Monday, July 16th

We had a good night last night, Logan slept the whole night through - well, his version of the whole night through (8:00pm - 5:00am). We had a minimal-activity morning; just went for a walk. At 11:30, Scott and Logan went to the US Immigration Office for an interview. Logan was great on the trip there and in the waiting room. Then, almost on cue, just as the lady called our names he started to cry. And cry. And cry some more. He cried through the entire interview which I'm sure made it shorter. Basically they just wanted to know if anything had changed from my homestudy and whether we had any troubles with the orphanage or the adoption agency. It took about 5 minutes. There was a slight problem in that they lost Dallas' fingerprint information, but hopefully that has been taken care of. We can't leave with him until they find it.

As soon as we left her office and were back in the waiting room, Logan stopped crying. He was cooing and giggling and just in a really good mood. It was kind of like he was very proud of himself.

Dallas used the free time to go back to the Ben Thanh Market for some more haggling. He found some items and squeezed some ladies for every penny he could. While he was there, a Vietnamese man came up to him and started talking to him. He told Dallas about his sister who lives in Atlanta and how nice it would be to have American friends (Americans are like rock stars here!). He put his phone number in his cell phone and wants Dallas to come and have dinner with his wife and kids. If you want to come to a place where they LOVE Americans, take a trip to Ho Chi Minh City.

After we got back to the apartment, Logan and Scott took a nap. We hung around the apartment the rest of the afternoon and then went to dinner with the group. We're back now and Logan just got a bath. Now he's sitting in his bouncy chair having a good time kicking (he's a big fan of kicking) by himself.

Some good news - Allison (one of the other children from our group) is back from the hospital. I'm sure her parents are very relieved. It looks like she's going to make a full recovery. Her parents are very nice people and we wish them the best.

So that was our day today. Talk to you tomorrow.