My beautiful girl!
One of the many Colombian flags being flown yesterday. This one is on the apartment building right beside the hotel.
Mommy and Kariana enjoying the Juan Valdez Cafe.
My first dress with tights and everything!
Yesterday seemed to be one of the longest day around here so far. We learned that the inauguration for the new Colombian president was taking place that day here in Bogota so we decided to play it safe and stick around the hotel since the last time there was a new president inaugurated, there was some political unrest and we didn’t want to take any chances. We decided to take a walk and get some coffee at a Juan Valdez Café that was close to the hotel. I had the best cold coffee drink I have ever had. It was so good! As we were walking to the café, you couldn’t help but notice the many Colombian flags being flown from houses and businesses. If you think about it, being here in Bogota during the inauguration would be like being in Washington, D.C. when President Obama was inaugurated. It was a pretty cool feeling knowing we were here during this historic time for the country. After our drinks at the café, we walked back to the hotel and basically just stayed inside the rest of the day. Kariana took 4 shorter naps throughout the day so it seemed like whenever we were going to go for a walk, she was sleeping. It made the day just seem really long when you don’t get out of the hotel much.
A family from Paris arrived yesterday to adopt their second child so that makes 3 French families that are here now. One short-stay American family went home yesterday but another one arrived tonight so the hotel is kind of hopping right now with 4 American families (2 of which leave on Wednesday or Thursday and the other two are me/Kariana and Joe/Leah/Cole), 3 French families, and 1 Italian family. At least the comings and going make the days go by faster. We are taking the new family to the grocery store tomorrow. Exciting!
Today was Sunday so of course, we went to the markets! The weather was beautiful, warm, and sunny. So sunny in fact that the back of my neck got a little red. I should have known better. We are so high in the mountains that you need to be careful but its easy to forget the sunscreen here because the clouds are so often around most or all of the day. The clouds just roll in over the mountain tops which make predicting the weather here very difficult. For the past few days we were sure it was going to rain due to how the clouds looked but it never did. It’s funny because each of the American families that adopted outside of Bogota that come here ask “Is it always this cold here?” Most of the rest of the country not in the mountains is very warm and tropical so they are used to that weather and then they get here so it’s kind of a shock even though it seems nice to us.
At the markets I finally got a keepsake box for Kariana. Kerry and I determined that one of the things we wanted to go home with was some sort of box from Colombia for her to keep always. We looked while he was here but decided that I should keep looking after he left so for the past 2 Sundays, I have been scooping out boxes everywhere we went. I even made Leah help me and giver her opinion. I finally narrowed it down to 2 and both were the same price but I liked the slightly larger one better with the removable tray. Hopefully she will keep it as a jewelry box and will always have something from her birth country that she can use everyday if she wants. I’m really happy with it and hope she likes it. I also got her a couple of bracelets and the boys each one as well along with another black and silver necklace for me.
My sister comes in 2 days!!!!!!! I can hardly wait. I think I will make her blog while she is here so we can record her thoughts of Bogota as well. I haven’t told her that yet…….. Carrie gets here about 9 pm Tuesday night and stays until Sunday. I’m so excited!
Cresta
A family from Paris arrived yesterday to adopt their second child so that makes 3 French families that are here now. One short-stay American family went home yesterday but another one arrived tonight so the hotel is kind of hopping right now with 4 American families (2 of which leave on Wednesday or Thursday and the other two are me/Kariana and Joe/Leah/Cole), 3 French families, and 1 Italian family. At least the comings and going make the days go by faster. We are taking the new family to the grocery store tomorrow. Exciting!
Today was Sunday so of course, we went to the markets! The weather was beautiful, warm, and sunny. So sunny in fact that the back of my neck got a little red. I should have known better. We are so high in the mountains that you need to be careful but its easy to forget the sunscreen here because the clouds are so often around most or all of the day. The clouds just roll in over the mountain tops which make predicting the weather here very difficult. For the past few days we were sure it was going to rain due to how the clouds looked but it never did. It’s funny because each of the American families that adopted outside of Bogota that come here ask “Is it always this cold here?” Most of the rest of the country not in the mountains is very warm and tropical so they are used to that weather and then they get here so it’s kind of a shock even though it seems nice to us.
At the markets I finally got a keepsake box for Kariana. Kerry and I determined that one of the things we wanted to go home with was some sort of box from Colombia for her to keep always. We looked while he was here but decided that I should keep looking after he left so for the past 2 Sundays, I have been scooping out boxes everywhere we went. I even made Leah help me and giver her opinion. I finally narrowed it down to 2 and both were the same price but I liked the slightly larger one better with the removable tray. Hopefully she will keep it as a jewelry box and will always have something from her birth country that she can use everyday if she wants. I’m really happy with it and hope she likes it. I also got her a couple of bracelets and the boys each one as well along with another black and silver necklace for me.
My sister comes in 2 days!!!!!!! I can hardly wait. I think I will make her blog while she is here so we can record her thoughts of Bogota as well. I haven’t told her that yet…….. Carrie gets here about 9 pm Tuesday night and stays until Sunday. I’m so excited!
Cresta
Doesn't she look pretty all dressed up? The keepsake box is a great idea for Kariana. She will look back at the blog and have great memories as will you guys. We hope you will hear something soon. Love you.
ReplyDeleteShe is growing up so much, hope to see her soon, She looks happy all the time. Hope and pray you hear something soon. Love ya, Grandma.
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