December 15, 2007
My Journey in Vietnam has come to an end.
Evie and I arrived home safely on Thursday evening despite the raging snow storm and horrendous traffic you all had to deal with here in Boston. The trip was virtually uneventful after what we had been through the last 3 months.
We had a little delay in Hanoi, when it became necessary to explain to the Immigration officer why my Visa had expired. Nga assisted me in talking to the officials and after paying them a $33 fine I was allowed to go.
Evie loved her first class plane ride home. The flight attendants loved her and couldn't have been more helpful to me along the way. In fact everyone was very helpful. Many people helped me with my bags, gave me words of congratulations and entertained the baby on occasion.
We are both a bit exhausted. She has slept a big part of today and i just awoke from and hour nap. WE have also had some visitors. Evie is handling that o.k. but of course after spending so much time alone with me you can only imagine how bonded we have become. She has started to let others hold her....if and only if I am close by. She loved her cousins today. They were a big hit playing peek a boo and "so big" with her. She also seems to be quite attracted to men and will more easily let them hold her. The car seat experiences have yet to be pleasant. She can't seem to understand why mommy can't hold her on her lap anymore while riding in the car. She felt the same way when i strapped her in her high chair at first, but then realized she was going to be fed and therefore tolerated the confinement.
We will spend the week settling into our home, resting, unpacking and visiting all of our friends.
We will also have a little time to prepare for the best Christmas ever!!! We are home with our family and it is a joy to share with all of them my daughter. I couldn't have asked for a better present then to be given her Visa and sent on my way.
Thank you all for you continued support of my journey. It certainly wasn't what I had been expecting, but it was the best journey of my life. I have always wanted to be a mom and nothing could have kept me from Evelyn......she is my sweet little girl and I would have fought to the end to bring her home. I am glad I didn't have to continue fighting any longer.....but believe me I wasn't leaving Vietnam without her. Some day I will share with her all of the memories we shared there. I have many, many pictures to show her and lots of stories to tell. THis blog will become a lasting documentation of this journey and your comments will become part of the story!!
This will be our last entry, but certainly not the end of my journey. The next chapter of my life with my daughter can now begin and I am hopeful it will be less dramatic than it has been but not less magical!!!
Good bye from Concord!!
love,
Sue and Evelyn
Evie and I arrived home safely on Thursday evening despite the raging snow storm and horrendous traffic you all had to deal with here in Boston. The trip was virtually uneventful after what we had been through the last 3 months.
We had a little delay in Hanoi, when it became necessary to explain to the Immigration officer why my Visa had expired. Nga assisted me in talking to the officials and after paying them a $33 fine I was allowed to go.
Evie loved her first class plane ride home. The flight attendants loved her and couldn't have been more helpful to me along the way. In fact everyone was very helpful. Many people helped me with my bags, gave me words of congratulations and entertained the baby on occasion.
We are both a bit exhausted. She has slept a big part of today and i just awoke from and hour nap. WE have also had some visitors. Evie is handling that o.k. but of course after spending so much time alone with me you can only imagine how bonded we have become. She has started to let others hold her....if and only if I am close by. She loved her cousins today. They were a big hit playing peek a boo and "so big" with her. She also seems to be quite attracted to men and will more easily let them hold her. The car seat experiences have yet to be pleasant. She can't seem to understand why mommy can't hold her on her lap anymore while riding in the car. She felt the same way when i strapped her in her high chair at first, but then realized she was going to be fed and therefore tolerated the confinement.
We will spend the week settling into our home, resting, unpacking and visiting all of our friends.
We will also have a little time to prepare for the best Christmas ever!!! We are home with our family and it is a joy to share with all of them my daughter. I couldn't have asked for a better present then to be given her Visa and sent on my way.
Thank you all for you continued support of my journey. It certainly wasn't what I had been expecting, but it was the best journey of my life. I have always wanted to be a mom and nothing could have kept me from Evelyn......she is my sweet little girl and I would have fought to the end to bring her home. I am glad I didn't have to continue fighting any longer.....but believe me I wasn't leaving Vietnam without her. Some day I will share with her all of the memories we shared there. I have many, many pictures to show her and lots of stories to tell. THis blog will become a lasting documentation of this journey and your comments will become part of the story!!
This will be our last entry, but certainly not the end of my journey. The next chapter of my life with my daughter can now begin and I am hopeful it will be less dramatic than it has been but not less magical!!!
Good bye from Concord!!
love,
Sue and Evelyn
Love, Tricia (Comment this)