Nina slept through the night with her feet on the pillow and head against Monte. We were worried she would be upset missing her surroundings, but she seems to be adapting well. I woke to her laughter this morning as she was playing with the bottle she had just sucked down.
We are hanging out this morning and plan to go for a walk and lunch around noon. Our appointment at the US Embassy is at 3:00 p.m. Marina says everything is in order and it should only take 30 minutes. We should leave there with the American visa which allows Nina to leave Kazakhstan and enter the US as a permanent resident. We will get more details today at the US Embassy but our understanding is that she will remain a Kazakh citizen until she is 18. At that time, she can elect to become a US citizen.
We are enjoying our time here with her, and look forward to our flight home Friday night. Or I should say, we are looking forward to departing and arriving home, but maybe not so much the flight. The doctor gave Nina some meds that may help take the edge off, but said we parents are on our own.
Unless things have changed recently, she will become a US citizen as soon as the plane touches down on US soil. She will also be a Kazakhstani citizen and will retain her dual citizenship until age 18 at which point she will have to choose. Mishelle
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