Embassy interview

Hello! The embassy interview went okay and we have the paperwork necessary for the boys to enter the U.S. It was a short interview and the wait was not bad. It was not, however, uneventful as Liam threw up on himself twice and Aidan went from standing quietly to doing a backflip off a chair in a matter of seconds. Luckily, Steve was there to catch him and a concussion was avoided. If this is a hint of things to come for our long flight back I think I'll need to keep the flight attendant busy bringing Steve and I vodka tonics on a regular schedule. And, maybe some for the boys too (just kidding!).

Last night we had a lovely dinner with the Keoghs, an Irish family from Toronto. We met at the Bull and Bear Pub (of course) and had just the best time with Dave and Mary and their daughter Ashling. The food and beer were great, the boys behaved and it was like we had know the Keoghs for years. They are adopting a 1-year-old boy from Karakastek about 2 hours outside of Almaty (I don't envy their daily car trips). They showed us photos from their visits and Orin (his new Irish name) is precious and I know they are very proud to be adopting him. We took photos and hope to post them when we return to the states and have access to our computer at home.

We've already packed up quite a bit but are now worried about our stay in London. While I had researched in advance about the boys being able to enter the U.K. without visas--it looks like my information is incorrect or at least in conflict with what we were told today at the Embassy. Our agent there told us the boys would not be allowed to leave the airport. She gave us the phone number to the British Embassy and we called and the agent there said that because their adoption is not recognized, we could be stopped by passport control and not be allowed to exit the airport. Great (with sarcasm)! Can you imagine 22 hours sitting in London Heathrow with our little guys? We couldn't even make it 22 minutes at today's interview. Looks like I'll be making a call to the travel agent when the sun comes up in the states to see what we can do. We're hoping it will all work out and if nothing else, we can get a connecting flight and skip the overnight stay all together. We shall see. Stay tuned for the latest episode of Rock the Kaz blog...