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Big news in the Moore family, the biggest news.... our G & R date is May 28th!! This is the day Vietnam will officially recognize us as Thuy's parents. This is the day we sign the magic book to become this little angel's parents forever! We were told yesterday to apply for a visa to enter the country May 25th. These things always change and are usually a little later than we expect, so we were thinking we'd really leave a week or so later for Vietnam, but lo and behold we received the sweetest email tonight that said we had to be in Vietnam by 27th at the VERY latest, because our G&R is the 28th! We are now in overdrive around here. Running around, getting things done. All this time I'd been pacing myself, trying not to get too excited and buy too much, but all of a sudden we've got a To Do list a half mile long. Its not easy becoming new first time parents on an international trip.

Today we are copying tax forms, gathering our necessary adoption paperwork, downloading the camera CD to the laptop so you can see pictures on our blog while we travel. We also purchased an advent bottle with drop in liners to make it easier to carry formula while we fly the long distance back to Hawaii, and are thinking about things like Ziploc bags to pack so if she pukes all over her clothes while flying, we'll have an easy way to contain the messy wardrobe.

Fed Ex delivered a cell phone to us today that can be used in VN. A very kind fellow world child family, Ed & Peggy, who recently returned with their TWO babies from Vietnam, are allowing us to use theirs. This will come in handy when we're waiting to hear about embassy interviews in VN. This will keep us from having to wait around in our hotel room for hours on end just waiting for a phone call. So thank you again Ed & Peggy, we really appreciate it. And thank you so much Marci for helping us coordinate the mailing.

Okay, got to run, got more To Do lists to make.