Sorry for sending you so many pictures! There were so many
cute ones-I didn't know which ones to leave out :)We arrived in Hanoi on Monday morning (which was Sunday evening your time). The city is very different! It takes some time to get used to it all...the hotel is beautiful, though! The breakfast is wonderful! (Of course, food is my main priority). We spent the first few days sleeping and getting used to everything and then yesterday we got to see the baby! We drove about 3 hours into the mountains and went to the orphanage. We all waited in a
room together and finally a young woman showed up with Isabella in her arms! I knew it was her from all the hair! She is so tiny and sweet and wonderful. She actually smiled at me...I swear those eyes looked right into my heart. It was instant love at first site for all 3 of us. She was very clean and very well taken care of. They let me change her into an outfit Elisabeth picked out but they didn't put a diaper on her. I figured she could hold it :) Not true....about 45 minutes later, I felt something really warm running down my leg. She peed everywhere! Of course, I could have cared less! We changed her into her first real diaper and then kissed and held her some more. She fell asleep at one point. She never cried once and seemed completely happy being held by us. She has long fingers and long feet! Her hair is adorable-at one point I
even put a barett in it! I can't wait to get her home and dress her up in all my favorite outfits. She is very petite and even the 0-3 month outfit was big on her. It was heartbreaking to give her back to her caregiver when we had to leave. I kept running back to kiss her while the caregiver was pumping her little hand to wave goodbye to us. They do not like her in the sun or in the way of the fan or wind. We had to sit in a hot corner most of the time but it was fine-as soon as the caregiver was looking the other way, I would move under the fan to cool us off :)We are back at the hotel today (it is 8:00 in the morning on Thursday as I type
this, which is 9pm Wed your time-we are 13 hours ahead!). We are now going to breakfast and then off for really cheap Vietnamese massage. Tomorrow we go back to Lang Son and fill out the formal paperwork, see Isabella again and then return to Hanoi for the weekend. We thought we would be getting her tomorrow but we have to wait until Monday or Tuesday-hopefully Monday!We miss you all! We will send more pictures after we see her tomorrow. She really is the most beautiful thing, besides Elisabeth, we have seen in 9 years!!!
Love you all!
Catherine and Todd
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