I’m excited to announce that Apple received her United States passport this week. She had applied for it right after being awarded her citizenship in June, so we were a little surprised that it only took two months to get here — considering the huge backlog at the U.S. passport agency right now.

I was really blown away by the quality of the passport itself. My own passport dates back to 1998 (I originally applied for it just so I could go see her for the first time — awwwww), and by comparison, it looks like a kid’s toy. Apple’s is made of a heavier stock, has beautiful watermarked artwork that’s different on every page, quotes and imagery from American history, and a nice thermo-laminate coating on her photo and credentials page.

Her passport is also one of the newfangled ones with the RFID chip inside, which stores her pertinent info electronically. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing is up to your perception on the nature of privacy and security, but for the moment I have no realistic reason to be concerned.

You know what makes me happiest about this? That we can now wait in the same line together at immigration. I know, I’m such a sap.

Congrats to Apple on receiving your magic ticket that will allow you to travel the world!