottle too hard, eh?
Going to bed late and thought I would check the ol' blog just to see if...CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!
I think I might go drink my own bottle in celebration!! Praise God! P
Yipee!
How amazing! You guys are together at last!
I'm so happy for you, what a wonderful adventure!
I'm anxiously awaiting those pictures!
Oh yeah, the party at your house was FABULOUS!
Sorry about the mess?! It wasn't a precious
little angel that threw up on your bed here!
We tried to clean it up, but it still smells a little funny. Love you all...Tracey
Congratulations
What an amazing adventure. She is very lucky to have you guys and I'm sure you feel the same way..at least after she stops throwing up!
Mark and Nhung
SO HAPPY FOR YOU
She is SO beautiful!!! How lucky she is to have been adopted into such a WONDERFUL family. You are going to give her such a wonderful life. She looks like she has always belonged to you. We can not wait to meet her, so hurry home. Luke is driving me crazy because all he can say is how much he misses Harry. Thanks for the pictures I couldn't stand it much longer!!!