Thursday, January 22, 2009

Getting Home

We ran into a little bit of a snag yesterday. After his visit to the US consulate, Bill (our guide)found out that the medical clinic classified Tommy as special needs because of minor physical complication.

It is not something we consider special needs but it does mean that our home study now needs to be re-written. We've contacted our adoption agency in Chicago, and they're scrambling to file paperwork that says we're aware of the issue. This must be done to get Tommy's visa. I know this all sounds crazy - we don't know why the clinic did not tell Bill that they were classifying him this way in the paperwork. We're very frustrated, but will know more today.

In the meantime, we're focusing on the positive, sending some pictures from this week. Tuesday we visited the Guangzhou Botanical Garden.


In front of the Dutch Windmill? Perhaps!

Feeding the fish. He loved it! He really loved running back and forth to the vendor to buy little bags of fish food. He did it like four times and a had a fit when when we left to continue on.

Hungry fish, i think he fed them all!

Rose Gaden. Tommy with Bill.

Picture bench...


2009 is the year of the Ox.

Fried whole pigeon for dinner. Yes, the head and all. Tommy loved the pigeon.

Steamed fish, whole fish, head and all. Both were actually pretty good.

Meals are are very stressful for Tommy - and us - he wants to grab everything on the table within reach, and likes to break things up by insisting on going to the bathroom several times. Lisa's at the ready.

He wants to try everything, then work everything into a mush that he then doesn't want to eat. He loves fruit though, which is a nice fall back.

We'll keep you updated on the clinic business - we can't wait to bring him home!

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