Well, I would say about 70% of Sophie is peeling off like a snake now so that means she is getting better. She has been much happier. We stayed int he room all day yesterday except dinner with another family at this great restraunt set ing th courtyard of an old buddhist temple. It was a great atmosphere and good food and Sophie slept the entire time. We don't have any plans for t0day offically but will probably ventrure into the old quarter for some more shopping and possible go to a place called Craftlink where local artisans gather to sell goods.
Sophie is adjusting so well. She is starting to nuzzle us and let us really cuddle her. In the beginning she was very resistant to that. She has started loooking for us when she wakes in the mornign for about 10 secs before she screams for her bottle. She is so beautiful crusties and all. By the way her face has cleared up tremendously and we are able to see our little girl once again. She talked for about an hour last night and she just smiles and laughs. Because she slept from 530-745 last night she did not want to go to bed. Eventually about 1100 she gave up the ghost, slept till 130, had a bottle, slept til 430 had a bottle, slept til 630 had a bottle and gave us a little treat by going back to sleep until 930 this morning!!! She seems to grow every day. It really is amazing how resiliant babies are. Please continue to pray for us that she stays well and that our last embassey interview goes well.
We have planned to tours with the other families. Since we are stuck in country and have become peasants living out of our hotel rooms we have decided before we all turn into the shinning we must do something. Chris and I joked that when we get home we are going to move all of our beds into one room, I will wash all of our clothes inthe kithcen sink, and we will buy an electric kettle and live off of Ramen Noodle and Easy Mac for the rest of our lives!! I am getitng good at this one room way of living I will at least have the perception that I live in a palace when I return. And I won't even have to pay every time I use the internet!!.
Life is good. God is Good all the time and all the time God is Good.
Live from my one room shack/shanty town,
Summer
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Friday, October 06, 2006
Adeventures in VN part Duex
Well, as it turns out the rash was not harmless and was actully scarlett fever steaming from and infection in the bed sore on the back of her head. We had our first good scare as parents and took her back to the SOS international helath clinic where she saw an American Pediatrician from Duke, Dr. Melissa. Dr. Melissa was kind enought o call and check on her this morning. Oddly enough she never ran a fever the entire sickness. Now all the VN people think we let her get sunburnt as her skin will peel off which is normal with Scarlett fever. She is playing now and much happier with a few doeses of antibitotics which will continue.
We had our first interview with the Embassy yesterday and it was pretty painless. We won't be able to leave before next Thursday as the person who processes Visas will be out of the office until then. So we are looking at a week from Monday or Tuesday to return home to the US.
We have made good friends with the family in the hotel with us and have found a good little cafe that eat dinner at most nights.
All in all thigns are good now that our Sophie is feeling better. She looks crusty, but is at least happy again.
We can't wait to get home and see everyone. However, since we are going to be stuck here for a few more days we will take a few tours (don't worry we will make sure she is all the way better).
Love from Vietnam
and Sophie says Peace Out
Summer
We had our first interview with the Embassy yesterday and it was pretty painless. We won't be able to leave before next Thursday as the person who processes Visas will be out of the office until then. So we are looking at a week from Monday or Tuesday to return home to the US.
We have made good friends with the family in the hotel with us and have found a good little cafe that eat dinner at most nights.
All in all thigns are good now that our Sophie is feeling better. She looks crusty, but is at least happy again.
We can't wait to get home and see everyone. However, since we are going to be stuck here for a few more days we will take a few tours (don't worry we will make sure she is all the way better).
Love from Vietnam
and Sophie says Peace Out
Summer
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Adventures in Vietnam
Well we are feeling a little more at home in our new surroundings. We know how to tget the the health clinic, because Sophie had her physical there and we had to take her yesterday and this morning becasue she has developed a skin rash. But the doctor said this morning it is nothing to worry about. They thought at first it might be an allergic reaction, but decided it was just a begnin rash that babies sometimes get. So we are venturing out this morning to do a little laundry and then plan on going to a lake nearby this afternoon to see a bridge and a pagaoda out on the lake. We have been going to the grocery store on a regular basis to buy water and such as it is much less expensive than at the hotel.
Sophie is still great. She has been a little fussy but we think she may be starting to teeth. She is trying so hard to roll over and she gets her self sideways in the little crib in our room at night. She is adjusting great to us and is starting to look for us when she wakes. She has learned that crying almost always gets a response so she does it sometimes just to see if we will jump and of course we say how high!! Her sore is getting better with regular bandage changes and she eats really good. I never could have phathomed the love you can have for a child. I don't even care when she wakes me out of a sound sleep and in fact I am happy to get up and tend to her. Chris is just wonderful with her as well. And she loves his deep voice. He tries to talk baby talk to her and she gives him the stink eye. But if he talks in a regular voice she is mesmerized. Also you all will get a laugh out of this she cries everytime I sing, but falls into a deep sleep when Chris sings!!!!
We have been hanging out with the other families quite a bit and ate dinner like real humnas last night at the restraunt.
You can check out more pics on photobucket.com. I am not sure what the name of the file is but when I find out I will post it on here.
Back to baby and laundry.
Summer
Sophie is still great. She has been a little fussy but we think she may be starting to teeth. She is trying so hard to roll over and she gets her self sideways in the little crib in our room at night. She is adjusting great to us and is starting to look for us when she wakes. She has learned that crying almost always gets a response so she does it sometimes just to see if we will jump and of course we say how high!! Her sore is getting better with regular bandage changes and she eats really good. I never could have phathomed the love you can have for a child. I don't even care when she wakes me out of a sound sleep and in fact I am happy to get up and tend to her. Chris is just wonderful with her as well. And she loves his deep voice. He tries to talk baby talk to her and she gives him the stink eye. But if he talks in a regular voice she is mesmerized. Also you all will get a laugh out of this she cries everytime I sing, but falls into a deep sleep when Chris sings!!!!
We have been hanging out with the other families quite a bit and ate dinner like real humnas last night at the restraunt.
You can check out more pics on photobucket.com. I am not sure what the name of the file is but when I find out I will post it on here.
Back to baby and laundry.
Summer
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Sophie is Ours
We completed our adoption on the VN side on Sept 29, 2006 and have been enjoying our Miss Sophie since then.
She is so beautiful and so sweet. She had a bad night the second night with us and I guess she was just completely worn out because she slept for 12 hours last night, only waking for bottles.
She is such a good baby and for the most part easy except the second night in which she apparently did not like our choice of clothes for her and she cried like mad for two hours until we removed said clothing. She is a good eater, sleeper, burper, and really cries very little except for the necessities. She poots alot like her daddy!!!
She has not had any time on her stomach in the orphanage so we have been trying her on her stomach using our travel pillow and she seems to be tolerating it better. She let both of us for the first time last night hold her stomach to stomach while she slept.
I think we are bonding well she laughs at both our voices and tracks us around the room. The only time she is still a little unsure is when she first wakes up and she needs a little reassurring.
Last night I really was overwhelemed with emotion for her. She was a little fussy after her second bottle and did not want her crib so I held her stomach to stomach and she let me and nuzzled my neck and found her fingers and slept there sweetly for about two hours. I love the way she grabs for our hands now when we feed her and laughs at our silly baby noises. I am getting good enough sleep, but don't feel tired as somehow motherhood gives you energy. I feel like I could stay awake all night just watching her sleep.
She is not a passy baby. She liked it at first, but then not. We are teaching her to find her fingers and she is gettingthe hang of it.
The journey to her was very very very bumpy. The road was a one way for about 100 miles of the trip with oxen, water buffalo, motor bikes, bikes, and people all sharing the road without trying to kill each other. The orphange was clean and the caregivers very attentive to the children. Many of them became overwhelmed with emotion as they gave us our babies. The place was very clean and well kept and they helped us to learn our babies schedules and habits.
Our hotel is great and the staff are so wonderful with the babies. We are in the shopping area and have many little outdoor markets selling everything from bottled water to live frogs.
I need to go now and let Chris have a break.
Sophie is wonderfula nd she cannot wait to meet everyone.
Summer
She is so beautiful and so sweet. She had a bad night the second night with us and I guess she was just completely worn out because she slept for 12 hours last night, only waking for bottles.
She is such a good baby and for the most part easy except the second night in which she apparently did not like our choice of clothes for her and she cried like mad for two hours until we removed said clothing. She is a good eater, sleeper, burper, and really cries very little except for the necessities. She poots alot like her daddy!!!
She has not had any time on her stomach in the orphanage so we have been trying her on her stomach using our travel pillow and she seems to be tolerating it better. She let both of us for the first time last night hold her stomach to stomach while she slept.
I think we are bonding well she laughs at both our voices and tracks us around the room. The only time she is still a little unsure is when she first wakes up and she needs a little reassurring.
Last night I really was overwhelemed with emotion for her. She was a little fussy after her second bottle and did not want her crib so I held her stomach to stomach and she let me and nuzzled my neck and found her fingers and slept there sweetly for about two hours. I love the way she grabs for our hands now when we feed her and laughs at our silly baby noises. I am getting good enough sleep, but don't feel tired as somehow motherhood gives you energy. I feel like I could stay awake all night just watching her sleep.
She is not a passy baby. She liked it at first, but then not. We are teaching her to find her fingers and she is gettingthe hang of it.
The journey to her was very very very bumpy. The road was a one way for about 100 miles of the trip with oxen, water buffalo, motor bikes, bikes, and people all sharing the road without trying to kill each other. The orphange was clean and the caregivers very attentive to the children. Many of them became overwhelmed with emotion as they gave us our babies. The place was very clean and well kept and they helped us to learn our babies schedules and habits.
Our hotel is great and the staff are so wonderful with the babies. We are in the shopping area and have many little outdoor markets selling everything from bottled water to live frogs.
I need to go now and let Chris have a break.
Sophie is wonderfula nd she cannot wait to meet everyone.
Summer
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