Red Couch Picture and Consulate Appointment

Last night, all the families got together in our room for a pizza dinner. The babies got a chance to play together. Each of them was in a good mood, and they really enjoyed getting together. Mia had been holding a Snickers wrapper all afternoon, and it captured the attention of every baby in the room. There were many times that Snickers wrapper changed hands. I'm not sure who eneded up with it in the end, but it was a source of many moments of entertainment.

It's a Snickers free-for-all!

Hannah says, "I got it!!"

Mia , in her sweetness, chooses another toy while the others still look for the elusive Snicker's wrapper.

Traditionally, all the adopted children get into a group photo at the White Swan on the "Red Couch". There are actually many red couches here, but we cose this one for our group photo. In all the adoptive photos, there is rarely a picture without at least one baby crying, one trying to get down, and many not looking at the camera. You wuld think with a group of 5 this should be eaiser. Well, indeed our photos were no exception.

Just the babes! Mia is not happy. Hannah wants to go over and take a look!

Mia is better, Adrianna is still checking on her. Kambry is just hanging out, and Hannah is ready to move on!

Kai joins the group and no one is crying!!

This afternoon, we went to the US consulate for our swearing in ceremony and to receive our US visa for Hannah. There are no cameras allowed in the consulate, therefor, there are no photos...

Usually the swearing in ceremony is quick, sweet, and goes without a hitch. However, today, due to some computer problems, the US consulate was only able to issue about 1/2 of the visas applied for. Our group was the only group to receive all of their visas. What a blessing. We had two families leaving this afternoon and 2 families leaving first thing in the morning, and we needed Hannah's passport back for our appointment with the German consulate tomorrow. Unfortuanletly, not every family in the other groups was as fortunate, and many were scrambling to make plans to rearrange flights and book additional nights at the hotel.