This morning, we took a taxi to the Dr. Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall. It is a huge memorial and grounds area dedicated to Dr. Sun Yatsen, who was considered the founding father of contemporary China. It was a magnificent structure with meticulous landscaping and greenery. This tropical climate is great for flowers!
We did some shopping after that and took a bunch of pictures of the island. We tried to soak in every bit of China that we could today. We want to be able to tell Dexter all about it some day.
We had our final adoption related appointment this afternoon at the US Consulate. We took an oath there and received Dexter's passport and visa. There were 31 families that were there with us. I teared up at the end of the oath. We are bringing Dexter home!
After we arrived back from the Consulate, we said goodbye to some of the families that we have gotten to know so well over the last 2 weeks. Although we are all so excited to get back home to our families and begin the next chapter of our lives, it was hard to say goodbye to people that we have grown so close to and that we have traveled this path with. Bittersweet.
Tonight we finished up our day with some final souvenir shopping and then came back to pack. We also Skyped with the kids and Mom and Dad. It was so great to see them! We leave the hotel at 7:00 tomorrow morning and our flight leaves Guangzhou at 10:20. With all of the time changes, we are supposed to land at MSP at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. Dexter becomes a US Citizen as soon as we clear Immigration in Minneapolis!
What an adventure this has been. Thanks to everyone for all of the support, prayers and good wishes during our journey to bring Dexter home. We'll put an update on the blog sometime after we return home.
I got choked up just reading the bittersweet story. Life is so full of miracles and you have been through one these last 2 wks. We are all so excited to meet Dexter so keep the blog going.
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Cindy