Passports and Visas

So Jada is a now a week and a half old. We have been really happy with the decision to bring her out of the hospital, as we would have missed her way too much! We love seeing her, and when she is alert, she just sits there looking around, and has really cute eyes. I love being around her, and seeing her. She is a really quite baby too. She sometimes cries really loud (espically when changing her diper or clothes!) other times she sqwaks. It is also becoming easier on Chelsey, as Jada is sleeping and eating better. Some nights Jada still is snacky during the night, but most times is sleeping really well.

Yesterday we had a bit of an adventure. We went to the Canadian Embassy to get Jada her Canadian citizenship and passport. First we had to get photos with her eyes open. So we tried to time it to when she would be waking up. But the taxi probably put her in a deeper sleep, so it was a bit of a struggle. But the photogropher got a good one, and it only took six or eight tries. At least we did not have to worry about hands being in the photo, because they had her on a blanket lying down. They also photshoped it a bit to make it look nice. It was really cool watching them do it, as the guy that did it knew what he was doing, and it was so quick! It was a photo place recommended by the Embassy, so I'm assuming that they knew that the photo place would photoshop a bit. Did I mentention that the Embassy closed at three at that we were at the photo place until 2:30? This is because we took a little longer then we thought in getting out. But we did make it to the Emabssy at 2:40, so it worked out well. I am glad that we were able to apply for both the citizenship card and the passport at the same time, as it takes between 6 and 18 months to get it! We were going to apply for an emergancy passport, as we were worried about time, but they told us that there would be no problems in getting the passport in time, and still have time to get Jada a visa for China. We also went to the bank and got certificate of deposites for both of us, so that we can show that we have 3000 USD each to extend our visas. We got new plane tickets for September 23, so pray everything goes well, and that there are no delays.

With Jada's passport getting started, that leaves one thing left to do this week, and that is get our visas extended. It should not be any problem now that we have the certificate of depostits. I don't know what plan B will be if it comes to that, but hopefully we don't need that!