More pictures of the world's cutest baby girl!!!

These are pictures that were taken this week, so this is what our sweet baby girl looks like right now! We think that she is absolutely adorable and can say that because we had nothing to do with it! Again, I just have to thank the family that took these for us. It means so much to us to see that she is doing well and appears healthy. We are so happy and ready to go get her!!!!

happy,smiley, and beautiful

One of the families in Vietnam saw Vy today. They emailed that her "smile will melt your heart" and that she is a very happy girl. They also said that her referral picture just doesn't do her justice. They will have pictures of her for us soon!!!!! I am so glad to know that she is happy and is engaging the people around her. It is tough to "know" her and not to know her at the same time, so the updates are truly life lines. Thanks Amy!

So what now?

Sorry I haven't posted for a while. Here is what happens now--

1st Our acceptance papers are forwarded to the Department of International Adoption in Hanoi (they were mailed yesterday from Dillon)
2nd The DIA will send a letter to the local justice dept. in Ninh Thuan. This lets the province know we want to adopt Vy.
3rd Vy's paperwork -- her dossier, is compiled by the orphanage and sent to the DIA in Hanoi
4th The DIA looks at our dossier and her dossier and then they are sent to the child's local justice in her province.
5th They the local justice reviews the dossiers and sends them to The People's Committee.
6th They review both dossiers and then set the Giving and Receiving Date which is when we will know we can go get her. The Giving and Receiving Date is the official adoption ceremony.
We should have two weeks notice before we travel. Steps 1-6 should take between 3-6 months roughly.
More waiting... how fun.