Field Trip and the Civil Affairs Office - Day Six in Chin@

today we were scheduled for a short trip to Chin@'s equivilent to walmart followed by the final Chin@ part of the adoption. The preparation for these outings is nothing short of a reconizance mission, everything must be thought out, strategized and carried out with the precision of a midnight raid on dirty diapers. General Patton pales in comparison to Dan's emergency preparedness.

We packed up our precious cargo in the Boba carriers (that were a gift from God) and set off in our chauffered tank er uh I mean bus and arrived a short time later at what would later be characterized as a full out assault on every one of the five senses; lots of new smells and bright colors. We bought the necessities (including peanut butter and jelly and cokes for me) and were then wisked away to the next stop which was the Civil Affairs Office where we reiterated many facts about ourselves that were given many times before and upon notarization of the oath that we would not abandon the two gifts currently under our care (as if!) we moved on to the final step which were pictures of the newly formed family. Finally after so many years spent preparing, wishing and hoping we were given Chin@'s blessings to proceed to finalize the US part of this spectacular journey.



we went back to the office where we first met our tiny little wonders. it was far le