Tuesday Daniel completed his adoption process and was granted permanent resident status in the United States.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. Claudia, accompanied by her grandfather Hernando, hailed a taxi in front of Mirandela Shopping Center across from the condominium. Inside the taxi, she gave the driver instructions to go to the United States Embassy.
The driver wasn’t quite as good as the one who took us to the Embassy last Thursday because he didn’t know exactly how to get to the front gate of the Embassy. As a result, he dropped Claudia and Abuelo a few blocks from the Embassy.
Despite the unexpected walking, Claudia had no issues picking up Daniel’s U.S. Visa and a sealed package of documents we assume to be related to his immigration process. The package has special instructions to remain sealed until we arrive at the U.S. Customs and Immigration office in Houston.
It’s hard to believe the process is now over. Daniel is our son and will become a U.S. citizen within the next few days. His life, and ours, is forever changed.
Of course, the day’s events and significance didn’t exactly impact Daniel’s day. He was in a pleasant mood. In fact, he had slept most of the night despite our concern to the contrary. He is teething and has a couple of new front teeth appearing. It took us a couple of days to realize the new teeth were the reason he was being cranky. After we gave him some teething oral-jell to relieve the pain, he was in much better spirits.
I stayed at the apartment with Daniel during the day. We really wanted to get him back on his routine. After a weekend trip, his routine was a wreck. Also, I wasn’t feeling very well and may be getting a little bit of a sore throat and low fever.
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