Kariana is still a really good sleeper. 3 naps a day plus sleeps through the night.
Carrie and Kariana enjoying the view of Bogota from Mosserate.
Carrie's last night in Bogota.
Playing around in Mom's bed.
The last few days have been a lot better. I finally came to terms with the fact that I will be here a few more weeks. I think it just hit me hard because I was expecting the call for Sentencia and the countdown to go home instead of the call saying we were starting over. I am missing my boys something fierce although my wonderful husband is handling everything at home more than skillfully. He is so awesome. I am reminded everyday of why I married him. I know this is a short term set back and our family will be back together soon. We Skype almost everyday which helps a lot. There is something about blowing my guys a good night kiss and telling them good night and I love you that makes it seem like I am still participating in their everyday lives in a tiny way. Plus its so cute how they talk to Kariana on the screen.
It was so great to have Carrie here last week. It sure went a lot better and faster with her here. Although we didn’t do a lot of site seeing, she got to know my section of Bogota and she got to spend a ton of time with Kariana. Plus, my parents have taken pity on me and my extended stay and booked a ticket for my dad to come on Thursday. I can’t wait for him to come, only 3 more days! He is staying for 10 days so I get to show him around Bogota next. At least it will give me something to do while we wait some more although I hope he doesn’t get to bored. My mom is super jealous that both Carrie and my dad will get to see and hold Kariana before she will.
Kariana, as usual, is adorable. She has discovered her feet so she likes to kick them and try to put them in her mouth whenever she can. She has really taken to flirting with everyone who smiles at her. She gets all excited and starts moving around and smiling back. Carrie got to experience all the people stopping to admire and talk to her in public while she was here so it’s not just me imaging it. She really is a beautiful, beautiful baby. The hotel staff all adore her. They are constantly talking to her, trying to get her to smile or just plain taking her from me and toting her around. The owner of the hotel seems especially enamored with her. Katya is very sympathetic to my court situation since virtually all of her clients are adopting families or families coming back to Colombia after previously adopting so she is very familiar with the process. She agrees that the best course of action was to pull out of our old court and start again.
Kariana’s acid reflex seems to be under control. Although we have some spit up, it’s really not that bad. Some days are better than others and some days we have no spit up at all but then the next day she will spit up a number of times. I continue to give her the medicine and will do so until we get back to the states and talk to a doctor there to figure out a course of action.
Now that Carrie is gone, I have been watching more TV again. The hotel has cable so we have over 60 stations but on the weekends, usually 10 of those channels are showing soccer so that cuts down your choices. I’m not kidding! They even show indoor soccer that is played on what appears to be an area that is similar to arena football at home. They call it mini soccer. Most of the channels are in Spanish so I usually flip through them rather quickly until I see subtitles at the bottom. That means it’s in English. Yeah! The worst is when you see a movie that you wouldn’t mind seeing again only to discover that they have dubbed the voices over in Spanish. Let me tell you, Dirty Dancing and the Fast and the Furious are not the same when the words are in Spanish. It’s actually quite annoying to watch! It’s nice when you find a movie with the subtitles instead and the original words still spoken in English. I watched Miss Congeniality today. And they really like shows like NCIS and CSI here. Luckily most of those are still in English with added subtitles.
That’s about it for now.
More later,
Cresta
It was so great to have Carrie here last week. It sure went a lot better and faster with her here. Although we didn’t do a lot of site seeing, she got to know my section of Bogota and she got to spend a ton of time with Kariana. Plus, my parents have taken pity on me and my extended stay and booked a ticket for my dad to come on Thursday. I can’t wait for him to come, only 3 more days! He is staying for 10 days so I get to show him around Bogota next. At least it will give me something to do while we wait some more although I hope he doesn’t get to bored. My mom is super jealous that both Carrie and my dad will get to see and hold Kariana before she will.
Kariana, as usual, is adorable. She has discovered her feet so she likes to kick them and try to put them in her mouth whenever she can. She has really taken to flirting with everyone who smiles at her. She gets all excited and starts moving around and smiling back. Carrie got to experience all the people stopping to admire and talk to her in public while she was here so it’s not just me imaging it. She really is a beautiful, beautiful baby. The hotel staff all adore her. They are constantly talking to her, trying to get her to smile or just plain taking her from me and toting her around. The owner of the hotel seems especially enamored with her. Katya is very sympathetic to my court situation since virtually all of her clients are adopting families or families coming back to Colombia after previously adopting so she is very familiar with the process. She agrees that the best course of action was to pull out of our old court and start again.
Kariana’s acid reflex seems to be under control. Although we have some spit up, it’s really not that bad. Some days are better than others and some days we have no spit up at all but then the next day she will spit up a number of times. I continue to give her the medicine and will do so until we get back to the states and talk to a doctor there to figure out a course of action.
Now that Carrie is gone, I have been watching more TV again. The hotel has cable so we have over 60 stations but on the weekends, usually 10 of those channels are showing soccer so that cuts down your choices. I’m not kidding! They even show indoor soccer that is played on what appears to be an area that is similar to arena football at home. They call it mini soccer. Most of the channels are in Spanish so I usually flip through them rather quickly until I see subtitles at the bottom. That means it’s in English. Yeah! The worst is when you see a movie that you wouldn’t mind seeing again only to discover that they have dubbed the voices over in Spanish. Let me tell you, Dirty Dancing and the Fast and the Furious are not the same when the words are in Spanish. It’s actually quite annoying to watch! It’s nice when you find a movie with the subtitles instead and the original words still spoken in English. I watched Miss Congeniality today. And they really like shows like NCIS and CSI here. Luckily most of those are still in English with added subtitles.
That’s about it for now.
More later,
Cresta
I enjoyed our talk last nite and was glad to see and hear her jabber. Glad you can get some tv programs you can watch. Do you read some, do they have books around for you to read? It has been real cool today, what a change. Better get back to sewing. Love ya.
ReplyDeleteLove the soccer uniform! What a doll!
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that your dad will be joining you as well. Nothing better than having family with you when things aren't going quite as you had planned. Best of all, you will get to show Kariana off and that bonding time between her Grandpa and her will be priceless!
Thinking of you all daily and hoping and praying for a good court.
Patsy, Jon, Will, Jake and Gabby