Two big things that happened this afternoon were that our guide brought our Chinese adoption certificate to our hotel room, among other paperwork and Jia Lu's passport. The color certificate is in a beautiful red holder with gold lettering on the front. It is a wonderful keepsake of this exciting event - in addition to being a very important document. So now Lu Lu is one step closer to coming home. . .
As an important keepsake for Jia Lu and her Chinese heritage we also are having a Chinese name stamp made for her. We decided on a dual stamp design with one half a Phoenix that has Chen Jia lu on it and the other a Dragon that has Kyle's name in Chinese characters on it. Our guide, Linda was able to build Kyle's name in such a way that the characters represented a type of Jade which formed an additional symbolic duality in the stamp since Jia Lu also means a type of Jade - this along with the duality of the Dragon and Phoenix make this piece an important item that symbolizes how Linnea's and Kyle's lives are woven together. What's amazing is we ordered it this afternoon and he is hand carving it tonight so we will have it by the time we leave tomorrow at Noon.
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What a beautiful keepsake. Thank you for sharing all the details of your trip. You are creating wonderful family memories.
I can't wait to hear Kyle's stories and hear Lulu's laugh.
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