Sharing our Gotcha Day with Cindy & Jeff

Today we started with a bit of shopping again. We headed to pick up the formula the caregiver told us they were feeding Thuy, via Mom interpreting. They kept telling us she was taking Lilac. So we went to the Intimex to find Lilac. Well, there was no Lilac, but there was Enfalac, Dielac, and Frisolac. So which one was it? We stood there forever trying to decide. Saying who knows what she's been getting and if they were even mixing it correctly. But I just couldn't let go of being told by everyone not to switch the formula till we were back home. So I was really worried about choosing the wrong one. Here we are intelligent people and we can't pick a formula. There was a VN lady in the isle who kept pointing to the Enfalac and saying "#1, #1 Mead Johnson." So we just gave up and left in frustration feeling like parenthood is already hard if we can't even choose a formula correctly. But we did cheer ourselves on the way back to the hotel buy purchasing a neat lamp for Thuy's bedroom. Mom then met us at the hotel with Similac in hand and told us that was what the caretaker was telling us. So, who knows. Maybe we can take the can and make sure that's right. If not, worse case scenario we'll switch her to Similac now, that's what we have waiting at home in HI anyway. Any diarrhea should be cleared up in the 2 wks before we leave, right?

Mom took us to eat lunch today on the sidewalk as we call it. A lunch of noodles, veggies, and grilled meat all for about .75cents each. And it was absolutely delicious.

We called our coordinator this afternoon to find out if he'd heard anything definite about our G&R. He said it is scheduled for Friday June 1st!!!! Yeah.... we have a date!!! And this is Aunt Cindy & Uncle Jeff's birthdays that we'll be sharing our Gotcha Day with and we couldn't think of better company to share our special day!

So to get ready for our big day we hopped on the bus and went over to our Aunty's neighborhood and she took us all to have our hair washed and face massaged for .60cent. It was a lot of fun and felt relaxing too, not to mention the cool water felt nice. And Bill got his hair cut at the local barbershop, which is really just a salon chair outside on the corner of a building, but very cozy and still had that fun local barbershop vibe. Bill also bought some new duds since he didn't pack enough clothes. I teased him he's trying to blend in better. Although our family told us they can't bargain well when we're around.

Tomorrow the agency is taking us to the Silk Factory which should be a lot of fun and help us pass the time till Friday morning at 0500 when we head to Lang Son. So our hair is washed and our hair is cut, we're ready for you Thuy, .....can't wait to take you home forever!