Krueger Adoption Trip: Out and About

We’re here in Guangzhou so that Susan can have her US consulate appointment to get her visa to enter the United States. We’ll do the oath of citizenship here with her and she’ll become a US citizen when she goes through immigration back home. Our appointment is scheduled for Tuesday but today we had to go to the clinic for a physical for her (required for all immigrants). We also took photos for the visas this morning. I’ll include a copy of hers. I had to wake her for it and plop her down on a chair. She was NOT happy.

I think all of the (future) American children who are being adopted from China come through Guangzhou, spending several days here. Our hotel is loaded with these families. So fun to see them all at breakfast this morning.

Although Susan had another rough night she’s perked up during the day quite a bit. She still cried some but she’s a lot more alert and interactive with everyone. Actually just our family. She’s still not interacting with anyone else. She seems to get overwhelmed in larger groups. We’re not forcing anything. When we go out, I keep her in the front pack so she can choose to look around or just bury her head against me and ignore everything else going on. Ninety-eight percent of the time she’ll choose the 2^nd option.

We had a nice dinner out with our whole group this evening. Susan was “teaching” us how to use chopsticks. Fun how she knows just what they’re for even if she can’t really use them yet. We went shopping in a market. Look down at the pictures to see what we found for Todd.

Thank you to everyone who is praying for sleep for us (and for everything else). We’re able to sleep between the crying sessions. We go to bed when Susan does so we can make the most of her sleep time. It’s a little like having a newborn again. The boys have a separate room so thankfully they are spared the nighttime tears, and we’re spared the pleasure of having really tired and cranky boys. It’s such a good situation.