Mommy (Me) post:
Sarah Ni has been picking up some new words. The nannies at the orphanage were working with her with a few words and associations. She likes to look at the photo album we sent her and point to a picture and then to us and say our family title in Vietnamese, understanding about mom (me), dad (ba), and brother (anh). She has been repeating some English words occasionally and chatters to us in Vietnamese most of the time unless we get around someone new and she gets quiet and shy. Last night a woman asked her in Vietnamese if she speaks the language and she answered her no. Everyone thought that was kind of funny. Last night she called Isaac by name for the first time; it was so sweet as she figured this out. Then she found him in the photo album and instead of saying brother, she said Isaac. We thought this was fitting since Isaac named her.
Daddy (Ba) post:
Sarah will answer us when we say, "I love you". She says "I love you, yaaaaa". Her pronunciation is just too adorable. Even though she is bonding well with all of us, we found out yesterday that me is definitely "the one". Sarah will come to ba without hesitation and gives big hugs and kisses on the cheek, but when me tried to leave us yesterday for a few minutes, Sarah would have none of that. We had just returned to the hotel lobby from the medical exam. Kelly and Isaac were going to pick up a few items at the store across the street and ba was going to take Sarah up to the room. Kelly told her goodbye and I headed to the elevator in the lobby with Sarah in my arms. She immediately started to whimper and cry, so a quick switch and I went to the store instead.
Sarah is such a blessing for our family. We feel so fortunate that she has joined our family and couldn't have asked for a better addition. I guess we must be doing something right or God would not be treating us so well. This is talked about a lot in the adoption community and I have also experienced people saying to me how lucky a girl Sarah is. That is how most people who haven't adopted tend to view things, but those of us who have, definitely know it is the other way around. We are the lucky and blessed ones. It was with mixed emotions that we left the orphanage with her. The orphanage co-director had to hold back tears as she spoke to us about Truong Ni and how special she is to the staff and hoping that Sarah can someday return for a visit. We will give her a family, but she also is leaving her country and rich culture behind. Vietnamese are an extremely loving and friendly people. We will do our best to raise Sarah with the knowledge and appreciation of where she came from. We are extremely grateful to Vietnam for allowing us to bring Sarah Ni into our family.
This in on the van ride when we picked Sarah up Monday. We introduced her hat to her by putting it on her bear. She took right to it and really hammed it up when we put it on her.
Heading out for a day on the Mekong Delta.
I'm not sure what this person was hauling.
Working in the rice paddy. 
Nap time on the way to the delta.
Sarah looked at our photo album as we rode to the Mekong Delta.
Sarah loves to play with my sunglasses. If I have them hanging on the front of my shirt, she'll take them off, open them, wear them for just a few seconds to get a reaction from us, then she takes them off, folds them back up and puts them back on my shirt.
Our guide speaks to Sarah in Vietnamese.
A fish farm in the river.
We never knew there are so many uses for coconut. This man removes the outside layer, which can be used to fuel the fire that they use to cook the candy.
You can see the pile of shell used to heat the candy.
Isaac watches as the lady prepares some coconut candy for cutting and packaging.
This new bridge will open next year.
Isaac hands some food to a Gibbon.
Checking out a monkey. 
Sarah holding the hand of our CHI representative. They are very close and Sarah is really attached to her.
There was a wide variety of flowers on Unicorn Island.
Sarah samples some of the fragrances of the island.
Sarah with her tea cup.
Sarah tries a rambutan.
While on Unicorn Island, we sampled a variety of fruit, including, (clockwise from top-center), pineapple, grapefruit, bananas, rambutan and dragon fruit. The center bowl is salt and ground chiles that Vietnamese dip sweet fruit in to balance the taste.
A rambutan half peeled. It is sweet and delicious.
Isaac tries the python on for size.
Sarah watches as Isaac has the python on placed on his shoulders. She wasn't too thrilled with the snake.
The python didn't want to stay in front for a photo with me. 
Sarah didn't like it, but she tolerated me(mom) having the snake on her for a short time.
Another pretty flower.
Pineapple plant.
Trying a piece of one type of coconut candy.
The snakes roll right off your head with this hat on.
Rowing in the delta.
The boat we took to Unicorn Island.
The new bridge under construction is scheduled to be opened in January 2009.
We were served coconut juice on the boat ride back from the island.
On the way back from the delta, we stopped at a street-side sandwich cart and tried a local "Subway". It was good and they were 8,000 dong each, which is about 50-cents.
The vendor cuts the pork for our sandwichs.
How did the chicken cross the road?
Ducks on a bike.
One-handed driving in this kind of traffic definitely takes some skill.
Dropped his load of foam rubber. That has to be frustrating.
This cute guy actually has a metal frame to keep him in place. Haven't seen that too often.
Another one-handed driver.
