Life With My Little Prince: Camau Orphanage Afternoon Visit 11/30

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Camau Orphanage Afternoon Visit 11/30

The little girl in orange/pink stole my heart

Aiden being rocked in his hammock

3 comments:

The Girl said...: great pictures! Thank you!; December 03, 2008 7:51 AM
Maria said...: Ok, so where can I get me one of those hammocks? :-) I get sad everytime I see photos of any orphanage -- it's such a reminder of our extreme fortune in the US and the extreme poverty elsewhere. So very sad!; December 03, 2008 7:02 PM
Erica said...: Ok, this is going to make me sound like a jerk, but was I the only one to notice the boy in the first photo yanking on his boys??? Golly I love travel photos!

Actually, they are quite lovely. I just want to hug as many of the kids as possible. It's heartbreaking to think that many of them will never have families. I bet it is probably very difficult for the children to watch people pulling up and driving away. I'm glad you have the photos as a reminder.; December 03, 2008 11:25 PM

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12/13/08 Journey Complete after 513 days!
12/13/08 Arrive Home!!!
12/12/08 Leave Vietnam
12/9/08 Receive Aiden's passport and visa!
12/9/08 Visa Interview
12/7/08 Fly to Hanoi from HCMC
12/2/08 Visa medical appointment
12/2/08 Apply for Aiden's passport/visa picture taken
12/2/08 Fly to Saigon from CaMau
12/1/08 Giving & Receiving Ceremony
11/30/08 Fly to CaMau and meet Aiden Bao!
11/29/08 Arrive in Vietnam
11/27/08 Leave for Vietnam
11/18/08 Travel dates confirmed
10/27/08 I-600 preliminary approval!!!
10/7/08 I-600 receipt received
10/3/08 I-600 filed
9/3/08 Referral Day!
9/1/08 MOU expires
9/1/08 Official Referral Confirmed!
8/15/08 Heart of definite match
8/3/08 #2 waiting for referral
5/9/08 #2 waiting for match
4/29/08 #7 waiting for match & referral
4/25/08 Vietnam adoption world turned upside down. Vietnam will process referrals made by September 1, 2008.
4/14/08 #7 waiting to be matched
4/14/08 #8 waiting for referral
3/26/08 #8 waiting to be matched
3/26/08 #12 waiting for referral
3/14/08 #8 waiting to be matched
3/12/08 #16 waiting for a boy
2/25/08 #17 waiting for a boy
2/18/08 DTV!
2/4/08 #22 for a boy
1/28/08 DOS posts warning about adopting from Vietnam
1/21/08 Dossier to San Francisco
1/18/08 Dossier to Agency
1/17 & 1/18/08 Dossier State Certified
1/11/08 HS #2 approved
1/7/08 HS Draft 2 received
12/29/07 mailed app to agency #2
12/29/07 I-171H received!
12/10/07 Fingerprinted at USCIS
11/21/07 HS sent to USCIS
11/20/07 Agency Approved HS
11/12/07 Agency is holding all dossiers after Dec. 1
11/9/07 Federal Background Clearance received- FINALLY!
10/31/07 Requested 2nd Dr. letter
10/24/07 USCIS changes filing process for I-600
10/22/07 Re-fingerprinted for FBI
10/17/07 HS draft received
10/16/07 Mailed Contract to agency
10/5/07 Local Police Clearance Received
10/4/07 Physical for HS
10/3/07 Home Visit
10/2/07 Fingerprints for State/FBI
9/28/07 Filed I-600A
9/26/07 Homestudy Office Visit
9/21/07 Completed my 4 pre-adoption classes
9/21/07 Received Welcome email from agency
9/18/07 Application Mailed
9/6/07 Registered for Pre-Adoption Courses
9/4/07 Final call to "the" agency
8/25/07 Attended adoption seminar
7/20/07 start agency research

Aiden's Words!

got it, oh cool, hippo, hot dog, airplane, carrot, fruit, okay, cool, star, flower, candy, treat treat (trick or treat), cheese, please (17 months)
apple, dark, plane, no, Ko Ko (Kody), keys, cookie (16 months)
cracker, boat, truck, hebwo (hello), boom, Pabo (Pablo from Backyardigans), hat, pop pop (popsicle), bye bye (15 months)
ball, uh oh, off, hot, cracker, neigh neigh, pop, pa pa (will only whisper it), hi (14 months)
go, up, duck, all gone, car, quack quack (13 months)
mama (11 months)
more (about 10 months)
signs: more, please, thank you, milk, all done, fish