Happy Columbus Day pt2!

Not a whole lot to say, but we made it through the weekend and holiday.

We finished up all of our shopping and now we just need to figure out where to put all the stuff -- I really hope we don't have to buy a new suitcase.

We're staying in this hotel through tomorrow night, then we're moving to another hotel a couple of miles away (we're hoping for better air quality where we're going). We're staying at that hotel through the week, and if we're still in town on Sunday we're going to move into the cheapest hotel that we can find in Hanoi.

We're trying new sleeping arrangements tonight to see if mom & dad can get more sleep. One key learning last night was that (I think) Will is afraid of the dark. He wakes up crying every couple of hours and we've always thought he was hungry since he'd eat a full bottle each time. Last night I left the light on in the bathroom for him after the first time he woke up, and he didn't cry the rest of the night. We actually slept until 8:30 this morning, which is the latest we've slept since we arrived. Other than Ava waking up at 4:30, that was the most continuous sleep I've had in a while.

One thing about sleeping in the Sommerset Grand: As I've said before, it's built on the site of the "Hanoi Hilton" which has been a prison for about 200 years (the French built it in the 1700's). We've all mentioned that for an all-concrete building it makes a lot of noise at night. Anyway, last night I felt someone sit on the bed and I rolled over to talk to Tami about why she was in the room (the kids weren't crying so I couldn't figure out why she was there). It wasn't Tami and I couldn't see anyone else in the room. That's when I turned on the bathroom lights that I mentioned in the paragraph above.