Another Day

Another day has come and gone. Although it was not quite as exciting as the two previous days, it was filled with new adventures nonetheless.

Last night Liam went to sleep around 8:00PM. He goes to sleep so easily. He slept in bed with us and seemed quite at home. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we had figured that he would have a harder adjustment than he has.

We woke up about 1:00AM crying for the first time ever. He had a dirty diaper that leaked…YUCK. So we changed him and fed him again. He was right back asleep again. He slept until almost 6:00AM. He woke us up by is laughing and playing in bed between us. It was very cute

Breakfast has become our favorite meal of the day here… It is the only meal where they have food choices similar to what we can have at home. We usually eat bread, fruit, and eggs. I am very happy with it since it is the only meal of the day where I don’t have rice or noodles. I am growing increasingly tired of them! The last few evenings I have only had fruit for dinner. I am sure it is good for me…I hoped to lose a few pounds while here anyway.

We have free time until we return to Saigon on Sunday. It is nice to have time to relax and enjoy our son. After breakfast today, Liam went back to sleep for a few more hours. Then we went swimming. He just loved the pool. We played in it for a few hours. He cried a little when we left.

In the afternoon, our lawyer arranged a tour of the Cham Towers. They were built the 1200’s by the native Cham people. It was a place of worship to the late king because he had done so much good for the people. Today they are ruins, but still very beautiful. Then we went to the Cham Village nearby and watched them make pottery. We bought a small pot to bring home. Hopefully it won’t break. In case you were wondering, it seems that the Cham people were the first to inhabit Vietnam. I would compare them to our Native Americans. They practice Hindu to this day, and are the only group in Vietnam to do so.


After the visit to the Cham Towers, we went to the Market place in Phan Rang. It was very crowded. People flocked around us. Most had never seen white people. Many people pointed and followed us. They were very intrigued at why we had Vietnamese children. One lady even tried to take Liam from Chaunta (even though he was strapped to her in Baby Carrier). Our translator told us that she was saying he was beautiful and that she wanted to take him. He did say that she was joking though. Although it didn’t feel that way since she followed us through the market for about 3-4 minutes. We have learned that the Vietnamese people are baby crazy. They love babies. People constantly try to hold Liam. We always decline, since we are trying to get him used to us being his care givers. But they are very persistant, and sometimes no isn’t enough. They just try to take them from you. Our translator explained that even if we were Vietnamese, people would still do that. They just love babies.

We were very tired after a long day of site seeing, and laid down for a short nap. Unfortunately, our short nap turned into 3 hours. We are really hoping that it doesn’t mess up our schedule. We just finally got rid of the jet lag.

More about Liam…

Liam crawls on all fours sometimes, but mostly he army crawls. He pulls himself up on furniture. He smiles all the time, and he smiles with his eyes. His hair is long for a boy, and so soft. He likes to jump in your lap, and he loves to be bounced. He loves his tongue. He often sticks it out and licks us. He loves attention. He loves to be held. He is independent, and likes to hold his own bottle. He loves food, any food, anywhere at any time. He is not picky. He is eating the baby food that we brought (even peas). He also eats fish, shrimp, calamari, squid, pork, chicken and beef. He just loves food…he will fit in with our family well. He prefers his mommy, but likes his daddy too. He often says DA DA, but I am sure he doesn’t know what he is saying. He loves to talk, he makes all sorts of sounds and seems to enjoy listening to himself. He knows just how to cheer Chaunta up when she is sad and missing Aiden. He likes to be rocked to sleep…Chaunta is doing that now.

SLEEPING

BAD HAIR