Sunday

Still no internet access! Today was full of highs and lows. Thank goodness the highs outweighed the lows. The morning started out again with the normal routine . Daniel will wake up early just to play in his crib and go back to sleep. This morning Gary let me sleep alittle and he ventured out to order breakfast. Of course, he had the order in Spanish on a piece of paper. It worked. I am sure the wait staff appreciated it.


We then headed off to the playground. We played with bubbles ( thanks Debbie) then here comes the low....as Daniel was on the slide he fell at the bottom and hit his head. He is fine. Tough little boy. However he has his first booboo with us. Gary calls him "Scarface". Poor baby. Of course , we needed alittle ice to place on his head. That was like a game of charades. I know how to ask for ice but with my spanish accent no one understands until I start with the hand gestures. UGH!



We had our usual lunch on the balcony of our room. Going to the restaurant is not an option. We attempted that the first night for dinner. What a mess! Lots of stares. Well alot of people stare at us in general. I am getting use to it. Oh well! We prefer our meals on the balcony. We are all trying to learn about each other. Mr. Independent loves to feed himself and wear most of it. Thank Goodness I packed one bib. (Melissa if you are reading this..I will take you up on your bib offer. If plastic & big the better!)




We did meet a lovely family . They are adopting as well. Actually they are on their third adoption. All three beautiful girls. How nice! Mirjam and Wim are tuly kind and nice. They are in the same boat just waiting to go home . They were in Bogota but traveled to Girardot for a change in scenery. It is nice to have someone to chat with. We can't wait for Daniel to feel better so he can go to the pool. He is not ready. He still has no fever but still has a cough and runny nose.







Today we changed our first Daniel dirty diapers. Gary was the lucky recipient of the first one. I thought he was going to gag. I admit I was chuckling on the inside as I helped him out. But karma is something else because the next diaper was also a huge dirty diaper and boy did it stink. I thought I was going to barf! Very different from the diapers I change at work.







We found out today that Daniel loves birds. Another Davis Birdwatcher. He will spot them and start make this sound "PioPio" and flap his little arms like wings. It is very cute. But it doesn't matter where or what we are doing...He will spot the birds.







Daniel also started saying "PaPa" to Gary! Absolutely adorable! He did say "Apple " once when playing with a First Words Book. ( Thanks Jodi) That only happened once but it is a beginning. Daniel is very smart. He knows what he wants and when he wants it. He is very easy to figure out. Today he was hanging out alot in the Baby Bjorn with me. He really likes it. It is nice to be able to carry him around and still have hands free.







Bedtime was ROUGH tonight. Lots of crying. We even had someone have the nerve to complain about the crying. Big Meany! The staff dropped by just to report the complaint but understood that it was bedtime & a toddler. Plus it was very early so go figure the complaints . The music and laughter was louder than Daniel's crying. Oh well. Eventually he did fall asleep.







Nora called to check in on us today. It is always nice to hear a familiar voice. It helps to reassure us that we are not here alone. (Not that we feel that way) It is just really nice.







Well we wish we had wifi to share all of this with you day by day. However hopefully when we return to Bogota we can get back online.