the days are cruising by...

Hi all

It is Thursday evening here in Hanoi. The past two days have been pretty fun! The weather has not cooperated and it rained most of yesterday and part of today causing us to redo our plans. Yesterday morning we found the local supermarket. That may not sound too exciting to most (including me!) but when I can have a little control over what Trey eats I feel a bit better. Plus it allowed me to stock up on crackers giving me freedom to roam with my boy without him screaming! In the afternoon we went to the Water Puppet Show. It is very cool and has a long history in Vietnamese tradition. Trey thought it was ok but really preferred the entire package of crackers it took to keep him quiet so I could watch it - good thing we found the market!

We roamed the Old Quarter for a while after the show which is amazingly beautiful. Makes me want to strap on the running shoes and do a loop or two. We had dinner down there and then back to the hotel to crash.

Today we spent the morning re-doing our hotel situation. We were being way over charged and so had to make some changes. All taken care of but we lost the morning as we switched things around. We more than made up for it this afternoon! Back down to the Old Quarter where we had a great lunch of ice cream. Then we hit the shopping area. Seriously - anything you want is there. One street was just silk. One was shoes. It is really cool - and this from a gal who does not like to shop!

Tonight we had dinner with 3 other families. It is Katie's last night. I am so sorry to see her go. What an amazing friend to fly across the world just to meet my son and help me out. Although she would not change a poopy diaper for the entire 2 weeks she was here she was still a great help! Things are going to change a lot tomorrow as I am more on my own. I still have the other families to help - and they are all wonderful people. But it will be different to not to have the help I am used to. Between Sandy and Katie I have been well taken care of.

Hope all is well at home and the snow is lightening up. If it isnt I hope you are getting out to enjoy it! I wish I was there to do a bit of snowshoeing!