Wednesday July 19th.

Note from Darlene: As suspected we ended up buying a total of 3 “BIG” suitcases to haul all of our newly acquired belongings home. Oh well…when in China…SHOP!! Lol

We went to the US Consulate today for the swearing in. Basisly we swore (or affirmed) that all the information and documents we provided for the adoption were true by raising our right hand and repeating after the guy in charge. We also collected Kaylee’s Chinese passport and Visa to enter the USA. Once we pass through customs in San Francisco and the customs officer stamps her passport, Kaylee officially becomes our daughter and a citizen of the United States of America. We will get her American Passport, birth certificate and social security number right away. (Keith, Per the speech there is only one Embasy in a country, usually in the capital city. The "Consulate" is like satelite embasy's in the other large cities, but effectivly it is the same thing.)

We head for Hong Kong tomorrow and don’t know if we’ll have Internet access or not so this could be the last entry until we arrive home. We are staying at “Disney’s Hollywood Hotel” in Hong Kong this time; we thought it might be fun for Kaylee. On Friday we board a plane to come home. It’s been a wonderful trip, nothing but positive things to say about our daughter’s homeland; it’s truly been amazing! I hope we can return when Kaylee is old enough to understand and to appreciate her culture.

By the way, Keith wanted to make sure and have me mention that if you’re coming to Guangzhou, bring a license plate from an automobile in your home state. Lucy’s has them plastered all over the walls of their restaraunt. :o)