Playing Brangelina

While in Viet Nam, we were able to visit a couple orphanages. The first orphanage we visited was for children considered unadobtable. These were mostly school age boys and girls and a lot of them were either deaf, mute, or for a few very unlucky ones, both. Once these children reached the age of 18, they were either taught a trade or sent to college which the government paid for. The next orphanage we visited was for newborns up to toddlers and these children were adoptable. According to one of the ladies working there, the average time for the adoption process in Viet Nam was 1-2 years. Angelina Jolie's took four months and they want to try and tell us she was treated like everybody else. Uh huh. I'm not complaining, though. At least she's over there adopting and trying to make a difference. At the rate his daughter's-in-law are currently going, this picture may be the only chance my dad gets to see all three of them holding babies. Nicole and I actually discussed the adoption process while on the trip and set a quasi-deadline for trying it. It looks like we may wait until mid to late summer and see what, if anything, happens by then. If there's still no baby on the horizon, we'll most likely start looking at adopting a baby from Viet Nam. It'll probably be a girl so Nicole can stop playing dress up with Hazer.