We have had a great first week home. Lanie and Alli have become good friends. I was concerned for their bonding since Alli’s last impression of Lanie was two weeks in country screaming, kicking, pinching and stealing all of my time from her non stop. But, God has been good to create lots of fun …
Our first day home was great. We brought the Colomiban weather with us! It was rainy and 75 degrees in Texas in July! Whoo Hoo! So much for my idea of slowly integrating her to people. We had people everywhere all day. Grandparents, Aunt, Uncle, cousins, neighbors, church friends. It was really a great day. …
We’re home! Typing little words just can’t quite convey the emotion I feel with those words! We’re with Scott, Alli, our family, friends and my mac book pro! I’m typing on it now!!! I’ve missed you all so very much! It was a VERY VERY long day. I awoke at 4am and left at 5am …
I can’t believe this day has arrived! We leave for the airport in a few hours! We’re going home… To family, friends, English speaking people, my own bed and so much more! While I’m very happy to be going home, we are leaving here some incredible people and new friends. We’ve made more friends here …
After getting the Visa, we went to a large Parque de Jamal… an amuzement park that was very neat. It had a full size replica of the Taj Mahal, a beautiful zoo in the mountains and much more. It was tranquil… I wanted to ask for a hammock and a good book and …
What a day… Today started with Lanie not feeling good. Her tummy hurt possibly from the vaccines or the medicine I gave for the vaccines. Mauricio picked us up at 11:30 to go get her visa and to discuss with the US Embassy our issues with our previous attorney. When he arrived, I was holding …
Salt waterfall Salt Cathedral Today we visited the Salt Cathedral Outside of town. Wow! It’s amazing. This area mines most of the salt in the world. The Cathedral is a path of mines that were mined. In each mined area a different artist created a cross to depict a different portion of the story …
Today was much better. We spent the day doing appointments for the adoption (which all went well) and visiting places in Bogota. We went to the top of Mt. Monserrat via a cable car. Wow! You can see the entire huge city of Bogota and the mountains. We visited the Emerald museum which was very …
Being here with some of the other adoption kids in this house continues to be very hard. I’m disciplining other kids in order to maintain control of Lanie. These kids are used to being independent and parenting each other and they don’t make good parents for each other. However, I have seen a great improvement …
Today is Scott and I’s seventeenth wedding Anniversary. I love you Scottie! Scott and Alli enjoyed a day at the lake in Austin with his family. I have roses in my room so I’ll pretend they are for my anniversary! Here in Bogota, we have two full uninterrupted days his weekend and then the other …
