Consulate Day: Thursday, May 31, 12

This morning we had our groups 8:30 appointment at the US consulate. It has moved from Shamian Island to a temporary building until the new building is finished. Our paperwork was checked and then we raised our hands together as a group and took the oath on behalf of our children. It all took about one hour. This means that Laikyn Hope will be a US citizen as soon as her feet reach American soil. I know that so many changes await her as she leaves the country, people and language of her first two years. I hope that gaining home and the love of family will more than tip the balance in her favor. I am so ready to see my boys and just have her home, but just as with Jillian, I have a little bit of sadness for her about the loss of connection with her homeland and culture. There are so many things I don't understand about the culture, but I will teach her that it is an awesome place filled with some very wonderful people of which she can be very proud.