This morning we headed over to the U.S. consulate to register Arianna's birth with the US government, get her a social security number, and order her a passport. When we crossed the threshold I said to Katie well here is Arianna's first taste of U.S. soil and the consular officer inside chuckled. We were very lucky that the consular officer from the Embassy in Jamaica is on island this week and so we could turn in all the forms without having to send them off island for processing. It was an extremely fortunate coincidence as otherwise our paperwork would not get processed as quickly as it would have to be shipped to Jamaica for processing instead of being sent directly on to the U.S.
Arianna got her picture next to the flag and amazingly enough, Katie's roommate from the maternity ward was also in to register her child so there was a happy sharing of first week at home experiences.
