If You Have a New Last Name, Raise Your Hand

Our attorney got Gabi's new birth certificate today. He is going to pick us up tomorrow afternoon to get her passport. Once we have that, we can be submitted to the US Embassy for 2nd DNA authorization.

We are ecstatic! Since Dave, Christy, Savannah and Lucy are on their way to GC right now, we put a locator at the front desk. This tells the front desk where we are in the event someone calls or visits without us knowing ahead of time. When we were finished with dinner, we headed to the Baby Lounge and I called down to change our location. A few minutes later the phone rang and it was our attorney. He does not speak English. It's a struggle to communicate with him, but we always get through it. He said that he will pick us up at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Ed got off the phone and said, "Do you know what this means? We have a birth certificate!" Naturally, we were jumping up and down and celebrating. Gabi joined right in! She thinks it's awesome that she is finally an A!!! We do too! The above is a pic of that moment. Excuse my Asian appearance-- it's really me.

I might die when I see our last name on these very important papers. I welled up when I saw Ella's copy of her passport last month. It's such a big deal that we've come this far!! Woohoo!