Going Home Zoe

If all goes according to plan, this should be the last post from China. Our flight from Guangzhou leaves tomorrow morning, Thursday, at 8:30 AM. After a couple of hours in Tokyo, we fly on to San Francisco and arrive... Thursday morning at 7:50 AM. Pretty cool.

Zoe has her U.S. Visa, and as soon as she clears customs in San Francisco she'll be a U.S. citizen. Today was jam-packed -- from our morning visit to the artist who carved her "chop" to the fight with the hotel staff over their refusal to give us one of the ridiculous "Going Home Barbie" souvenir dolls normally given for free to adopting families staying at the White Swan, to the even more ridiculous "swearing in" ceremony at the U.S. consulate.

I will write about these things and continue adding to this blog, but not tonight. The bags are packed, the baby's asleep, and our ride to the airport is coming at 6:00AM. Time for the newly-minted mom and dad to catch a few z's. See you on the flip side.