Today was a relatively uneventful day. I guess the most significant event that impacted our time was that Christine caught a cold (or something) that went right to her head and pretty well knocked her out for the count. Today was "administrative" day in Beijing, which meant that Dad would be flying solo.
In the morning we had to finalize our paperwork to apply for permanent residency in Canada, for our little Miah. Finished up the forms as best we could, and back onto the bus. First stop was the SOS Clinic, where our little ones are checked over by a team of doctors, the point being so that any unknown or undisclosed health issues are brought to light, prior to bringing the child home to Canada. The medical check-up went fine. The Doctor explained that Miah was a little underweight for her age, but not to worry. I wasn't worried... when Angelina came through the SOS Clinic 4 years ago, she barely even registered on their weight chart!
After the clinic, we went to the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and submitted all our forms. Since these have to be fast-tracked (that is, processed in 2-3 days) they have someone doing sanity checking of the forms right at the embassy... aaand... we struck out with Mum being sick that day, since a couple of the forms needed to be signed and dated by both parents! So... back onto the bus, back to the hotel to add a 2nd signature to the forms. Fortunately, our guide Jennifer offered to run the completed forms back to the embassy herself, so we were set for the rest of the day.
In the evening, with a little bit of help from the front desk combined with vague memories of 4 years ago, we were able to find the "famed" dumpling restaurant just across the street from the hotel. Great food, and fed the whole family for 102 yuan (about $16 Canadian).
Not a lot of photo ops today, but Miah is showing much more interest in playing together with Angelina, now enjoys splashing and playing in the bath tub, and is warming up to Mum a little more.
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