Travel is booked Viet Nam here (I) we come (again)!!….

Well as of yesterday travel was officially confirmed for August 4….I won't go into the twists and turns of this decision and the travel booking, suffice it to say if you can avoid travelling in August or September, then do it….I am glad we booked to go early because the reality is that we might not have been able to get there when they wanted us to, if we waited any longer…..the G&R is not yet set but there is a "reasonable" timeline suggested though of course this is out of the agency's hands…so we will just have to wait and see how things fall into place….however despite costs being higher and the uncertainty, I am so happy to be going back and to have some extra time there….

I am of course praying that there will be no final glitches in paperwork etc…and that soon Malia Nhi can join our family and we too can embrace her.

For now there is excitement, joy, fear, stress, wonder, humility, frustration and happiness.  I am especially hoping that all the details will be sorted out so that soon the only emotion I will open myself to is to falling in love with my new daughter.  Love doesn't come instantly when we adopt, for me and Matteo I definitely embraced him from the moment I met him, but my love continues to grow as I get to know the little person he is….I am sure so too with Malia Nhi as she is new to us and we are new to her, it might take time for all of us to grow in love….but we are ready for this journey to begin for sure!!!  We are so ready!! (not that everything is ready physically but emotionally and psychologically we are there!)