Update and pictures

You can tell that I'm busy, I haven't posted in a while. We're still trying to get the household organized. Everyone seems to be adjusting well. Ava is finally starting to sleep better at night. Last night was 7 hours. Wow, it was so good to get some sleep myself. So I'm up early this morning trying to do some work. We are so glad to be home. We were gone 1 day less than 3 weeks, and that was too long to be away from the boys. Nate told me he doesn't want us to adopt anymore because he doesn't want us to be gone. I totally understand. It was hard on me too.

Yesterday Ava had a dr appt with our pediatrician. He said she looks great, she's well proportioned and has gained 1 lb in the last 2 weeks. He wants to do some further checking on her liver, kidney and spleen. He said her liver feels hard, would could be a sign of hepA. If so, it can be easily treated. And he also felt something near her kidney or spleen that he wants to have checked. So she had some blood drawn and today has an ultrasound. I'm a little nervous about this. We should know the results by the end of the week.

Here's a picture from the orphanage. The older children at the orphanage were sitting around just watching us.

Typical Vietnam housing/storefront. They have their shops in the lower level and live upstairs.

A view from our hotel room window.Typical traffic in Hanoi. It's crazy. It's like this all the time.

More Hanoi traffic. This was in the shopping district. Cross the street at your own risk.

I have a whole photo album with lots more pictures. So when you see us you can see the rest.