Good News...

We spoke with our pediatrician on Monday and she let us know that we should not be worried about the bump above little Van's eye. She said that it is likely just cosmetic and she is not at all concerned about it. She told us that he looks "vunderful" she Russian, so that really means "wonderful".

Our agency sent all of our paperwork to Vietnam on Monday afternoon. I don't expect that they will get it until early next week. Once they get it, our facilitator in Vietnam (Ha Crick) will have it translated. After the translation is completed it will be submitted to the Vietnamese government for approval. I think they have 2 weeks to review and approve it. After that it will be sent to Van's orphanage with instructions for them to provide documentation that Van is legitimately an orphan. That can take up to 30 days. If we understand the process correctly, the orphanage then submites the information back to the government and they then give us a date to come to get Van. I think we will get about 2 weeks notice for travel.

So please pray that things go quickly and smoothly as our paperwork makes it way through the process in Vietnam. We just can't wait to get Van home!

Below are pictures of Van's Orphanage courtesy of another adoptive parent who adopted a little girl from the same orphange in 2002: