Passport!

It's official, Aden is a US citizen and has his own passport.  We got a call from our consulate office on Saturday telling us that they had received Aden's passport and asking that the whole family come down and pick it up.  So Sunday Jamie took the afternoon off of work and drove us all down.  The reason they wanted everyone to come was because Aden's consular report of birth (birth certificate) was the first one processed for our consulate.  They wanted to get a picture of us with his certificate.  This picture will be put in a "yearbook" for the consulate and given to Washington D.C.  Pretty exciting!

After getting his passport we went straight to our government relations office and turned in all the paperwork for him to get his visa and to have him put on my iqama (residency card).  They have 4 weeks to get that all processed so we can leave for the States on March 31.  I'm confident that it will get done and that we'll be coming back.  In fact, I'm so confident that we already have tickets booked.  Did you know that a baby, even one who is just going to sit on your lap and not have his own seat, gets one piece of checked luggage weighing 50 lbs?  He doesn't actually need all that weight so my mind has already started to make of list of other things we can bring back in his bag..... like Skippy Natural peanut butter!

We are really excited to be able to come back to the Midwest for spring break and look forward to seeing many of you during our time there.  Until then, here are some pictures!

Tara

Aden on his playmat

Thank Uncle Billy for the sweet camo gear!

Us at the consulate

Meeting up with some old students.... they loved Aden!

Cheese!