The first week...

The first week with Gabriela has gone really, really well! We just love her to bits and pieces! I´ll try to re-cap what we´ve been up to and then post a couple more photos...

Mostly we´ve been taking it easy. We´ve been over to several people´s houses for meals or just to visit and Gabriela has done really well. She seems to like almost everyone and she will sleep and eat pretty much wherever we are. She slept through the night the last two nights, which you would think would mean that we are refreshed and well-rested, but that´s not the case! We spent much of both nights wondering when she was going to wake us up and neither of us slept very well.

Monday we had our integration meeting. We met with Gabriela´s social worker, our attorney, and the attorney for ICBF. We talked about how we were doing, how Gabby was doing, whether she was eating and sleeping, how we were all adjusting to each other, etc. They issued the documents we need to proceed with the process and our attorney filed them with the court this morning.

Yesterday we went with Daniel´s cousin Felipe, his 6-month old daughter, and his mother-in-law to a historic town called Santa Fe de Antioquia. The town is beautiful, as is the drive there. It was a long day, but fun. The drive was a couple of hours each way (with stops for pan de queso and coffee) and it was very HOT, both in the car and while we were there. That meant that we had two hot, cranky, ticked-off babies. But, I think it was a good bonding experience and Gabriela and I did really well together (daddy got to sit in the front seat and didn´t have to hold the hot, squirming, and, at times, screaming baby).

And now, a few more photos. Enjoy!