We're Coming Home on Sunday!

We went to the US Embassy this morning and everything went very smooth. We're picking up Elkin's US visa tomorrow (Friday) at 3:30pm and then we'll fly to Miami on Saturday. We'll make the remainder of the trip on Sunday and arrive mid-day.

Anyone that wants to know exact times so they can be there can just email us at fishertimj at gmail.com.

For family and friends - please don't feel like you have have to be there on Sunday. You're all more than welcome to stop by anytime and meet him. On the other hand, we're not worried about the size of the crowd either so everyone is invited. Elkin is shy at first but he definitely won't be scared.

We're also thinking about meeting somewhere for lunch with everyone after we land so we can get something to eat :) and so everyone can have a bit more time to interact with Elkin. If anyone has any idea where we can do that near the airport, please drop us an email.

We couldn't take pictures of the US Embassy (duh) but it wasn't quite what we expected. It was all open (great climate here) and very easy to get around. Nice place actually. We were assigned a particular window to do our work which was in several stages. It was near the edge of the building so we were able to keep Elkin busy around some trees and stuff - the rest the place looked like an airport waiting area which would have been bad to be stuck in.

We first gave them all the paperwork, then had a short discussion about what we gave them about 15 minutes later, then we paid for the visa, and then a bit later I had a detailed discussion about Elkin and all his paperwork with some sort of US official (not sure her title). There were a few stressful questions but nothing too crazy. She did ask how we got our sentencia since the strike was going on and I assured her it was due to Elkin's lucky birth in a small town and not some under-the-table judge payoff. She believed me :).

The whole process wasn't more than an hour. MUCH better than we had been told about. We have our little come-back-tomorrow-and-pick-up-his-visa slip that we have been dreaming about! We're finally on our way home!!

Just in case you haven't been looking at our cute kid: