Appointments, appointments, appointments

The families were all talking today about how we haven't eaten lunch any of the days yet...it is a busy, busy schedule. Still, I'd rather it be that way any day rather than being here longer and possibly missing Christmas. (We'll arrive home on Christmas Eve.) I'm certainly not complaining!!

Today we went to apply for Norah's passport and then to the hospital to have each baby in the travel group checked out for their medical exam (for the visa). The doctor who did the exams was so nice...I appreciated how he explained things and showed obvious care for the babies. He looked at Norah's arm and first thought it was a birthmark, then looked at her without her shirt and at the initial medical report and mentioned a "proliferation of vascular" something or other. If I understood his English, he still called it a hemangioma and said "not a birthmark because of the size difference". Her right arm is about 1 cm larger than her right in circumference...this holds true for around her wrist as well as further up her arm.

Anyway, we know she'll be checked out by Dr. S at the International Adoption Clinic when we get home for the final verdict. The most important thing is that she can move it just fine and uses it appropriately.


She's such a sweetie. I keep saying that, but I don't think there's any other way to better describe her personality. She's just sweet! She is showing us more of what she's able to do, too. Today she kept giving me kisses. Is there anything sweeter than that? :)

Later after naps, we are taking a taxi to the Tax Trading Center to look for some baby things. We soooo need a teething ring. Tomorrow is a free day - we'll be taking a tour that Diep told us about...to My Tho, along the Mekong River.