Adoptions are final--we are family!

Here we are standing on American soil!
At the Consulate of the United States of America in Guangzhou.

So today was the last step in making our adoptions final. As of today, we are a family of 9. We are ready to jump on a plane home, but we have to wait 48 hours for the kids' visas to be printed and inserted into their Chinese passports. They are traveling on Chinese passports, but will become US citizens once we arrive in Dallas and go through immigration Friday evening. 

We are looking forward to getting home and getting the kids settled into a new routine. I'm sure we will have a lot to figure out and adjust to over the next few months, so we're eager to get started.  We'll see you all soon!