http://adopt.normanfam.net Updates on our adoption from Vietnam Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:45:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has now been 3 months or so since we have been home from Vietnam. It has been a busy and crazy couple of months too...between two weddings in New Orleans, a birthday, a baptism, and one big family trip. We went back and forth to New Orleans for the ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=84 I can't seem to get the photo thing to work yet while I'm here. But I think the easiest thing to do is to post my pictures out at our family site. Be sure to go check it out. I'll try to keep it updated with pictures ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=83 We think we may have finally gotten Hannah on her regular schedule at night! My Mom and I experimented with her schedule a little bit the last two afternoons by keeping her mostly awake the whole time instead of letting her sleep 4 hours or more as she has ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=82 We are finally home! We survived our first night home after the 40 hours of traveling and waiting in airports. It took a while for the jet lag to take affect because we had so much adrenaline when we first arrived. We came into Jackson about 9 am. ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=81 For those of you that were hoping for an updated blog about our sweet homecoming, I am sorry to disappoint you because we are stuck in Hong Kong.  Our first flight was turned around 1/2 way through due to poor weather conditions in Hong Kong.  We spent all of the ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=80 Our bags are packed, we are all clean and ready for our journey home. We ate a late breakfast with Charmin and Jim at Highland's Coffee, then took a leisure (and very sweaty) stroll back to the hotel for the last time. We plan to check out of ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=79 The music they had was great and the instruments themselves were even more interesting. "Dragon Dance", start of the show. "Catching frogs" Some of their little stories were just cute...he caught the girl by accident. "Harvest festival- returning to the native land after college graduation" Harvest festival as well. "Phoenix dance" (Phoenix, lion, dragon, ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=78 The chocolate fountain with fruit like strawberries, kiwi, pineapples, oranges, and also marshmallows was one of my favorites treats. My top was probably the bread pudding. For just a few dollars more than the buffet you can get the high tea, which includes this 3 tier tray of fruits, sandwhiches, and ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=77 Yesterday was a wonderful day! We were determined to celebrate our soon-to-be freedom! Yesterday afternoon Patrick had to pick up our airline tickets, but as soon as he got back we went with Jim and Charmin to a late brunch. Our plan was to head to Paris Deli again ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=76 Our interview yesterday was a piece of cake. We only had to wait over an hour for the other group of 4-5 families to go before us. But we had the beloved Joyce interview us this time instead of Greg. The other families found Joyce to be ... http://adopt.normanfam.net/?p=75