Hola from Kristin! We did indeed enjoy our pancakes yesterday- just like home. I think they are fried in butter so that might add to the delightfulness of them.
After Josh had a nap, bottle, and diaper change, we did venture out to the flea market. We walked quite a long time and half of the major road, Santa Barbara, really is blocked off to traffic. There were people on bikes and rollerblades, walkers, and families pushing strollers. It was so much quieter without the bumper to bumper traffic and dozens of street vendors at the car's windows. It was nice to see Bogota with no rush or crowds. As we neared the end of the street, we still didn't see anything that looked like a flea market. A clown on stilts (yes, clown on stilts) was handing out flyers and I asked him where the flea market was. Considering that he answered in broken English, my Spanish must not be improving too much! He pointed us toward a gated hotel and after again confirming with the
security guard, we arrived at the Hotel Fontana, the location of the flea market. You can see pictures of our walk and the hotel if you click 'photo gallery' on the left of the blog. The hotel was gorgeous, brick and covered in plants. The flea market was much smaller than I had anticipated with only 24 tables. There was beautiful jewelry, purses, handcrafted bowls and scarves- I'm not sure why we are calling it a flea market and not an art fair! Mostly, it was fun to be out even though it was windy and cloudy yesterday.
We got back to the hotel in time for lunch (soup, sandwiches, and apples) and then Josh had a very, very difficult afternoon. Nothing made him happy except for Chad walking the hotel. We tried everything in our limited bag of parenting tools and were pretty frazzled by the end of the day. He fell asleep at 7:30, begrudgingly, woke up once for a quick snack at 9:30 and then slept until 6:30 this morning. He tired himself out! He is back asleep now, although that does seem to be his usual routine- wake up around 6AM, eat, play and then back to sleep at 7:30AM. Some days after breakfast, I go back to sleep also!Today we have our ICBF interview at 2:00. Isabel called this morning and let us know that our interview would be at ICBF, as it is for most families. Last week the interview was set up to be done at Ayudame. I'm not sure of the change but I anticipate a much longer wait today.
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5 comments:
Hi Chad, Kristin and Josh
Thanks for the update! I'm sorry to hear you had a ruff day yesterday. How are Chad's arms doing today after his all day workout? It must be hard when you limited with the things you have! I'm glad the pancakes were good!
I hope your interview goes well today!!! Take care!
--D&K
Hi Chad & Kristin,
It sounds like you are experiencing a lot of the same new parent stuff with Josh as we are with our little Isabel. Overall she is an angel (especially sleeping through the night and drinking all her bottle), but when she´s hungry or aggitated...watch out! Do you want to meet up this week? We have our ICBF meeting on Wed. Please email us tonight or tomorrow with any details from your meeting today. We love following your blog. Take care, Monica & Michael
HEllo from Ron and Mary---Sounds like Josh is a typical baby--some happy times and some crabby times when you have no clue why he seems so unhappy. It will get better as you and Chad spend more time with him and get to know his little quirks(what works and what doesn't). I would see this as an adjustment time for all three of you. Life will get even better!! We can't wait to hold him and see those big brown eyes and chubby cheeks. He is so handsome. Keeping all three of you in our prayers Love from Ron and Mary
hey little family...praying everything went well today. looking forward to hearing about it.
you know, both zach and seth had these crabby moments (some lasted hours) that no matter what we did (feeding, changing, soothing, singing, walking, driving, toys, etc.) NOTHING worked. in the middle of it all, it seemed that they'd forgotten why it is they were crying in the first place and now they were just crying...aaaaand then eventually exhaustion played it's part and they'd konk out. totally normal. (sigh) though it's rough sometimes. jeff and i will be praying that you guys are able to rest when he rests. (sometimes, it's hard to wind down after the incessant fussing!) ; )
wondering if anyone else is craving pancakes after all the talk about them!!!
love and hugs to you!
HI Theis family!!!
CONGRATS on the Legal guardianship!!! I love the celebration photos! They are great!! Have a great night!!
--D&K
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