This morning we went to the US Consulate in Guangzhou to take our oath and officially apply for Justin's Visa to travel back to the US. 4 of the 6 families in our group had their consulate appointments today and the other two families have their appointment tomorrow. I did not get any pictures this morning (and neither did Jamie) because cameras, phones, etc. are not allowed in the building so we didn't take any with us (I kind of wish I had gotten a few of the outside though). The consulate appointment basically consists of waiting in line outside the building, going through security, riding the elevator up a few floors, waiting with 11 other adoptive families, taking the oath, and then one by one going to the window to finalize the Visa application for your child. It was all fairly easy and painless and tomorrow Zhou will come back and pick up Justin's passport with his Visa sticker which is the very last thing we need before heading home!
After our consulate appoint and lunch we headed to the Guangzhou Zoo. It was an ok zoo and was something to do, but here in central Ohio we are zoo spoiled (i.e. home to the
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and the famous Jack Hanna) so we were less than impressed.
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| Sage & Hailey |
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| Jamie & Kaiya - I love this photo |
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| Lisa & Michael |
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| Chris & Michael |
After the zoo we headed back for dinner and bed (between Justin not sleeping well and all of the crazy busy, we are exhausted). All in all, today was a good day and even better is that we head home soon!
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