Headin' Home

Today our guides had our appointment at the Consulate and everything went great! They had no questions for any of the families. We took the famous red couch picture at the White Swan Hotel that all adoptive families take and the only crying baby was our little Merrin, it was pretty funny! Our agency had a photographer take a picture of the babies and a group with all the families and we received them tonight. The one of Merrin screaming is even funnier when it is blown up 8x10. We wanted to take pictures of the two Louisiana girls (Merrin and Bella) in their LSU outfits on the red sofa, Merrin didn't like that either. We took another picture with Leah in her North Carolina outfit and Merrin's crying made Leah cry as well!!

We celebrated with pizza at the Italian Restaurant and it was so good. We had dinner with the entire group since it will be our last night together with everyone. It will really be sad to leave all the families. We will really miss everyone but will keep in touch, our daughter's share a special bond and now we do too. We then had a little play group at the hotel so the babies could play together. Tomorrow we go to the Consulate for our oath ceremony and then we are off to Beijing. We will have two other families traveling with us and they will also be with us from the flight from Beijing to LA. Then we are by ourselves from LA to Houston to NOLA ... it will be a very long day. Please say some prayers for all of us for safe travels.

We have had a wonderful trip and feel truly blessed to have our little Merrin. We will never forget our time in China and the gift that we were given. We hope one day to be able to come and show Merrin her birth country. Thanks to all of our families and friends for your support during this journey we cannot wait for you to meet this little precious baby.