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  Hanoi, Vietnam
Friday, December 12, 2008

Just a quick entry to say we have all arrived safely in Hanoi.  The flight aboard Vietnam airlines was very nice and only about an hour and a half long. Anelise handled the flight with no problem.  We flew business class which on Vietnam airlines is the same as first class.  It was very nice and reasonably priced.  The plane (a Boeing 777 for you plane geeks) was well appointed and the service and attendants were, well first class.  We are staying at the Cherry Hotel in downtown Hanoi.  Its clean and the room is similar to that which you might see for a Marriot back in the states.  We were running a bit late and with the horrible traffic in Saigon, we were not able to swing by Lan's old house.  She was disappointed but we vowed to hit that on our next trip. 

Stopped by the US embassy on the way to our hotel and dropped off our paperwork.  On schedule to go there on Monday to finalize our paperwork for Anelise and get approval to bring her to the states.  Speaking of Anelise, she seems to be flourishing in her new family.  She is an absolute crack up.  Loves to be silly, make faces and noises, is always looking for her big brother to play with and smiles constantly. When she is tired, she will climb all over you and then she passes out cold.  She is picking up on little games we play with quickly, wants to unzip every piece of luggage we have and root through it and has even helped Harrison with his Algebra homework.  She seems to be one smart girl. We are simply stunned at how fortunate we are. 

Tomorrow we have arranged for a private tour trip to Ha long Bay.  The trip includes transportation back and forth (about 3 hours each way), a boat ride out into the bay, lunch and tour stops once at the bay.  Should be fun.  We are starting to see the end of this trip before us.  We don't feel we are quite through the woods yet but complications at this point in the process are very rare.  The last hurdle is our meeting at the US embassy on Monday to finalize our paperwork with our government and to get approval to bring Anelise back to the states.  I cannot adequately  express what this trip has meant to us.  It has been emotional for sure but also thrilling, educational, eye opening and fun.  We cannot wait to introduce you all to Anelise.  Also, thanks for all of your emails and comments posted on this site.  We love hearing from you all back home and really appreciate you taking the time to correspond with us.  We are glad to share this time with all of you.

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Harrison having fun with sister and his hat	Harrisons photo of his sister	Last breakfast in Saigon	One of Harry's breakfast buffet friends
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