Yesterday was the most exciting. We were taken to the American Consolate for the official blessing of all our documentation and adding a travel visa to the US to Lily's Chinese passport. It was the last official act involving the adoption of Lily taking place in China. It was a brief but meaningful ceremony.
As soon as Lily passes through customs in Seattle, she will be an American citizen. We are so looking forward to that moment. What an incredible life changing experience for this little person.
Most of the other families headed home today. We had a group dinner yesterday to share our thoughts of the phenomenal experience we shared the last two weeks and to say our goodbyes. One of the main topics was how our little ones had changed so dramatically in such a short period of time. We plan to stay in touch.
Today we visited one of the huge shopping districts in Guangzhou. We hired a shopping guide who is well known to adoption families. For the charge of $20, she takes you to the best shops and does all the bargaining for you. It's well worth the money!
Lily has felt so much better the last 2 days. She is tired, as we are, but her teething seems to have gotten better. This will hopefully bode well for her dealing with the long journey home.
We are up at 4:30 am tomorrow (Saturday in China) and will arrive home Saturday morning in Seattle 20 hours later.
Thanks for following our journey to pick up Lily.
The air in China's cities is not fun to breath
The families have a last dinner together
One of Guangzhou's large shopping malls
Our shopping guide "Ann"
Dad carries Lily while Mom focuses on shopping
Still a big mode of transportation
2 comments:
Oh, my! Happy Days!
And enjoy your flight! Ya'll are in the air and heading home. *sigh*
Hope everything is going smoothly and that Lily is sleeping ;-).
Hey, "Welcome Home" tomorrow!!!
Trena
Welcome home Block family. Welcome to the US Lily Mei!
I'm off to NY in the morning, but we need to get together after I get back!
Kris
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