We made it!

Wow, the past 24+ hrs are a blur. 16 hrs on our first flight and 2.5 hrs on our 2nd flight. It was okay but I did get antsy and couldn't sleep - even after taking 2 sleeping pills. Full of adrenaline I guess. I managed a 1 hour sleep on the 2nd flight (Hong Kong to HCMC).

We checked into our hotel a couple hours ago. It is nice and comfy with laundry in the room (handy) and a full kitchen. We ordered room service from Highlands' Coffee and it was delivered fresh (and very tasty) 15 minutes later. I thought of Keaton because we ordered shrimp fried rice and that is one of his favourite foods (rice, rice, rice!)

We've unpacked all of our clothes and put them in drawers. We rearranged our 2 suitcases full of donations as we are dropping those to the orphanages tomorrow.

We get Meg tomorrow! We are leaving the hotel sometime around 7:30am and head to Vung Tau which I think is about 2.5-3 hrs drive each way. There are 4 families going - so exciting! Renny and George have a daughter they will be getting from the Vung Tau 3 orphanage in Ba Ria, Vung Tau. Another couple is adopting beautiful twin girls and I think they are at Vung Tau 1. Jennifer and Brad are also coming along tomorrow - they have a daughter at Vung Tau 1 also.

...and then there is Meg! We will go to her nounou's house I believe to meet her nanny and learn about her schedule, personality, likes and dislikes, etc.

We've packed our little diaper bag and a comfy change of clothing to bring her home in. Guess work is what I'm going on to try and pick something that will fit her - we have no idea how big she may have grown in the past month since our last update.

Arriving here the heat hit us immediately...and it was early evening by then. The traffic is also something else. Our big van rode amongst a sea of mopeds and motorbikes. I will have to video tape the action because it is amazing. Whole families are piled on as they weave in and out of the traffic. It all seems to flow though somehow, although it was terrifying to watch as a mom drove by with an infant infront of her and a toddler holding on the back of her. Zoom!

MUST SLEEP.
I will do my best to update (with photos hopefully) tomorrow evening once we have Meg and are settled in a bit. It's baby time!