Howie's Officially ours!!!!

Let me start by saying that yesterday was one of the greatest days of my life. It was also one of the most exhausting and longest days. We met in the lobby of the hotel at 7:15am. We headed to the center after that. Once we got there we were taken upstairs to the boys. I was ready for a little more crying and the unsureness that was to follow, but he was handed right to me and didn't cry. That felt wonderful. We were there for about 15 minutes and the nannies took the boys from us and changed them into there traditional vietnamese clothing. They gave us the clothing for the boys it was a wonderful surprise. After this the nannies started saying good bye to the boys and there was a lot of tears from parents and nannies. It just goes to show how much the boys were loved and how well they were taken care of. We then got back on the bus and headed to the local justice department. All the boys were wide eyed and just taking in there surroundings. They had never even been downstairs of the center and here they are on a bus. We signed some papers at the local justice department and he was officially ours. My hands were shaking while I was signing everything. I was so scared that they were going to tell us that they were missing something or that we had to wait. The local justice department isn't anything like I expected. I thought that there would just be a few people there, but there were a lot of officials and alot of people waiting to do something else there. We headed back to the hotel for about 15 minutes while we were waiting for the paperwork to be processed. We all fed the boys while we were there and Howie ate his really well. At 9:45am we headed out to HCMC. It was a looooong ride. We had to wait a while for the ferry and we also had to wait for construction and a few other places the traffic was stop and go. We stopped about 1:00pm for lunch and headed right back out after that. We finally got to the hotel at 4:00pm. We were all so tired and ready to be in our rooms. Howie did great on the ride back. He took 2 naps each for a little over an hour. I was pleased given all the bumps in the road. The men headed to the grocery store last night and we all just stayed in our room. Howie slept great last night and is currently taking his morning nap. He is eating very well and he is smiling and enjoying playing. We had our passports and passport pictures today for Howie and now we get to rest until Friday. Friday we pick up the passports and I am not sure what else we will be doing, but after that we will be resting for the next 4 days. (Vietnamese Holidays fall tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday). I will post some more tomorrow.