My husband, Brian, and I are leaving tomorrow to pick up our third (first adopted) child from China! Follow us on our journey!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Oath taking and Round three

The oath taking ceremony was very uneventful today. We had to get up wicked early so we could shower, eat breakfast and be in the lobby by 7:50. We took a bus to the consulate and the line to get through security was longer than the rest of the process. We had to go through one security that checked our passports, then another with metal detectors. We had to check our phones there and when we set the metal detectors off they said "go through, it's just your shoes".

There were about thirty families with us. When we were all there, a woman came to the window and told us what was going to happen. We all had to stand, raise our right hands and swear that all the information we have provided is "the truth to the best of our knowledge". Then they called each family up separately. We were the first in our group to be called and as soon as we got up there she started crying. They checked our passports and then let me take Ginny away while Brian stayed and they checked the paperwork. That was it! Tomorrow we get Ginny's visa so we can bring her home with us!!!

We went back to Shamian island to finish up our shopping and Ginny figured out that she can swing her body from side to side in the backpack to see around me. She'd whip over to one side then back over to another! She also started kicking things while we were walking through stores!!! I kept grabbing her feet and pulling them forward around me saying "my feet"!

We brought board books, crayons, coloring books and sticker books to keep her busy. I think I've already mentioned what she does with the board books in a past blog. She's just as funny with crayons and sticker books! She mainly just organizes and reorganized the crayons in the box. She has also figured out how to take the crayons apart and tries to put them back together (they're the "twistable" kind)! You can see a pick of that below. She can spend hours doing that! It's so cute!

She is definitely a silly girl and is going to fit in perfectly with Connor and Zoe! One more day here and then a wicked long day flying home!

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