Monday was our Embassy appointment day. That’s the day you go to the US Embassy where they put their final stamp of approval on everything. It really seems bigger than it is, but it is the only thing us adoptive parents can actually watch happen, so it is a pretty big day.
We were the first appointment at 7am on Monday morning, so we were the first to go into the little closet room and face the guy on the other side of the window. When he stamped our paperwork, I started to cry, but I decided I had to clear up really quickly because I didn’t want everyone outside of the room, who were still waiting for their time to go, to think it was a scary “closet.” Sure enough, everyone was looking at us when we left. I expected cheers from everyone when it was time for us to go, but maybe that was just in my head. 
There are no cameras allowed near the Embassy so we have no official pictures of it happening. But here are some from the rest of the day.
Dada Love!
These are still some of my favorite pictures of my boys!
With dada in the pool.
We met Jami, Clint and Hudson over the weekend who turned out to be great friends of ours. Here’s the first picture of Jadon and Hudson. We hope the boys have a lifelong friendship with each other. They ended up flying on the same plane to the U.S.
At bed time Jadon said, “Does anyone else think it is windy in here?”
For some reason those camo-dino pjs still fit him. Weird. Well, at least mama still puts them on him. Maybe I am a little attached.
This was a very happy, good day.
Filed under: Adoption, Guatemala, Just Jadon, Our Family, The World
Ahhhhh…I just got caught up on your blog!!!! I remember your “Gotcha Day” so clearly! We also have you guys on video walking into the Marriott (when you first arrived in Guate) while we were waiting for Eli to arrive! Isn’t that great?!?! What a special time for both of us. It’s hard to believe Jadon has been home a year already! But, I bet it feels like he has always been there.