Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Small Update

Sorry I have been away from the blog world for so long. It's just been very hard to post the "we're still waiting" post. Currently we are awaiting our "letter of invitation" from Vietnam. It was expected two weeks ago, then last week, & now this week. Once that letter comes in, we are to be in Vietnam within 30 days.
Our agency has informed us that flights to Vietnam are booked up over Christmas, and the first week of January looks somewhat the same. It is expected that travel will be mid January.

We plan on decorating our house for Christmas. We have the lights up outside, but are waiting to decorate the tree. Seymour (our cat) LOVES to climb the tree & sit in it. I'm not ready to deal with that, so the tree will be going up last minute. It took some time to decide if we wanted to decorate for Christmas this year, it's hard to be in the Christmas spirit. After some thought we decided that Owen would have loved the lights, so the tree must go up!
Oh and of course Santa will still be visiting our house this year to drop off baby Owens presents. They will be waiting for him when he gets home.

And now why I can't put the tree up early...

Last Years tree Before....



And After.....

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awe, that picture is priceless:) You should see my little tree hee hee. Good luck with the letter this week.
Beckie

Jules and Danny said...

It was a pretty tree, especially with Seymour in it! You and hubby will hear soon... that infamous word! Perhaps we will have some good news to share in the near future too! My tree is up! I am feeling very Christmassy! It's the season of hope.
Jules

R&H said...

I'm really hoping you are able to travel soon, you've waited so long!
Heather
tovietnam.blogspot.com

Teresa and Norm said...

Nixxy Cat!!!! I am glad you decorated. It is a hard time of year when the wait is so intense. We too neever imagined it would be another Christmas without our child. The waits are so hard. It sounds like good news is on the horizon for you though and I can't wait to hear MORE!!!! Have a great holiday season!!! And thanks for always sending me some encouragement too!

Leslie & Shaune said...

i've been thinking and wondering about you. i'm sorry you won't make it there for christmas but you can celebrate in january. i'm glad santa is still dropping off owen's gifts :) start spoiling him early ;)
that cat is a hoot. i don't think i've ever seen anything quite like that before. haha.

hope you get that last step done soon and can start booking your flights.

Anonymous said...

I've been thinking of you two a lot recently. We're all keeping our fingers crossed for you to get your letter this week. I keep looking at his pictures and I can't wait to squeeze those adorable little cheeks.
Thinking of you and wishing you all the best for the holiday season!!!

Cheryl and Craig

bluefairy said...

Hi,
I'm glad to hear that you are finally getting close to bringing little Owen home. He may be a little belated but there is not doubt that he will be the Christmas present ever!.

Take care and peace to you and your family.

Bluefairy

Tasha Kent said...

What a novel concept.. a catmas tree!

Hopefully you'll be traveling soon!

Carissa said...

I love the cat in the tree! Also, I hope you get your letter soon! Mid-January would be amazing!

Destination Motherhood said...

sorry to hear about your delays. Here's to a new year and becoming a family!