Officially a US citizen!

Today was our appointment at AIT, which is the US embassy here in Taipei.  All went smoothly and Rick and I swore that we didn't lie on any documents.  Then, the very nice AIT worker from Virgina, said in perfect Mandarin to Callie "Let me be the first to welcome you to the United States of America!.  Yup, I started to cry.  It was just cool to hear that and see Callie smile and say "sank you" back to him, in not quite perfect English.

The remainder of the day was spent with Trent and Lori Baines from Colorado Springs, who also had their AIT appt. with Sadie, their new 14 year old.  Sadie could hardly believe that Lily was Taiwanese.  She said she looked and sounded American.  This seemed to help Sadie understand that she too will "become" American and it's possible for things to work out just fine. 

Trent and Lori are sooo much fun.  Trent is a kid in an adult body, for sure!  He had all three girls laughing over and over again.  Unfortunately, they took our group photo on their camera, so I don't have that to load up.  We went to the Taipei Discovery Center and Taipei 101, again. :)

We weren't allowed to take photos of the AIT building or the inside, so I can't share any photos of that, either.  Bummer!!!!  I would have liked to have that memory. 

Taipei 101 - Now the third tallest building in the world, with the fastest moving elevator - 45 seconds to the top 101 floor

Callie thought this was funny :)

 OK, So I guess you must take photos here.  LOL

Callie with her fortune for the fortune machine.  Sadie is the girl behind her on the left

What a great Jei Jei (Big Sister)