Will we ever travel???

Brad and I were pretty bummed about not getting our travel invitation earlier this month. Eventually it became very clear to us that there was no way we were going to be spending Christmas with our son. So, being the good wife that I am, I rented us a cabin at Chicot State Park this past weekend. I thought it would be great for us to get away and just not think about the adoption for a few days. And it was; we had a great time. We fished (can you still call it fishing if you don't even catch one fish, not even a nibble?), hiked, and had dinner with a family of racoons. It was nice. I got some really good pictures. I'll try to post them tonight.

Well, I might need to book another one of those weekends since we got even more bad news on Monday. My agency called me to advise that they had finally gotten word on the status of our paperwork. It turns out that one form was missing so nothing has been processed yet! Can you believe that - I still can't. One stupid form and the government there sits on our paperwork for a whole month before telling anyone. Who would have thought it would be late January before we get to travel? And that's IF we don't have any more setbacks. Sometimes it feels like this is just a pretend adoption. The kind where you do all the paperwork and fork over thousands of dollars but never actually get the child.

Hopefully, things will move quickly now and we can travel in January. It would be terrible if we get delayed anymore and have to travel during Tet, the VN new year. From what I understand they shut the whole country down for several days, which would obviously mean a much longer stay for us.

Hope everyone is ready for Christmas...ready or not! Brad and I originally intended to only buy for the kids but this week we decided to do some more shopping. We are in the "Seize the Day" kind of mood. Can't wait to see everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Raegan