We´re back...
... and yes, David, we have our girl... and what a beautiful (bonita!) girl she is!
It has been an incredible 48 hours. We met Mariana on Thursday morning at La Casita de Nicolas at reception hosted by the ladies of La Casita: the older sponsors (beautiful old ladies, gracious and stately), the director, the social worker, the psychologist, the lawyer, the other lawyer... a cast of thousands. But we only cared about one thing... meeting our beautiful daughter.
She was brought out in the dress we brought, with a cute little pink bow on her head. She was calm and very curious, looking all around, taking everything in. I just couldn´t stop smiling, my only emotion was joy. Of course our camera ran out of power at the most inopportune time so we only have three photos of the occassion. Jason got out the video though so we have some good footage.
There was no looking back. She was happy and content the moment she put in my arms and was happy to go out into the big world. In the car she looked around everywhere, trying to take in everything at the same time. We took her shopping for some basics and then back to our hotel room to wind down and get to know each other.
She is eating and sleeping beautifully, so far so good. Really nothing at all to complain about. She wakes up smiling (just like her big brother) and only cries if she is hungry. She loves having a bath, loves playing with Will and her toys... she is just a happy girl.
Yesterday we spent the day by the pool. Will swam, Jason swam, I played with Mariana and read my book. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch outside (I don´t know what they feed their cows but the steak tastes bloody amazing!). Then Mariana and I went up for a nap while the boys swam some more.
In the afternoon we went back out to the pool and met some American couples here adopting from the other Medellin orphanage. One couple is adopting a girl called Sidney (how cute is that?). There are a few German couples here too but apart from smiles and nods we don´t really communicate (who started the war anyway?).
I tried to get on the internet PC here all day yesterday but I couldn´t. It was crazy. There was some sort of conference going on and the place was chock full of very busy and important looking people. The comuter room was busy all day and into the evening. I gave up trying about 7:00 pm. Also, our mobile phone is totally out of charge and the charger won´t work through the power adaptor. We will try to buy a Colombia Nokia charger next time we go shopping. The other bad news is that we fried our digital camera. Somehow the charger, through the adaptor, overheated it and we think it´s totally dead. We´ll have to check it out when we get home. Boo hoo! We´ve bought a couple of disposable cameras for now.
So the best way to contact us is through either of my emails or through the blog right now. I will check it at least once a day (as long as I can access the computers).
In general, we are having a fantastic time. The people are wonderful. The hotel is great (we´ve finally been moved to one of the suites with a kitchen and it´s perfect for us). There is a tv channel which shows all the good comedies in English, so in the afternoon and evening we can veg out with Seinfeld, Frasier, Friends, Scrubs, etc. Very comforting when you´re far from home.
I can´t figure out how to load up photos just yet so you´ll need to be patient.
Love to everyone, we´re not missing anyone yet, but I´m sure we will be soon!
It has been an incredible 48 hours. We met Mariana on Thursday morning at La Casita de Nicolas at reception hosted by the ladies of La Casita: the older sponsors (beautiful old ladies, gracious and stately), the director, the social worker, the psychologist, the lawyer, the other lawyer... a cast of thousands. But we only cared about one thing... meeting our beautiful daughter.
She was brought out in the dress we brought, with a cute little pink bow on her head. She was calm and very curious, looking all around, taking everything in. I just couldn´t stop smiling, my only emotion was joy. Of course our camera ran out of power at the most inopportune time so we only have three photos of the occassion. Jason got out the video though so we have some good footage.
There was no looking back. She was happy and content the moment she put in my arms and was happy to go out into the big world. In the car she looked around everywhere, trying to take in everything at the same time. We took her shopping for some basics and then back to our hotel room to wind down and get to know each other.
She is eating and sleeping beautifully, so far so good. Really nothing at all to complain about. She wakes up smiling (just like her big brother) and only cries if she is hungry. She loves having a bath, loves playing with Will and her toys... she is just a happy girl.
Yesterday we spent the day by the pool. Will swam, Jason swam, I played with Mariana and read my book. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch outside (I don´t know what they feed their cows but the steak tastes bloody amazing!). Then Mariana and I went up for a nap while the boys swam some more.
In the afternoon we went back out to the pool and met some American couples here adopting from the other Medellin orphanage. One couple is adopting a girl called Sidney (how cute is that?). There are a few German couples here too but apart from smiles and nods we don´t really communicate (who started the war anyway?).
I tried to get on the internet PC here all day yesterday but I couldn´t. It was crazy. There was some sort of conference going on and the place was chock full of very busy and important looking people. The comuter room was busy all day and into the evening. I gave up trying about 7:00 pm. Also, our mobile phone is totally out of charge and the charger won´t work through the power adaptor. We will try to buy a Colombia Nokia charger next time we go shopping. The other bad news is that we fried our digital camera. Somehow the charger, through the adaptor, overheated it and we think it´s totally dead. We´ll have to check it out when we get home. Boo hoo! We´ve bought a couple of disposable cameras for now.
So the best way to contact us is through either of my emails or through the blog right now. I will check it at least once a day (as long as I can access the computers).
In general, we are having a fantastic time. The people are wonderful. The hotel is great (we´ve finally been moved to one of the suites with a kitchen and it´s perfect for us). There is a tv channel which shows all the good comedies in English, so in the afternoon and evening we can veg out with Seinfeld, Frasier, Friends, Scrubs, etc. Very comforting when you´re far from home.
I can´t figure out how to load up photos just yet so you´ll need to be patient.
Love to everyone, we´re not missing anyone yet, but I´m sure we will be soon!
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