And we wait

A lot has happened in the last couple of days. Yesterday we went to visit my friend who returned from Vietnam a week and a half ago. We had emailed each other many many times and talked on the phone in the previous months but had not met in person until yesterday. And of course we met her new baby from Vietnam. She is so adorable and is so easy going. And now I'm even more anxious to go get our daughter. I took lots of notes from her trip, what to take and not take, do's and don'ts. So we should be prepared. I started packing a few small things.

I also found out that our adoption agency, as of today, has suspended applications for the Vietnam program. This worried me until I found out that it's only for new applications. We're fine since we're in the process. It seems that there is an overabundance of families wanting to adopt from Vietnam and the agency can't keep up. So they are temporarily suspending new applications so they can better serve their existing clients. Sounds like a good decision to me. So where does this leave us? Since our dossier is in Vietnam waiting for translation, we're near the top of the list. The question now is how long will it take to get translated? We don't know. I can't imagine it would be too long. I'm still thinking we'll hear sometime in July or early August. So we wait.