Getting Ready for Isabella

Today we spent the morning with some of the other families in the hotel. We all went out for a walk together and did a little sight-seeing. Some of the streets were closed today (for cars) and open for walkers and cyclists. They were closed since it was a holiday. So, it was nice to get outside and walk around and visit some things in town. We walked to a local flea market, a mall, and then stopped for some good ol' U.S. Pizza Hut! The Pizza Hut even had a play area for the kids, so it was great for Sean and some of the older kids.

After walking around with the other families, we stopped at the grocery store and picked up some things for our hotel room. After all, you have to have snacks in your room. Sean was thrilled of course because we picked up some goodies for him. We also experienced the change in weather here in Colombia. During our walk earlier in the day, it was beautiful and sunny outside. We were even a little warm and thought maybe we should have worn some short sleeved shirts. But by the time we came back outside after our grocery shopping, it was pouring rain! Needless to say, it was an interesting time trying to carry Sean, the groceries, the diaper bag, and push the stroller (that Sean didn't want to sit in). By the time we got back to the hotel, we were soaked. But we had a good time laughing about it on the way "home".

After that, we spent some time in our room relaxing and waiting for dinner. Sean and Daddy put together Isabella's (or as Sean calls her... Izzie's) bouncy seat. As you can see from the picture, Sean was very involved in the "assembly" process (haha) and was excited to help Daddy. It must have been hard work, because he is now sound alseep next to me. Which is kind of funny, because in the last few minutes we began having a very loud rain/hail storm here. In fact, as I was typing this, we just found out that one of the families is having to change rooms because the room they are in flooded! But all of the ladies that work here are great, and are doing everything possible to make this family comfortable. It really is a home away from home.

Well, we better get to sleep. Tomorrow is the big day! The last that we heard is that we need to be at the "casa privada" (private home) to pick up Isabella at 10:00 am. So, it will be an exciting morning over here! We will do our best to post pictures tomorrow at some point. We know you all are excited too, so we will make every effort to do that.

Love you all. Buenas noches.