Lots and lots going on

Wow. I can't believe it has been two months since I lasted posted. We have truly had so much going on. First for the big news. I finished my dossier at the end of January. While it normally takes about two weeks at the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C., I managed to have it there over the Tet holiday so it took mine four weeks to get back. But after this long wait, my dossier was submitted to Vietnam on March 1!

And then just days later I received that magical call from my agency - they had my referral!!! I held my breath as they emailed me pictures. And then suddenly, there he was! My son!!! I know I am a proud mom, but he is just beautiful!!! He has the most amazing eyes. I'm not posting pictures of him here since it is a public site but once the adoption is complete I will.

I immediately printed out the pictures and took them with me when I picked up Abby from school. I will never forget the look on her face when she saw his face for the first time. It was a combination of wonderment, excitement, pride, and pure love. She is truly going to make the best big sister.

Henry was almost 6 months when I received his referral at the beginning of March and we will travel to Vietnam in hopefully June or July. He will be 9 or 10 months by then. The wait is already extremely hard and I know it will just get harder. The one good thing is that my agency does send new pictures as they can. It is just difficult to watch him grow and change when I wish he was already here.

I have so much more to update but will have to catch up a little each night. Until then, here are a few pictures of my girl from the last few months.

Ready for Christmas Eve service at church. And ready for Santa later!

Painting a picture for Mommy.

Playing dress up with our friends in Charlotte, NC. Lots of kids and lots of dressing up make for a very fun weekend!

Abby is very into dressing up these days. Especially as a princess.

Abby picked out this outfit to wear to her friend Alyssa's 4th birthday party. I love it!!