Today was our long-awaited consulate appointment. Emmy took her last dose of antibiotics and we were off with Grace, the other Hand in Hand guide (who is also awesome). Emmy's tuberculosis test came back negative so we are good to go on that, too. Yay! The consulate appointment went very quickly. There were only four families there at the time. We all did the oath and then fingerprinting. Tomorrow we will receive Emmy's passport and visa and we will have everything we need to go home Tuesday.
After the consulate, we went to the jade market and bought each of the girls a jade pendant. Then we got some lunch and came back with a very tired, very crabby Emmy who was more than ready for a nap.
This afternoon the sun came out again (!) and we were able to take a walk. It was nice to be outside. I love watching all of the kids heading home from school. The little ones walk with their grandparents eating a snack and talking animatedly. The middle schoolers walk with their friends, joking around and eating food they bought at the 7-11 or from a street vendor. We bought hotdogs in rolls from a bakery (a kind lady talked with Emmy which threw her into a bit of a frenzy) and took them back to the hotel. Then we watched some soccer together and ate hot dogs and felt bummed for Noah that Ronaldo beat Messi for the Ballon D'Or. Emmy seems much more interested in playing with Steve now! Yay! She was more teary today but also seemed more connected, too. And now there is one little princess who now answers most of the time to the name "Emmy" and says "please," and "more, please" and "no, no, no" who is sleeping in the pack-and-play next to me. I think I will sleep too. Have a great Tuesday, friends. It was a good one here.
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