A Win for Canada

Congrats Canada! You gained a good one.

For those of you who are following our blog but are not on facebook...I apologize for the delay in this post. On Wednesday Canada gained a great new little citizen. After much prodding, a persuasive call from an MP office, and a whole lot of prayer I was contacted by the CIC office in Pretoria. They "dug" through a pile and found Miss A's papers. Apparently it has been busy there :-) . We are so thankful to have passed this step. We have been in contact with the passport office and they have verified that they have all the necessary documentation to process Miss A's first passport....let's just hope it doesn't make its way into a "pile" that will necessitate any "digging". We have until next Friday to receive the passport and it really feels like we have made some breathing room for ourselves.
Today marked our move to what will hopefully be our last accomodations in South Africa. We have moved inland away from the sea air and sandy beaches. We now find ourselves surrounded by forest with a river running right through the b and b property. The neighbourhood is gated with allows us to move more freely by foot....after all this chocolate "therapy" I could use some walking around.
Miss A has once again become sick. I suppose it is winter around here and much like winter at home...sickness makes its rounds. There is so much going on in her little world it is no doubt that some form of "stress" contributes to this. We are praying that she will get over this before the flights. While in many ways next Saturday can't come soon enough, with the stress of making contact with the high commission relieved we are hoping to make the most of these last days in Africa.

A brief glimpse at sibling love.