In Hanoi

We made it to Hanoi yesterday afternoon.  Unfortunately, much of the day was spent like this:

Aaron likes to be held and walked around and basically freaked out if we so much as sat down for a second.  Luckily, that is getting better.  He is turning out to be a great plane baby, at least on the two short flights we took so far.  He falls asleep during takeoff and sleeps through the flight until we get up to deplane.  He also seems to enjoy the business class lounge.  Who doesn't?  

Our place in Hanoi is a great two bedroom serviced apartment with carpeting that he can crawl on.  We slowly worked up to not screaming when put on the floor.  It was Ferberizing for floor, what Michael termed "Berberizing".   Aaron has his own bedroom where his baby cot is (Vietnamese term for crib).  We all slept much better last night and he woke up in a good mood.  

We met Nikki from Mandala yesterday and she is taking all of our paperwork to the Embassy today.  She said we should plan on an appointment in the afternoon on Wednesday to finalize his visa.  After that, we are free to leave for home.  Today, Mike is going to get in touch with Korean Air and try to sweet talk them into changing our tickets.  We are very anxious to get home.  It has been a good experience, but we would all benefit from being in a permanent place with a regular schedule.  It has also been a challenge to figure out the washer/dryer unit here in the apartment.  We are very good at using the one at home.

I don't recall when this picture was taken, but it is so cute!!!