Panel Day - hes ours...officially (Thai side)

Well finally the big day arrived much to our relief.  Nate slept for almost 12 hours before we had to wake him just before 7.  He seems to have caught up on his sleep as he seemed to be very settled and relaxed.  Maybe he just knows what happens today.

We had to get to the Dept of Social Welfare building by 9.10 to find out what time our interview was to be.  We left the hotel just after 8.30 with Nate in pusher, and arrived at the building 5 mins after that.  We were both a little nervous so we had almost forgotten where it was despite going past it every day in the taxi.  It did give us a chance to plan our lunch though as we walked past many street food vendors on the way there.
 
We met up with Kuhn Voraporn (our social worker from the Thai Red Cross) and you can imagine our delight in finding out that we were first!!. The interview went very well, each of the panelists commenting how well and happy he looks.  One of the social workers there also said how much Nate looks like me???  I will take that as a compliment of course but seriously think she needs glasses.

Our interview took all of about 5 minutes as they were so happy for him, and commented on how much love he seems to be getting.  After that it was questions about what we had seen in Thailand and what we were doing for the rest of our stay.  Nate showed off of course - they have toys on the table for the little ones to be distracted with if theyre unsettled - Nate chose to launch one of them at the elder lady panelist  haha.  

You can only imagine how happy we are now that the formalities are almost over – tomorrow we venture to the Aussie embassy to get his Australian visa.



All smiles just after our panel interview



This is Khun Voraporn the Thai Red Cross Social Worker we have spent the most time with

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