Happy Birthday Mommy!!!

Today was Alyssa's birthday!! Zachary gave her a special birthday gift, his precious smile. He wore his 'I love Mommy' onesie and was such a good boy all day.










One of the highlights of today -- besides the lunch buffet at the hotel :) -- was our trip to a shop called Vietnam Quilts (http://www.vietnam-quilts.org/), which is a non-profit company that hires local women to create beautiful quilts. With very reasonable prices and a broad selection, we were able to find Zachary some special quilts for him to have in his room growing up - just some of the many local items we hope to get for him while we are here!










Also, we think we have learned how to post video to an external hosting source. Check out:

http://picasaweb.google.com/alyssahershman/Videos.

So far, we have had a chance to add just three videos: 1. Zach's pooping video from today-- :); 2. from the pool earlier this week; and 3. a special video from the day we first met Zachary at Ba Vi. In that special video, the nanny that is holding him was the nanny that cared for him most at Ba Vi, and she obviously had a deep bond with him (just remembering her sadness and joy as we left Ba Vi that day brings tears to our eyes immediately). She, and all of Zach's nannies, will always have a very, very special place in our hearts. We hope to be adding more videos as soon as we can...