So Much Catching Up To Do!
Wow has it been a long time in between posts! Not good. This is the time when everything is happening and I should be documenting every minute, but all the preparation for the trip has been keeping me really busy. Busy is always good though. So anyway, whats been going on???
Trying to think back to the beginning........
OK, well, we finished the nursery, and then on Oct 26th my friends at work threw us a baby shower. I was so surprised at how many people came, and how much love and support everyone had to send our way. Not to mention all the great gifts that Tinh got too. After all, they are gifts for the baby. And it was great that Tinhs Grandpa, Uncle Doug and Aunt Courtney, and his cousin Ashley came too. It was amazing to be the one sitting in the chair with balloons having everyone celebrate us and our new family. The family we waited so long for. Thanks everyone for leaving us with wonderful memories of such a special time.
Then after that, well, we were suppossed to be leaving for Vietnam on the 10th. So we were in full swing with packing, and all the down to the wire things that have to be done before leaving home for a while. Not to mention bringing a baby back home with you. We had gotten our travel visas, had our flights booked, plans for Dyna to be boarded at the vets office, Doug taking the cats, George freed up his work schedule, and I had my last day of work planned for Nov 9th, the day before we were to leave.
Our travel itinerary had us leaving NC on the 10th and heading to LA. From there we were to fly to Hong Kong, and then into Hanoi on the 12th. Total time in the air 22hrs.
Here comes the bomb.........
Everything was going so smooth. I guess I should have thought it was going too smooth, but hey, I've been on a cloud for so long now, and so busy that one day is just running full steam into the next. So I didnt see the bump in the road coming. It happened on Nov 3. One week until we were to leave. I was at Doug and Courtneys house with my dad having, of all things, my goodbye and good luck dinner with them. When all of a sudden George calls. Imagine our shock to find that our trip had been postponed for another week. Another week? You might as well make it a month because thats just what its gonna feel like. Are you kidding? We've been waiting and waiting, and now you tell us we have to wait AGAIN?!?!? No way.
Well, just like that all the wind went right out of my sails. This is the thing about international adoption though. Things can change at a moments notice. Sometimes it will be for the better and sometimes not. But all you can do is try to keep a stiff upper lip and your chin in the air, and try to roll with things as they come your way. You have to expect that these things will happen.
The APEC SUMMIT.......
We had known that it was being held in Hanoi weeks ago. All the hotels are booked because of it, which didnt leave much choice for us as to where to stay when we were making our travel arrangements. What no one seemed to realize, was that everything governmental is shutting down during the time that the Summit is going on. So what this meant for us was that no adoptions were being done at all between the 15th and 20th of Nov. So the agency said that we can still fly to Vietnam on the 10th, but we will be hanging around for a whole week with nothing to do. Not a bad idea if we could have swung it. I would have been heading out on Friday in a heartbeat if we could have just to be where Tinh is. But that just isnt possible unfortunately.
Heres a little snip of what the APEC SUMMIT is about.........
The upcoming APEC Summit will be held in Ha Noi, Vietnam in the fall of this year. As APEC 2006 host, Vietnam has selected the following theme to guide discussions throughout the year: "Towards a Dynamic Community for Sustainable Development and Prosperity."
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is the only trans-Pacific forum dedicated to intergovernmental economic cooperation. APEC members account for 57% of world GDP, 45% of world population and 50% of world trade.
APEC's year-round activities culminate in an annual APEC Summit where Leaders adopt a vision statement aimed at achieving stability, security and prosperity for all people of the Asia-Pacific region.
This year, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Ministers will gather for the Annual Ministerial Meeting on 15-16 November. APEC 2006 meetings will then conclude with the APEC Leaders Summit, to be held on 18-19 November.
Trying to think back to the beginning........
OK, well, we finished the nursery, and then on Oct 26th my friends at work threw us a baby shower. I was so surprised at how many people came, and how much love and support everyone had to send our way. Not to mention all the great gifts that Tinh got too. After all, they are gifts for the baby. And it was great that Tinhs Grandpa, Uncle Doug and Aunt Courtney, and his cousin Ashley came too. It was amazing to be the one sitting in the chair with balloons having everyone celebrate us and our new family. The family we waited so long for. Thanks everyone for leaving us with wonderful memories of such a special time.
Then after that, well, we were suppossed to be leaving for Vietnam on the 10th. So we were in full swing with packing, and all the down to the wire things that have to be done before leaving home for a while. Not to mention bringing a baby back home with you. We had gotten our travel visas, had our flights booked, plans for Dyna to be boarded at the vets office, Doug taking the cats, George freed up his work schedule, and I had my last day of work planned for Nov 9th, the day before we were to leave.
Our travel itinerary had us leaving NC on the 10th and heading to LA. From there we were to fly to Hong Kong, and then into Hanoi on the 12th. Total time in the air 22hrs.
Here comes the bomb.........
Everything was going so smooth. I guess I should have thought it was going too smooth, but hey, I've been on a cloud for so long now, and so busy that one day is just running full steam into the next. So I didnt see the bump in the road coming. It happened on Nov 3. One week until we were to leave. I was at Doug and Courtneys house with my dad having, of all things, my goodbye and good luck dinner with them. When all of a sudden George calls. Imagine our shock to find that our trip had been postponed for another week. Another week? You might as well make it a month because thats just what its gonna feel like. Are you kidding? We've been waiting and waiting, and now you tell us we have to wait AGAIN?!?!? No way.
Well, just like that all the wind went right out of my sails. This is the thing about international adoption though. Things can change at a moments notice. Sometimes it will be for the better and sometimes not. But all you can do is try to keep a stiff upper lip and your chin in the air, and try to roll with things as they come your way. You have to expect that these things will happen.
The APEC SUMMIT.......
We had known that it was being held in Hanoi weeks ago. All the hotels are booked because of it, which didnt leave much choice for us as to where to stay when we were making our travel arrangements. What no one seemed to realize, was that everything governmental is shutting down during the time that the Summit is going on. So what this meant for us was that no adoptions were being done at all between the 15th and 20th of Nov. So the agency said that we can still fly to Vietnam on the 10th, but we will be hanging around for a whole week with nothing to do. Not a bad idea if we could have swung it. I would have been heading out on Friday in a heartbeat if we could have just to be where Tinh is. But that just isnt possible unfortunately.
Heres a little snip of what the APEC SUMMIT is about.........
The upcoming APEC Summit will be held in Ha Noi, Vietnam in the fall of this year. As APEC 2006 host, Vietnam has selected the following theme to guide discussions throughout the year: "Towards a Dynamic Community for Sustainable Development and Prosperity."
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is the only trans-Pacific forum dedicated to intergovernmental economic cooperation. APEC members account for 57% of world GDP, 45% of world population and 50% of world trade.
APEC's year-round activities culminate in an annual APEC Summit where Leaders adopt a vision statement aimed at achieving stability, security and prosperity for all people of the Asia-Pacific region.
This year, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Ministers will gather for the Annual Ministerial Meeting on 15-16 November. APEC 2006 meetings will then conclude with the APEC Leaders Summit, to be held on 18-19 November.
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