Well - I have my men here in Antigua for a week!! Tony and Joshua got here Friday and Joshua was so excited to go on this "adventure". Tony did a great job preparing him. He was really excited to fly in a plane and Mommy was sooo..... excited to see them. He has gotten so big!! He loved finally meeting his sister Rosalia in person. He likes to say "I'm a good big brother." He actually shares his Goofy her her!!
We celebrated Rosalia's birthday Saturday by walking around Antigua and showing Tony and Joshua some of the town. Bought her a cake that had fruit on top (Guatemalan style) and she went to town with it. You wouldn't know that she has only one tooth. We opened her birthday presents, but the big green duffel bag was the best - (full of toys and books from home!)
Sunday was a great Mother's day and Mom was treated well. The best thing of course was having my family together at last!! We went to church and out to eat and I got some wonderful presents from hubby and children. Joshua's daycare teacher has been taking pictures of Joshua while I have been gone and they were wonderful!!! Tony also took care of the kids (today) and mom went to have a massage and pedicure! My feet were looking pretty rough after several months of walking around Antigua.
Monday we hit the pool and had a great day. The hardest thing has been getting the naps in for both of the kids. They are on different schedules right now and we're trying to accommodate both. We have been walking around Antigua with sleeping children several times.
Tony has been taking pictures of EVERYTHING! (Taking over my brother Dean's job.) He is loving the time off of work and it is awesome to have the family together. We have some great video of Joshua helping feed Rosalia and play with her. We haven't got him to help with changing diapers yet (still working on that!) Rosalia has really taken off with her crawling and pulling up on things. She is enthralled with daddy's repertoire of noises that he can make and equally loves to watch big brother jump and sing.
We are looking forward to the rest of the week.... I know it will go by too fast.
Last week the PGN started some interviews with birth mothers for several of the cases that were signed off by the old attorney general. (This is part of the "audit" process that they said would happen with the new attorney general.) It appears that they are not going to release any files for adoption for several weeks. The newspaper reported that adoptions were being suspended for a month, but we hear different things every other day. I will keep you posted when we hear more about when things will start moving again.
Well, I better hit the sack... everyone else is asleep and the 6am wake-up call from Rosalia will come soon enough. Miss you all and hope all the mothers had a wonderful day last Sunday.
3 comments:
glad the 4 of you are having a great time! i want to come back sooo badly! tony officially has me beat with the massive duffel bag of goodies! more christmas for you!
It is so wonderful to see you all four together....
I hope that PGN begin moving along again! Let's get this baby (and MOM) home soon!!!
Sorry so late in posting....I have not known about this blog for very long. (kind of discovered it in Dean's email so I have missed some weeks-- I have forwarded it to family who didn't get the link sent to them.) We enjoy the great photos and news from there. Happy belated birthday to Rosalia and Happy belated Mother's day to you. Didn't realize her special date was so close to Brianna's 16th.
It is great you all could be together for both occasions. We don't get much news down here from family but every little bit counts! (and helps!) Many prayers being said here and wishes that all goes quickly and in the right direction!
Lauren is on a cruise before hunkering down to a new job and summer school. Brandon has his fellowship secured for his PhD studies and a permenent lab with grants in immunology and microbiology so he is happy with that news.(little did we know that he was moving to Colorado if it hadn't all come through!) Brianna just returned from a birthday weekend in DC/VA with her boyfriend Conner's family during crew championship weekend (he rows...) and we are all ready for school to be out. Dean and Lauren were in San Antonio for the big game and Dean went to the celebration parade in Lawrence. Very happy man...we alums had alot to celebrate.
If you fly home (SOON!) through Dallas be sure to give us a heads up and we will come out to help celebrate. Lauren and Breeze have passports if you want more company. Prayers for a very short stay!
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