Dec. 4--Our Official Business is Complete!

Every early morning begins with a Skype session as our girls are going to bed at night, and our afternoons end with Skype as they are getting ready to go to school in their morning.  The kids are so ready to meet their siblings in person!  We are excited about coming home!

We savored our last breakfast in the hotel restaurant this morning.  The buffet is amazing.  I have no doubt that Ajay and Smita are going to be disappointed when they realize that I cannot whip out an instantaneous dosa masala along with all of the fruits, nuts, and muffins that they have been enjoying.  I will step up my game, though, because these children desperately need nutrition! 

Ajay is a momma's boy...

Smita is a daddy's girl...

One last morning of delicious chai...

Ajay is blissfully enjoying a full belly...

Family Photo During Breakfast...

Gardens...

It's nothing but hugs and kisses around these two.  They are so full of love and affection.

They grabbed each other's hands and held them up for this photo.  Sweet!

We were at the U.S. Embassy at 11:00 AM and a few minutes later we walked out with U.S. Visas in the children's Indian passports, Hague Adoption Certificates, and two huge yellow sealed envelopes to be opened by immigration when we land in Atlanta.  WE. ARE. OFFICIAL!  At the Embassy the children used the "Magic Toilets" that another adoptive family told us about.  The flushing of the toilets and the water in the sinks were automatic.  Smita looked so confused!  It was hilarious!  We caught our first rickshaw back to the hotel from the Embassy.  We HAD to do it at least once!  Because no cameras are allowed at the Embassy, we were not able to photograph the experience, but it happened.  I was glad that I had a scarf to wrap around my head because it was like being in a windstorm!

We celebrated our visas with Lay's India's Magic Masala potato chips!  Yum!

We found out this morning that today is ELECTION DAY.  This means that every market, every shop, every store is CLOSED today and we leave for the airport at midnight.  That means we're coming home with basically NO souvenirs!  We are a bit disappointed.  We plan to visit some other historical sites around Delhi instead which are open.  Due to the elections, Delhi is like a ghost town.  There is absolutely NO TRAFFIC.  It is strange!