BUSY BUSY

Well, we have been extremely busy since we've been home. Van had a lot of blood work, xrays and tests done on Tuesday. It took 4 nurses and about 5 pricks to finally get enough blood to run some tests on him. He is clear of everything so far and seems very healthy. We are still waiting for the results of one test that seems to take a little longer. Van had been wheezing, so he has been using a breathing machine for the last few days, he's not liking it!! He is breathing better, his first experience with KY crud made him sick I guess. Hopefully we can quit using the machine on Monday if he is a lot better. We went back to the doctor today and started his immunizations and got a flu shot. He just took some motrin and is sleeping right now. He is getting so busy, he likes to follow you around and he wants to be held more. In this picture he is sitting on Race bouncing up and down on Race's belly. We will try to change his name next week and then on to applying for his SSN and etc. We will meet with our social worker on the 16th for a Post Placement visit, we will do three of these in the next year and then it will be yearly until Van is 18. The reports from these visits will go to Vietnam and they help Vietnam see that we are taking care of Van and that encourages them to keep their doors open to Americans adopting their children. The laundry, lunch, etc. is waiting on me! He liked walking down the toy aisle in Target yesterday, he likes anything that play music. We tried to get a little Christmas shopping done and were able to mark a few names off of the list. We plan to get a tree next week, it will be exciting to see how Van responds to the tree and lights.

Julie