Say Cheese!!!!

We had the 'To Do List' written out long before Maisie was born. Had Maisie arrived on her due date we would have had a tight deadline getting all her travel documents ready, given she was a week overdue we were now cutting it fine.

Our flight to Australia is scheduled for 6th February, in order for us to get Little Miss Maisie her first passport we first needed her birth certificate √, we are now waiting for her Australian Citizenship to be finalized before we can apply for her Australian Passport.

Dealing with the different bureaucratic offices over the holiday period is the least of our problems, our biggest concern - the Passport Photo.

What silly person came up with the ruling that a 2 week old baby's passport photo has to meet the following strict criteria:

• Baby must be straight
• Eyes must be open
• Blank facial expression
• Mouth must be closed
• Parents arms must not be in photo

Understandably there were a few poses that did not make the cut.

A little bit of patience and Bingo!!!! we got the winning shot. √√√



All seems to be on track.... looks like we won't be needing to send Maisie separately by FedEx.

Just 5 weeks to go.

See you soon

XX

Mel