It's Official!

What a day!

Today was the giving and receiving ceremony. This is when the Vietnamese Government recognizes Cindy as Trey's mother and gives her custody of him.

The trappings are pretty much what you would expect, government officials in a dingy room, papperwork and a lot of signing of her name. As I sat there and watched I was overcome by the significance of the moment. One part of the journey Cindy has taken to start her family has finally ended and the next, much more important part has just begun.

What a lucky little boy.

I expected the 4 hour bus ride back to Saigon to be, to say it politely, well... LOUD...with a lot of crying babies. Wouldn't you know it, not one of those three babies made a peep. Each of them sat in their mothers arms and were content as can be. I swear, infants must have a built in radar and know when someone loves them.

Now we are back in Saigon. Our new hotel room is a suite, we had to make room for baby...who is at this very moment sprawled out sleeping in the middle of the biggest bed in the room. It's very nice. Even nicer since Cindy went down to the front desk to get some one to come fix the air conditioning. Turns out we didn't turn it on. Whoops!

I'm feeling a little spent, so I'll sign off. After Cindy downloads her pictures I'll post some more.
Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers,

peace-
Sandy