Big Day

Hi all,

Today we've been taking advantage of a divine appointment and meeting. Before we left home we had posted on all our online adoption Yahoo groups our travel dates and asked if anyone was traveling around the same time since everyone ends up in Hanoi at some point. Another family had almost the exact same schedule as us and was also planning on staying at the Somerset Hotel where we are. We said we'd try and hook up when we all got here by email since both families were by themselves. So I emailed them our room number and it turns out they were right next door in the neighboring suite. So we've been hanging out a lot together since dinner yesterday. We're even the same ages except the guys vary by 1 year, so pretty funny.

Today we all headed to the Old Quarter to explore and shop. The babies did really well. Our friends' little girl is 8 months. Haven slept really well in the stroller we bought. A little later since we were all hot we checked out the pool. Haven was not impressed. We'll try and get pics. up as soon as we can. I bought Haven a couple of different the traditional Vietnamese outfits, the Ao Dai and a conical hat. Mike thinks we should be done with shopping, but there's more on the list. LOL Fortunately, things are pretty cheap.

Tonight we had a change of plans and are staying in. Haven has been a pretty spitty baby, but tonight she spit up her entire bottle and over the past days it's getting less and less liquid and more and more curdled. Last night she also had a bad episode but nothing like tonights. Everyone needed an immediate bath tonight. Sorry for the gross description, but we're getting concerned and would appreciate prayers. Tonight there was a 2" diameter projectile. That just can't be normal. So we've decided to switch her formula right away and will see how she handles that tonight to the Vietnamese version of Enfamil which she'll be getting when when we get home anyway. It's also for her age. Otherwise we'll probably take her to the S.O.S. Western Medical Clinic tomorrow. She's also dealing with the normal cold the kids all get with experiencing air conditioning as well.

We're really not sure the orphanage showed us the correct formula can for whatever reason or accidental. She's had problems with her formula including that first bottle they sent us with. First, there was the marathon of dirty diapers and horrific diaper rash. Then the spit-up keeps getting worse. It was a formula for 6 months and older so I've had my doubts from the beginning.

So please pray for all of us.

Love to all,
Shae