For those who know us, know how long and arduous our adoption journey has been. There has been great joy and great sadness and the most apt metaphor of our journey so far would of course have to be a roller coaster. We now hope we are finally on the last leg and that soon we will finally be the parents we have so long hoped to be.
A bit about us: I (Meg the main blogger) am a lawyer currently in between jobs (looking forward to my next job of mommy although the "lawyer" job search does continue) and Pat (Patrick) is a civil engineer who works for the City of Ottawa. We live in Old Ottawa East (or Centretown technically). We moved to Ottawa 3 years ago from Halifax. Pat is from Cape Breton and I am from everywhere and nowhere lol.
We began our adoption journey soon after moving to Ottawa and joined our agency TDH in January of 2007. As mentioned there were some bumps along the road but in on July 31, 2009 we were matched to our little son Tran Van Thang (we will be naming him Van Thomas Green-Lewis). Van was born on July 21, 2009, the year of the water buffalo, hence the blog name :), in the province of Hoa Binh in Northern Vietnam. We received our first pictures of him when he was a week old. In the pictures he is actually 3 days old! Any adoptive family will tell you how rare and precious these early pictures are! We received some updated pictures of our handsome little guy at the beginning of October. We look forward to posting all these pictures once we are in Vietnam and the giving and receiving ceremony has been completed and we are finally a family of 3 (well, 6 if you include our 2 cats and dog...whose pictures we can post...:) Pepper, Huxley and Chibi all waiting anxiously for their little brother.
We look forward to sharing our journey with you from this point on! Our biggest hope is that we will be leaving for Vietnam before Christmas, but it is more likely that it will be January. We will try to keep posting before then...for our own sanity lol.
Welcome to blog world! I look forward to following your journey.
ReplyDeleteHello Guys....not sure if we've officially met Meg, but I have been hearing about your long journey and the bumps along the road you have had from my Mom. I am Pats' cousin Arlene. I am glad to hear that finally you may be coming to the end of your long journey and that you will be a happy family. i look forward to seeing your pics when you post and hope you are able to get your new addition Van as soon as possible. Good Luck and God Bless!!!
ReplyDeleteArlene
Thanks Megu and Pat for sharing the details of your journey with us -- I admire your strenght and positive outlook throughout this whole process! I think it's a good idea to capture these important moments as it will permit you to look back on it later with Van who I'm sure will appreciate and cherish having these memories...
ReplyDeleteVan, I also look forward to meeting you and to being a part of your life as one of your parents' good friends! ;0)
Cheers!
Am
xox
Hey Guys,
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to meet the little water buffalo. We are all praying that this journey will be successful, and know that you will be the greatest Parents!!!
Take Care,
Joan xo
Hey Meg!!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you! Cant wait to hear when your travel date will be!!
My old offer still stands, if you need me to hand deliver anything to TDH let me know! I am back at work full-time so I can meet you anytime in Ottawa!
Sophie
Dear Van,
ReplyDeleteWe are SO glad to hear about you, you can't even imagine. We have lots of friends from Vietnam but every last one of them is a girl. We have a lot in common - we have 2 cats and a dog too, and our birthday is exactly a year and 2 days before yours, so we are all Cancers. We are looking forward to seeing you at the great parks and playgroups around here.
Love,
Max & Vanh
(& Oliver, Elektra, & Shadow)