Quick Update

Today we went to Jorge's house and had lunch there. He lives in Villa Nueva not too far from the city. He has 3 children so a lot of the pictures taken today were at his place. I also posted pictures from yesterday. Jorge lives in a gated community (just so you family members aren't too concerned about my safety). We walked around the neighborhood and had ice cream. It was interesting to see another part of Guatemala. The Westin and the zone we are in is the "nice" part of Guatemala. For example, tonight Karla and I went down to the dining room by ourselves for dinner and it was the 2 of us (tired looking girls in regular clothes) with a bunch of people in prom-like dresses and suits. I forgot that Friday and Saturday evenings are usually busy with fancy parties. This one was for some kind of graduation. Not exactly sure what the waiter told me. This coming week the Westin is having some kind of Disney celebration so there are some pictures of Karla with Snow White and the Witch. They gave her a chocolate Mickey Mouse lollipop too...guess who ended up eating that. :)

Karla is saying "oopsie" and "ouchie" now....I think because I say those words a lot, unintentionally. She is also saying "shoes"!! (CI people, tell Brooke) She loves shoes (zapatos) but I keep calling them shoes and now she is too. Tonight she said "Mommy shoes". Two word phrase - yeah!

Tonight is our first night in our room alone. Getting Karla to bed was slightly more difficult. Usually Lola and Carey were in bed right before us so Karla would climb into bed and go right to sleep. Tonight there was a little fussing. I have to say I am a little nervous about being here "alone" after Monday. I have met several Guatemalan people that I can call if I need something but tonight I am feeling nervous. I am not sure why. I guess I am afraid we will get bored, I don't know. Maybe things will go faster than I think. Probably just tiredness speaking. I still can't believe how tired I get from chasing after a fast moving toddler can be. I thought my job would have prepared me for this. :)

The hardest part of the process is over. Just have to wait for DNA results to come back and our Embassy appointed date. Easy! No agency or attorney needed!

I uploaded some new pictures! Check them out. Keep emailing me and posting comments. It is encouraging!