Cara's room is done

Well...Cara's room is done. Everything that is going on the walls is up. The crib and changing table is put together and is up. There is currently a love seat in the room. Hopefully, it will be gone soon. I have ordered her a six drawer dresser (white) and will go where the love seat is. The last picture above is of her mobile that is hanging under the canopy, above the crib. I can't wait to see Cara in it. The little "things" on the walls around the wings are little fairies. You can see a them better in the clock picture. Our dossier has made it through notarization, certification and now authentication. It was delivered to World Child International today at 10:42 am.

Updates

Well it is hard to believe that it has been almost 2 weeks since we first received Cara's pictures. We did get an updated medical report. All is good. She weighed 11 lbs and was 21 inches. We both have put her picture on our computer desktop. So every time I sit down at my computer I get to see her beautiful little face. I (and some other folks) have been shopping! I have bought a lot of pink. I am so excited to be buying pink! We finally got all of our paperwork done (that we have to do to this point). It is sitting at the Vietnam Consulate as I type, to be authenticated,(they are closed celebrating Tet, Vietnam's new year). From what I understand though, they will be opening back up on Tuesday, 20th. From there they will go to our agency to make sure everything is A ok and then to Vietnam. After that I am not sure what happens. Initially, I was going to go to Vietnam to get her and Bill was going to stay home with the boys. However, since we have received her picture and shared it with our family and friends, a number of people have volunteered to watch the boys so we could go together. God is so good!

As far as what is going on otherwise... Well... It snowed here all day yesterday. There was no school yesterday or today. The boys did go out to play in the snow for about 10 minutes, but since it is only in the teens, much colder with the wind chill, they could not stay out too long. Not much else going on, normal everyday stuff. School vacation is next week. I am hoping to take the boys to the big hill in Gorham to go sliding. Should be lots of fun.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is our new daughter. I don't have a lot of facts about her, but here is what we know:

Her name is Tran Thi Hong Chau soon to be Cara Jeanette Trask. She is in an orphanage in south Vietnam. (I was told the name of the city, but I was so excited I forgot.) She was born 11-1-06. "She was brought to the emergency room after being born at home and the cord was cut in the emergency room. The baby weighed 2 kgs at birth (about 41/2 lbs) and was transferred to the orphanage about a month later weighing 4.4 kgs (about 9 lbs). Don't know her weight right now but she will have a general check up tomorrow at Columbia." (direct quote from case worker)

We received the news last night about 7pm. We were not home at the time. So we did not get to see her picture until about midnight last night. We are just so excited! The expected travel time is in April. I will post more information as we get it.

We praise our Father in Heaven for this wonderful gift and His never ending blessings.