Sometimes, its hard to believe that we only met ElleAnna a week ago today. She sleeps all night long and is a good eater. She is mostly potty trained, but not completely. She loves books and gives high fives. She clearly prefers Ken and Alex. She usually screams if either Bryant or I try to pick her up but we can help her with things, so we are hopeful to be in her good graces someday.
What to say about today.... well, ElleAnna's paperwork went through the Consulate Appointment with no problems. We spent the morning in the room with Elle showing us her funny side. At about 12:20pm we went for lunch and some shopping. At 2pm, all the families met in the lobby and we walked to the open market where you could buy almost anything (yes, those are dried sea horses in the bag) as well as some shopping centers. At 4:40pm, we all went to the White Swan for the Red Couch photos. Someone will need to tell Granny that she has her first mending job for Elle who managed to pull the edging off her dress in two places already.
We ended our day with a meal as a big group. Elle started out doing well - actually sitting in the high chair for the first time, but she started to meltdown, so Momma bit the bullet and carried her back to the hotel. With all Elle's screaming, its a miracle that the police didn't get called.... She wore herself out and after her bath (always an unpleasant experience), the guys arrived. She was glad to see Daddy to save her from Mean Momma! Today, Elle only wanted Alex. Poor guy broke his back carrying her all day long.
Tomorrow, we leave here at 2:40pm to head over to the Consulate building together. All total, about 50 American families will take the oath tomorrow so that our children can have citizenship when they arrive in the United States. We are not allowed to take cameras or electronic devices into the building, so we are sad that we cannot share the event with you. They will give us her passport back with her Visa stamp in it so that she can enter the United States with us. We need to get our plane tickets from Guangzhou to Hong Kong straightened out (the names aren't right), but otherwise, it looks like we'll be good to go. We leave the hotel at 5:30am on Wednesday for the flight back home, so tomorrow night will mean lots of packing!
The photos here are from our adventures today. We hope that you are enjoying being a part of our journey!
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