Second last night in Vietnam....

...still all feels a bit like a dream...Matteo asleep in the other room, having a so so night...we were going to try to get to the market but it was not to be....it is so hot out there, and we are definitely not enjoying Ho Chi Minh city as much as we enjoyed vung tau....it is so congested, so loud, and noisy...not to say it was noisy in vung tau but there were special perks that aren't here....now the Somerset is wonderful, like the special door man who greets Matteo Bao with such a lovely smile and joy at seeing usnand calls out "Matteo Bao" and sometimes gets a smile from Matteo......and we've had some lovely experiences, visiting Vietnam quilts for christmas decorations was great but so was meeting a fellow Canadian who was from Calgary but who has been living in Vietnam with her husband for the past 4 years...she offered us a drive back to the hotel, and Matteo loved it, he talked to her all the way home, cooed and even sang...the driver was even impressed...of course they haven't witnessed or heard Matteo's other kind of singing...when he is screaming so loud, all because I'm not getting his milk fast enough....note to Somerset staff, maybe you should add small fridges to the bedrooms so little boys will be happier sooner..

...anyhow Matteo and I are still getting to know each other...he has already seen my short patience when I'm tired, and I am starting to decifer which he is screaming about, his diaper, his stomach, or plain, he's bored....anyhow I am writing this as I am awaiting Loan to come up later to deliver Matteo's Vietnamese passport and his adoption documents...as I really don't have any of these at the moment!!...only his Canadian passport...so tomorrow I will pack our final bag, and then make arrangements to transfer us to the airport Monday morning....

....alright Loan just left and I now have all the remaining documents, his Vietnamese passport, his adoption documents etc... so final preparations to get the the airport will be made tomorrow.... and D. is here at the Somerset hoping to see her tomorrow, our final day..

....so I still can't believe it....just an update on Matteo Bao, my little boy....his two front bottom teeth have burst through his gums, so that is good, he is sleeping better through the night...still wants to drink his formula, but drinking more of it and eating some rice cereal so he is sleeping better, without as many small cries that he was making at first...he is now enjoying bath time and loves playing a little in the water but as I don't have bath toys he still isn't playing much but at least he is not screaming with being near water....he does still love to be out and about but definitely as I mentioned there is some much going on here that it is sensory overload for him at times and he gets wound up and harder to calm him...so while we will be sad to leave Vietnam, we aren't sad to leave Ho Chi Minh, and will definitely come back to stay in Vung Tau and enjoy more of its beauty....so one more day and then we will make our journey to the next phase of our lives and a new path of two....