The Final Hours

We went to the US Embassy today to get our final paperwork and McKenna's Visa and US Passport. It's hard to believe that it's all over and we are headed home. We met some other couples here at the Embassy that will all be leaving on the same flight as us. One couple was from Phoenix, Arizona,adopted a baby girl,another couple from North Carolina with another baby girl, and the last couple from Sacramento with a baby girl. It was really neat to see all these American Families with babies from Kaz.

We went shopping for some gifts and found some interesting things. There are these quilts called "two swords" or called by Americans "The dream quilt". It is all different pieces of fabric sewn together w/very detailed hand stitching..it is very beautiful! The quilt is 90% finished, because they feel that it represents life, and that is why they cannot finish it...(it is left undone, because it represents ongoing life). They are also these wooden dolls that are very popular here. When you open up the dolls, there are more dolls inside of it. I also bought Mckenna some Kazak bracelets and amber rings. Amber seems to be really popular here, they have a lot of it. Hopefully, I can give Mckenna some of these gifts when she gets older.

We are counting down the hours until we head for the airport...the count is now 8 hours. We are packing and trying to figure out what we are going to eat for dinner. It would sure be nice if we could fly home first class, but we were not able to due to the type of open ticket we had. Anyways, thanks for following our journey and we hope to see all of you soon...

We're coming home pups!!

Love,
Craig, Lil and McKenna...