Wednesday, August 25th with Sophie

Well we did the whole US Consulate thing and it went very easily! They did not even ask us a single question. As we stood there with 40 plus families all with our right hands raised taking the oath for our babies I couldn't help but tear up thinking of how blessed and happy I am to have this baby girl in my arms finally. Now all she has to do is touch soil in the US of A and she is an American Citizen!!! Praise God! She can live in a country where she can learn about God freely and choose to serve Him in an awesome way! The rest of our day was typical around here. We walked through the courtyard and island blocks looking at shops just to get out of the hotel room for a bit. Staying in the room will drive you crazy especially with an 18 mth old who is sick of these 4 walls!!! On the way back from the Consulate we got stuck in a traffic jam and the 30 minute ride took way longer! Sophie worked herself up into a tizzy and finally just fell asleep. When we got back to the island we had pizza delivered for supper. Bailee walked down to the cafe and got his lil sis pasta. He is already being a great big brother or ge-ge as it is in chinese (pron. guh-guh). She is totally in awe of him too! Altogether a pretty uneventful day but a great day of family time for all of us! Enjoy the pics of the day!
Love,
Tammy

PS: Look-out Columbus and all surrounding ares b/c my hubby who hates to hop has the bargaining fever!!! Here in mainland China you do NOT pay the asking price for anything so Rodney is loving going into the shops and giving the workers grief trying to get lower prices. One poor girl whom he keeps revisiting about hides when she sees him coming b/c he has practically walked away with her store :-)
No he picks up things he doesn't even care if he gets just to jew them down! So, we may never pay asking price for anything ever again...Yeah!!! As I said look-out USA cause he has the fever!!!