Building Families Through The Miracle Of Adoption

Sep 11, 2008

Change of plans---GREAT! RESPONSE MAILED TO USCIC in HO CHI MINH CITY---PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!

Jason just changed his travel plans and will be staying an extra day! He has Halle-Grace fever BAD! He will now leave at 11:00pm Saturday (Hanoi time) vs. tonight at 6pm (Hanoi time). He is REALLY excited to spend one more day with Halle-Grace. He is in LOVE! I cannot stress what a wonderful dad her is! He does it all!!! Last night...two stinky diapers.

Last night when we returned home from downtown we received an email from our attorney's office saying she had reviewed our response (married with parts of her response) she approved and it was mailed!!!! We are VERY thankful and praise God that the process is moving along! Now is the time...if you have not said a prayer or 10,000 please do so!

We want to come home and allow Halle-Grace to officially start her "new" life at home!

Hannah, I am sorry you fell at school. I am just thankful you didn't have to go back to Carolina Ortho. Nanny found you some surprises last night and you will love them!

The streets in Hanoi are set up by "items" such as....a bag/luggage row, a jewelry row, a silk street, even a plumbing street! SO much shopping to do and AWESOME prices!!! We purchased Halle-Grace 6 of her Adoption Day/G&R Day gifts for less than $30.00 and that includes a painting, dolls and other items that I have to keep a secret (one day Halle-Grace will be able to read this as I am printing this for her "Story book".

More from rainy Hanoi later!!!

We miss and love you all!

The Devines in Vietnam

Too much fun for a day!!!








We have been on the go and BUSY! Having so much fun with Halle-Grace.

Today, we picked up her Vietnamese passport, played with nanny, went to the water puppet show and now we don't want to go to sleep!!!

Aunt Suzie just called and talked to us and heard Miss Halle-Grace entertaining everyone! Hannah, we want you to know that Halle-Grace LOVED her "gabby" dog and purse! Aunt Suzie, she loved the books and Granny...the sleepers were just about perfect...a little big but everything is big on the tiny miracle! Granny and Kay Kay we can't wait for you to meet Halle-Grace! We miss you all!!!

We finally have a family photo together. Nanny took it for us at the water puppet show. We will have one made without mommy in a hat...later.

When we returned to the Somerset tonight the staff had surprised us with beautiful flowers and decorated Halle-Grace's high chair for the Mid-Autumn Festival that is kicking off!!! Hanoi is VERY busy!

And finally, Jason bought Halle-Grace's wedding gift tonight and I cried!!! I think the lady in the store thought I was upset that I was not getting the price I wanted on some other gifts...LOL...nanny was too busy looking at handbags *imagine that*

A full day...tomorrow, we are not looking forward to as Jason leaves for the US, however, we must move closer and closer to the day Halle-Grace and I will arrive on US soil!!! PLEASE PRAY THAT IS SOON, VERY SOON!

We love you all! Granny...thank you SO much for taking care of our Gabby girl!! We miss her!

The Devines in Vietnam