WE"RE HERE

Well we left Little Rock AR at 2:00pm Thursday and arrived in Vietnam at 10:20am, most of that time was spent in the air except about 7 hours, in other words we are all happy not to be on an airplane. It was really cool flying into Hong Kong because the airport is on a man made island. You fly in right over the water and you get really close to it. It was really cool seeing this part of China. Arriving in Vietnam was very different. I think that there was very few Americans going through immagration. For the families that are traveling soon, this is a piece of cake. I worried a little, but the officer didn't even ask me a questions. Same with customs. The Dillon employees are great here. They are so nice. We are leaving tomorrow at 7am and meet Howie at 3pm. We are exhausted but very excited.

Ok on the Vietnam....what you see here can not be put into words. Scott and I have never traveled out of the country before, but this is so different even when I already kind of knew what to expect. There are some really beautiful buildings here. The scooters and traffic are REALLY scary. We were in a bus and I think we almost hit a half dozen people, but it is normal. The hotel room is pretty big. Hard wood floors and a big bed (that is really close to the ground). I am going to try to post some pictures tonight. We are all excited to see more tonight and tomorrow. We are going to go and look around tonight and get dinner. I am pretty sure we all want to go to bed early since we are tired and need to get up early in the morning. I will post more later.

Vietnam Here We Come

Well this will be my last post until we are in Vietnam. I can't believe that it is actually happening. I still don't think it will really hit me until we are on the airplane or until we are actually in Vietnam. We are so excited. I am VERY nervous. I was all packed yesterday I just need to put a few things that we need today in the bag and we are ready to head off to the airport. It is going to be a long day and I am sure that I will be tired, so hopefully that will help me sleep on the flight from LA to Hong Kong. My hope is that I will be able to sleep a lot of that flight. Please pray that we all get there safe, on time and all our luggage arrives. Talk to you soon from Vietnam!!!

Travel Schedule

Here is the schedule for our trip:

Leave Little Rock @ 4:25pm Thursday April 19
Arrive in HCMC @ 10:20am Saturday April 21
We will stay in the Kim Do that night and leave early the next morning to meet our son. We will be spending the 22nd and 23rd in Can Tho getting to know our son. We are also excited about the extra time to explore Can Tho, Howie's place of birth. We will have our G&R on the 24th at 9:00am. We will be heading back to HCMC after the ceremony. There are three holidays that fall while we are there, so they are still trying to get us back in a reasonable amount of time. The holidays fall on the 26th, 30th and May 1st. It looks like we will have about 4 days of rest in the middle of the trip due to the holidays which is ok it will give us a chance to explore HCMC. We are hoping to have our interview with the US Consulate in Hanoi on the 7th, but it just depends on how busy they are. With the holidays it might push us back, we will have to wait and see.

We just can't believe that it is finally happening. We leave in 2 days!! The scary thing is that I still have to pack. I have been trying to wait to pack because I don't want to have nothing to do because than the nervousness will get to me. I already have butterflies what will I be like tomorrow and Thursday? Scott is going to work today and tomorrow and a little from home on Thursday. I will try to post every day and post lots on pictures.


WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU HOWIE!! WE WILL SEE YOU IN 5 DAYS!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOWIE!!

Today Howie turns 1 year old. I wish that we could be there to hold him in my arms. I wish that I could have that picture with the cake all over his face. We are going to have a little party here anyways. We are so close to getting him. We missed it by a little over two weeks. Happy Birthday Howie. Mommy and Daddy love you so much!!!

Howie

New Picture

We got a new picture and an updated weight for Howie. If you notice he is wearing the same outfit again. I can't wait to see him in something different. He still weights 16 pounds and he is 29.1 inches long. It looks like he is crawling now which is good. We are just so excited to see him in less than 3 weeks!!!

WE HAVE OUR G&R!!!

At about 9:30am this morning we got the most wonderful email from Katie stating that we have our Giving & Receiving Cermony Date. The magic date is April 24, 2007. We need to be in Vietnam on Saturday the 21st so we will be leaving some time around that date. I don't know the exact dates yet, they are currently being worked on. The time has finally come. Hopefully we will leave in a little over 2 weeks. No more paperwork that has to be completed or moved we are on the homestretch and I will be holding my beautiful baby boy soon. Scott and I are feeling so many emotions right now and my mind won't stop thinking of the hundreds of things that I need to get done before we leave. When I know more of an exact plan I will post again. Thank you to all of your prayers for our paperwork. Please continue to pray for safe travel for us when the time comes.