Day 8 and 9 with Claire and an Update

Well we don't have good news.  The consulate here experienced a security threat and so they closed down until at least Thursday.  So that means the earliest we can get Claire's visa (we think) is Friday and then travel Saturday.  But I think there might be a chance we might not even get it until Monday!  Needless to say today was a very emotional day.  We are both so ready to get home to the boys and I thought for sure we'd be able to get home by Thursday at the latest.  So please pray that we can get Claire's visa by Thursday or Friday so we can be home by the weekend!!!  Thank you!!!

On a better note, yesterday marked a week since we met Claire!  It was a great day, we started it applying for her visa.  Pictures aren't allowed so we don't have any photos from it, but we applied!  We were so lucky because the group of people who were there after us got stuck for a few hours at the consulate due to the security threat. 

After we applied  for her visa we went to a nearby park to take a walk (and take pictures of Claire in her adorable patriotic dress!) 

 My friend Leanne made it, isn't it adorable??

 The park nearby our hotel is just beautiful!

 Lots of pictures I know but they're just too cute to not post! :) 

 With her tiny baby doll.  She mostly throws her on the floor and then laughs because she gets a reaction from us, but I'm now trying to teach her to be sweet to babies.   Ryan taught her the throwing trick by accident. :)

After Claire took her nap we joined the adoption group that's kind of "adopted" us for a Pearl River Cruise!  It was a great time!  Here is some of the group waiting to get on the boat.

 Here's the boat.

 Here we are getting ready to cruise!

 There was a pretty good buffet and a beautiful view on the river. 

 Oops, out of order.  The entire group rode the bus to the ferry and for a little bit Ryan was holding Claire and our friends' daughter Isabelle.  Had to get a picture of that, doesn't he look great with two girls??    he he

 They had entertainment on the cruise as well!

I'm so glad we were invited to join them!

I'm blogging about day 8 at the end of day 9.  Unfortunately today I didn't take any pictures-we were in our room most of the day either waiting for phone calls or trying to make plans. Now that we know we'll be here a few more days we'll try to enjoy ourselves some.  It's hard though, our hearts are just so ready to be back at home!