Thanksgiving Video

Here's a video we took at Thanksgiving! We have five new babies in the family, and this is three of them. We have pictures of all five that I'll post later. It's really wobbly, but I know that family will want to see it anyway. The babies are Lexi (14 months), Eddie (9 months), and Allie Jo (5 months).

Pics from Giving and Receiving Ceremony

Nanny giving Eddie one last bottle....she really loved him lots! We are so grateful to her.

People's committee building where ceremony took place

Right after we "got" the baby--w/ orphanage director

Official adoption decree

Eddie with his nanny

Getting his pants changed--he got his other ones wet--note the OU pattern!

All three babies with their nannies

Some random pics

Baby Lucille--brand new daughter of friend at work =)

Eddie and Daddy sleeping--Eddie naps here almost every afternoon

Eddie and his friend Lya who was also adopted in Vietnam--this picture was taken in September

Little froggie

Since I'm up, I might as well put one cute picture up! More to come soon.

Marble Mountains

Quick post and then I must get to bed! Here are a couple of pictures of us at the Marble Mountains. Here's what wikipedia says about it:

Marble Mountains (Vietnamese: Ngũ Hành Sơn; "Five elements mountains") is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngu Hanh Son ward, south of Da Nang city in Vietnam. The five 'mountains' are named after the five elements; Kim (metal), Thuy (water), Moc (wood), Hoa (fire) and Tho (earth).

All of the mountains have cave entrances and numerous tunnels, and it is possible to climb to the summit of one of the peaks. Several buddhist sanctuaries can also be found within the mountains, making this a famous tourist destination.

Me in a Buddhist Temple

Eddie and Buddha

More Trip Photos--Orphanage Visit Part 2

Here are the last of the orphanage photos.

Orphanage Director and Eddie's main nanny

Daddy making Eddie smile =)

Three new mommies!

Older boys loved playing with our cameras! Here they are taking pictures of each other.

Cute little boy

First time I held Eddie

Hello again!

It's been soooo long since I posted! Life has been crazy with a new baby and the holidays and starting a new job. But I'm vowing to do better about posting from now on! I was going to post some new pictures, but I can't find the camera to upload them. So....here are a few new-ish pictures, and some more from our trip. I'm still not done uploading those!

Before I post the pictures, here's a little update! We are all doing well. Baby Eddie is eating all kinds of new things and doing really well. He's "creeping"--crawling with his tummy on the ground and going all over the place. He's also started pulling up on things to stand up! He still falls down a lot, though, unless we help him balance. It's so cute! He is getting two teeth on the bottom....mostly they don't seem to bother him, but for about two days he was totally grumpy and slobbery and clingy, and I think that was the problem. It seems to be over for now.

I started my new job today--I think I'm going to like it a lot! Everyone was nice and they gave me a sock puppet--they have a tradition of giving one to every new librarian. Funny. Plus....it's only 14 hours a week! Woo hoo!

Now for the pictures--


This is Eddie with his friend Cici. As you can tell, he loves other babies! I think he might be trying to kiss her in this one. So cute!