The road to Canada....

With the birth of our wonderful daughter, it has been our goal to meet her Canadian family. In order to accomplish this, we needed to acquire Brooke's birth certificate and subsequently, her passport. Getting a passport for a newborn is almost a comical experience as the proper photo requirements are quite difficult for a newborn. Below is Brooke's official passport photo:

To get this picture we had to make sure Brooke was awake and we both had to hold her ensuring that none of our body parts were showing. No easy task but I believe we were pretty successful. Here is the final product that arrived just before our trip.

Although Brooke has been an amazingly happy baby, we were worried about the 12 hour travel time to visit her Canadian relatives as she is quite particular in the way she likes to be held. Our worries were unwarranted as Brooke was lulled to sleep with the plane's noise and motion.

After a tiring day of travel, we now were proud parents of an international baby....Canada here we come!!!