Monday, December 14, 2009

It's official.....

....Ava is an American citizen!! Yay! Bruce and I were finally able to take Miss Ava to the United States Embassy to apply for her American citizenship and passport. We had to take HEAPS of documents....everything short of a urine sample. Anyhow, I was all excited and geared up to take photos of her becoming a citizen with the U.S. Consulate General, but silly me, of course cameras aren't allowed inside the Embassy. We had to go through airport-like security and then we were escorted by a security officer up to the Consulate General's floor. It was a shame because the inside was a beautiful building and I would've loved some pictures. Oh well. The closest we could get with the camera was outside:
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It was exciting for us to see the American flag waving in the middle of Melbourne!
We love that Ava is our little Australian souvenir :)
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5 comments:

taryn said...

Oh my goodness I love her blanket! Where did you get it? Such fun colors :)

The Gibbs said...

you have three little girlies! oh my goodness. isn't crazy what time does to you? but you look beautifully fantastic! thanks for commenting again so i could find you and finally remember to put you on my blog so i can keep up with you! you sure are the greatest of people. tell bruce hi for us!

TheoMama said...

I am so happy to see you using your blanket! YAY! I'm no seamstress (as I'm sure you noticed but I can pick a cute fabric!) You are looking fantastic by the way!

janelle stubbs said...
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janelle stubbs said...

oops. sorry I deleted my other note! yay for Ava! She can come to good ole America legit now! you are lookin so pretty mandy!! still getting some joggin in? love you!