I apologize for not staying more true to the blog, but I have had the worst random illness for the last 5 days. It began Sunday with a high fever (for three days) and then turned into an almost allergic throat/cough reaction now ending in extreme weakness and fatigue! Fun, fun! Thank goodness Auntie Melaine arrived in the nick of time.
Melaine arrived around 7:00AM on Wednesday morning and immediately grabbed Blake from my arms! She loves him so much and he took to her really fast. He giggles and smiles every time she enters the room! It's so cute. We now only have 5 days left to spend in Guatemala with Blake and we're trying hard to make them the best days together.
As far as our adoption goes, once again, Chris' police document that was mailed apparently was not "done right" according to our agency so once again, we're out another week from PGN. Originally we were going to be in by today. Now, it will be next Wednesday supposedly. Basically we could've been in PGN for a month by now! It's so frustrating, but there's nothing we can do about it. We have to keep remembering that we're going to have Blake with us for the rest of our lives, so I guess we can hang in there now. Most families have been getting out of PGN in 8 weeks so if we go in next week, 8 weeks would be the third week of October. We'd then be looking at actually bringing him home in November. At this point, if we can have Blake home for Christmas it would be the best present yet. Tomorrow, I plan to take Melaine to the wild market to show her chicken feet and raw meat. I'm sure she'll love that! Today we went to the Macadamia Nut Farm and Melaine went in a Tuc-Tuc (which almost crashed with all of us in it) for the first time! After nearling crashing though, she might not though! Our driver told us that our screams scared him and helped him from not crashing! Can you believe it?!! What a different life it is here. We will miss the beauty and quirkiness of Antigua when we go. I'm already looking forward to returning in October!
2 comments:
So sorry you were sick, but so glad Melaine is there! You look like you've been having a blast. The police clearance thing is AWFUL, and I am so sorry. BUT hopefully you'll be in next week and will get your out soon!
P.S.--I hate that Ronald McDonald picture.
I can't belive how big is baby Blake. He looks so happy and healthy. I'm glad Melaine is there to help and support you. Sorry about your sickness. Enjoy the time asmuch as you can with Blake. Take care and see you soon.
Mayela
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