Moving Through the Final Phases of the Adoption Process

The past few days were a bit of a whirlwind. Gabrielle Quynh received her Vietnamese passport and had her appointment at the SOS Clinic. She was quite irate about the check up, but she proved herself healthy for international travel, so this brings us one step closer to bringing her home. If the process goes as planned, we should have Gabrielle Quynh's visa on Friday, and we'll change our flights to leave on Saturday.

Beyond the adoption process, we've stuck pretty close to the hotel for the past few days. Chloe is under the weather and keeps spiking pretty high temperatures. We have her on an antibiotic, but it doesn't seem to be having much impact. We're going to take her to the SOS clinic today to have her checked out. I think all these changes in environment are leaving her worn down. She's done extremely well on this trip, but this kind of travel and family transition is hard on her. We're ready to get her back on her schedule. You know it's tough when your three year old tells you that she just wants healthy food like at home. She misses all the fruits and vegetables she can eat freely at home. Here we have to take more care in what we eat.

If we're all feeling up to it, we hope to see the Hanoi water puppet show before we leave. We understand that it's spectacular. We also hope to do some shopping. We have not done much shopping on this trip and would like to have some things for Quynh from Vietnam and bring a few trinkets to friends and family upon returning.

We'll add some pictures later.