As we near the end of our trip, this Friday, things are really settling in and it's becoming less about adventures and more about quality family time! Today we had to have Mia's passport photo taken for her new US passport. Over the next few days the US Consulate will process her visa and passport paperwork. We are required to have a US medical check done on Wednesday, followed by her oath of citizenship on Friday afternoon. We'll then fly home that night. Since we cross back over the international date line coming home, we'll actually get home on Friday night, just before midnight. It should be fun trying to get little Mia's schedule back on track from that time change!!
The only difficulty today was the new task of cutting Mia's tiny little finger nails. We've needed to do it for several days, but were both afraid to hurt her. Today we finally realized that it can't wait any longer or she'll begin scratching herself. Mommy nominated Daddy to undertake this task. Mia did surprisingly well. In fact, she did much better than expectd considering two of her little fingers were bleeding profusely by the time we were done... And of course Daddy got scolded many times over for wounding Mia. Strange thing is that Mia never even realized anything negative ocurred. The blood seemed to hurt Mommy more than it did Mia! She's one happy little girl...
