That's right! We have the court order, and Danni's birth certificate. His Mommy is officially Mari Creque and his Daddy is officially Hayden Creque. Unfortunately that makes him here Danni Creque Creque as all Ecuadorians have two last names. :)
We are done with all the paper work that we need to do in order to get Danni a Visa and get out of here!!! We met our attorney's at 7 AM at the Civil Registry to get Danni an Ecuadorian ID card. One of the attorney's went at 6 AM and stood in line. She was about 10th in line and when we arrived there was at least 100 people waiting. It went fast once they opened at 7:30 AM. Once we got a number we ran to our first station where Danni got his picture and finger prints taken. Then to another station where a man looked at his fingers with a flash light (who knows why!) and then he sent us back to the first station. That guy gave us some paperwork and then we ran to another station. There we finally got an ID card.
On to the passport office which was about 15 minutes away. One attorney goes to a copy place to make copies and the other takes us to get photo's taken for the Dr. appointment. The one who made copies comes and gets us while the other waits for the photo's to print and we head to the passport office. We wait in line, the attorney goes up and presents all our paperwork, then she comes for Hayden to pay. We then wait in line for his photo. That is done and we are directed to yet another room where we wait 15 minutes and here ya go - here is your passport!!!!
Lastly, the Doctor. Another 15 minute cab ride. The Dr. is actually near Megamaxi! That appointment takes 10 minutes and we are done. Home by 10 AM! Emma and Michelle were still in their pajamas!! So it went quickly and was uneventful! Our two attorney's truly work very well together and are very efficient!!
When we left in the morning Danni was not very sure about what we were doing. He didn't say a thing but he knew something was up because Emma was not coming with us. He would not leave my lap and when anyone spoke to him he just stared back. He did not smile on any photo either. We kept telling it was okay and that we were doing this so he could come home to Minnesota. As our taxi turned the corner about 2 blocks from our house he sprang up and yelled "Emma, Emma, Emma"!! Coming down our street he got even more excited!! I think he was worried that he was going some place without us. Not a chance kid!! :)
So from here we wait until Monday morning when our attorney picks up the final letter for the US Consulate. Then we all fly to Guayaquil Monday afternoon and on Tuesday we get his Visa and fly back to Quito Tuesday night. Wednesday morning we all fly back to MN. That is the plan! If for some reason the letter is not ready then Hayden and Danni will have to stay one more day at least and go to Guayaquil on their own. So keep your thoughts and prayers coming!
Tomorrow we are heading to Papallacta for one night! We all are very excited as that place is the best!!! So no blog tomorrow night. See ya Friday! Mari
