We received new measurements today. Nieman is now 19.8 pounds and 28 inches. We have NOT received any new photos yet, but the agency is pushing the orphanage to take some new photos of all the children. I hope to get a picture of him in the clothes we sent.
We are still waiting on news of how the Director visit to the provinces is going. He arrived on Monday but no news yet. This visit could greatly impact the advancement of our progress. He hopes to make a "push" in the direction of getting these children home. We are still unsure of our timeline but keep hoping that it will happen as originally thought, in November sometime.
I will post any new picture as soon as we get them.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Thank you
Chris and I want to thank everyone who came to or sent a gift to our shower. We appreciate the support and love that everyone gave us yesterday. It was a great day and we truly enjoyed spending it with our friends and family.
We also want to thank Michelle and Greg for the location, Lauree, Joe and Sheila for the food and Liz for the preparation, decorations and beverages. You guys made the day very special. We love you all.
This has been a long and difficult process and the fact that everyone is so understanding and welcoming to our new addition is a relief and blessing. Thank you for coming to the shower and supporting us and our new addition to the family.
I can't wait to spend the time going through everything again to see all the cute things that Nieman has waiting for him. I also can't wait to organize it all so that we are ready to travel and for him to come home.
We also want to thank Michelle and Greg for the location, Lauree, Joe and Sheila for the food and Liz for the preparation, decorations and beverages. You guys made the day very special. We love you all.
This has been a long and difficult process and the fact that everyone is so understanding and welcoming to our new addition is a relief and blessing. Thank you for coming to the shower and supporting us and our new addition to the family.
I can't wait to spend the time going through everything again to see all the cute things that Nieman has waiting for him. I also can't wait to organize it all so that we are ready to travel and for him to come home.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Nieman gets new clothes
This week we were able to send somethings to the baby. The Executive Director/CEO of our agency is traveling over to Vietnam on the 8th of this month. He was willing to take a gallon sized zip lock bag of items to each of the children in our Providence.
We wanted to get Nieman some new clothes. The last couple picture we received of him he was wearing the same outfit. We assumed this was because the orphanage just doesn't have a variety of clothes to put on the children. I bought him a cute pair of plaid shorts and a little bodysuit with a front loader and the word DIG on it. I also bought him a jersey type shirt with a soccer goal on it. It said One goal, one net. I paired that with a pair of grey sweat pant material shorts.
I also threw together a little scrapbook/photo album for him. I put a couple pictures of us and other family members. I labeled the pictures in English and Vietnamese. Finding the translations was difficult but I made it work. I threw in two pairs of socks and a "teether toy". I was surprised it all fit but very happy, also.
This was the closest thing we've come to connecting with our child since we saw his picture for the first time. It was a weird feeling knowing for sure that the items we bought were actually going to go to him. We are only 23 days into our "60 days" for our next step, the I-600 approval. We still have some time to wait before we are able to travel. We hope that with the director visit it will start moving those in front of us along that when our "60 days" is up, we will travel right away. Everyone keep our fingers crossed.
We wanted to get Nieman some new clothes. The last couple picture we received of him he was wearing the same outfit. We assumed this was because the orphanage just doesn't have a variety of clothes to put on the children. I bought him a cute pair of plaid shorts and a little bodysuit with a front loader and the word DIG on it. I also bought him a jersey type shirt with a soccer goal on it. It said One goal, one net. I paired that with a pair of grey sweat pant material shorts.
I also threw together a little scrapbook/photo album for him. I put a couple pictures of us and other family members. I labeled the pictures in English and Vietnamese. Finding the translations was difficult but I made it work. I threw in two pairs of socks and a "teether toy". I was surprised it all fit but very happy, also.
This was the closest thing we've come to connecting with our child since we saw his picture for the first time. It was a weird feeling knowing for sure that the items we bought were actually going to go to him. We are only 23 days into our "60 days" for our next step, the I-600 approval. We still have some time to wait before we are able to travel. We hope that with the director visit it will start moving those in front of us along that when our "60 days" is up, we will travel right away. Everyone keep our fingers crossed.
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