It's 9:30 Thursday night and I'm not even sure where to start! 24 hours after taking off from Toronto, we landed in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. There were 5 singles/couples on our flight all adopting from Vung Tau through TDH, our adoption agency. We met up with 2 more couples in Ho Chi Minh - 4 baby boys & 3 baby girls being adopted.
We were expecting to take a van to Vung Tau, rest at the hotel, then go to the orphanage Thurday. However, we got off the plane and our representative here said - "Okay! Now we will go get your babies!" So after 24 hours of flying, we took a 2 hour van ride right to the orphanage! Needless to say we were not looking so pretty after all that travelling, but were not going to complain!
So Wednesday afternoon, around 3:00 p.m. we officially met Maiya! When she came into the room she was all eyes and smiles. She came right to me & just smiled & laughed. Since Brett apparently didn't charge the backup battery for the camcorder, we have only the first 30 seconds of the meeting on tape! But at least it's something.
The bad news - our paperwork is still held up which means officially, she's not ours yet. We were told by Friday, but now it looks more like Monday of next week. We'll take a van/hydrofoil back to Vung Tau for the ceremony, then return to Ho Chi Minh to process her passport paperwork.
As for Maiya herself - what can I say! She is beautiful and happy and laid back. She has hardly cried, except for a few seconds when she's tired or hungry. She has big eyes and LONG eyelashes. She has a cute little mouth, and a huge wide-open smile (no teeth yet - but I think it will happen soon!). She's able to hold her head up while she's on her tummy, but her muscle tone over all is weak.
Even in the last 24 hours, we've already seen improvements. This afternoon she actually started engaging with the toys we brought. She'll now reach out for them sometimes, and is reacting to them more and more. It's clear that she hasn't been taught to play with toys/items as she just isn't sure what to do! She is fascinated by the television - The Little Mermaid was on when I flipped through the channels and she just stared and stared!
Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is we think she's pretty amazing! I'll post more about the orphanage later, as it is really quite something and needs more than a few words to describe.
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