Fingerprints: Check!

We turned the fingerprinting for Immigration into a nice overnight trip. The hardest part of the entire trip was having to leave our Tater Tot at the kennel.

On Monday, we loaded the car and drove to Birmingham in the afternoon. Caity and I got in a spelling lesson and a literature lesson on the drive. We used Tony's new GPS (thanks Mom!) to find the location of the Immigration support office. We were supposed to be there at 9:00 a.m. the next morning. So we relied on Maggie Magellan to show us the way and we found it. We backtracked from there to find a hotel.

We crashed early because Tony wasn't feeling well. Thankfully he felt a bit better the next morning and we got to the office in PLENTY of time. Enough time to do a history lesson in the parking lot! :)

Promptly at 9:00 we walked into the office and presented our paperwork. There were probably 5 other customers waiting ahead of us amidst rows and rows of chairs. But we noted these people were all seated next to each other in the front row - NO SPACES between them. Hmmmmm......

After the guard checked our id's and our "invitation"...he directed us to exactly the chairs he wanted us to sit in....next to the other people. And I mean he told Tony where to sit and then me. As one customer was called, we were directed to move down a seat. It was very amusing! Kind of a cross between "Mother May I" and "Musical Chairs."

While we were sitting, we both started chuckling at the sign that was posted in several places nearby - it read:

"Remain seated at all times until your number is called.

Unless the pot calls you to the little girls or little boys room."

I so wish I could've taken a picture for you! We listened - but never did hear the pot calling us! And yes - they told Caitlin exactly where to sit in another row!
We did as we were told - and submitted our prints and were on our way. Took about 30minutes.



To make it fun, we decided to run up to the Birmingham Museum of Art and tour the Pompeii exhibit. It was fascinating and tragic all at the same time. We were all moved by the beauty of the blown-glass vials and jars that survived, the intricate gold jewelry and especially the casts of the fleeing people and the dog that was chained. We learned a lot and spent two hours touring the exhibit. Tony has been to Pompeii and tried to explain the vastness of the devastation to us - but it really is hard to imagine if you haven't seen it.

We are on a high note at the moment and feel like Ty is getting closer and closer!

Keep praying!