New Passport!

Dear Baby,

The other week, you me and daddy went to the immigration to get a passport for you. Originally we thought of just putting your name into our passport. Then mommy heard a story of how this one lady had to fly out on a course but when she got to the airport the immigration people told her she couldn't fly out unless her baby is with her as her baby's name was in her passport. I don't know how true that is but it did make us doubtful.

On the day mommy thankfully grabbed all the relevant documents prior to picking you and daddy up, detoured to get them photocopied while you waited in the car and me going in and out of the shop checking if you're ok, and if photocopying was done... When we got to the immigration building, the place was packed with people. We got the application form and daddy filled it out. We waited over an hour which you had time to nurse and nap as well, before it was our turn. During the whole waiting time mommy was observing and wondering how are they going to take your picture... it's not like there's a baby chair for you to be at the right height for the camera...

When our number was up daddy carried you over to the counter, lady checked all the papers were there, daddy had to run off to photocopy one item for a quick bit (fortunately they had photocopying service in the building) and then it was time for you photo shoot! The lady made daddy sit facing parallel to the counter, hold you up and face the camera with the blue background behind you. Ok, our next wonder was how was she going to get you to look at the camera... *TOINK TOINK TOINK* she was holding a squeaky rubber bright yellow toy mallet and hitting it on the camera trying to get your attention.

Baby was smart, you didn't care about the bright yellow toy mallet. You saw it, and looked towards the person who's arm and hand that was holding the mallet. Click.

The lady showed us the screen and asked if that was alright, baby got a 3/4 profile. For us it was ok, is the picture acceptable when we use the passport? And she said yes, mommy and daddy were like, ok, go ahead. And she handed a print out copy of the passport and said to collect in a few days.

The very next morning, daddy got a text message on his phone saying your passport is ready for collection. Daddy was very impressed, how efficient. But we never gotten around to collecting it until a few days later anyway.

Now you have your own official travel document! And in a couple of weeks we're going to travel on your first official trip on a plane!

Love,
Mommy