Yeeehaaaawwww...we are headin' home!

Yesterday Matt, Benjamin and I traveled to the US Embassy with Maria Teresa and the Kinsman Family from Forest Lake, MN. The Kinsman's are adopting five month old baby from FANA.  You might wonder why Benjamin needs a visa?  Benjamin has a Colombian passport.  Everyone who has a Colombia passport must have a visa to travel anywhere if they are not traveling in South America.  

First, we had to pick up our paperwork from Bienestar (They govern the adoptions in Colombia).  We signed for our paperwork at Bienestar.  We are so happy it was ready to go when we got there!  Then we traveled to the US Embassy.  It was a fun ride with both babies in the back seat (no car seats of course...no laws here so many people don't even own a car seat).

We made it to the US Embassy and took a short walk around to the front where there were lines of people waiting.  Maria Teresa marched to the front of the long line and explained we had to get an adoption visa.  We got right in and had to pass through a heavily guarded metal detector.  We walked into a large area covered by a canopy of more people waiting at tables and long benches.  There were two coffee shops in this large area with candy bars, sodas and empanadas.  The place was full of people waiting to do paperwork with the US Embassy.

We gave our paperwork to Maria Teresa who quickly got things together and turned everything into the US Embassy officials.  While we waited for our names to be called over the loud speaker, we got some cappuccinos and some tasty empanadas.  Shortly after, we got in line to sign and pay for the visa.  Then we waited in line again for a short interview.  Our short interview was simply that, nice and short.  We met two other families that were adopting children from Colombia - one family from Boston and one family from New York City.  We were walking and standing so much so I am very happy we brought the Baby Bjorn Carrier.  We were outside for the entire time so good thing the weather cooperated.

We completed the paperwork for Benjamin's visa!  We will pick up the visa today!  We will arrive in  Houston bright and early Friday morning.  We are so very very thankful Becky and Jacob will be at the airport to welcome us home.