Gotcha Day

Buenos días, todos,

This is Joe, finally posting something here instead of making my wife do it all. Right now she's staring at our beautiful daughter, who's finally sound asleep.

It was a very big day, so I'm not even sure how to describe it. We got Marisol this afternoon, and we met with the social workers, doctor, nutritionist, attorney, etc. at ICBF (basically, the Colombia DCFS). The whole meeting is still kind of a blur, because we had our new baby there on our laps, so it was hard to really listen to information. We did get a scrapbook from her foster family, though, and that was great, because now we have pictures of her every month from 2 months up to a year.

After the meeting, we came back to the apartment, and we got her to take a short nap. Then we ate empanadas and arepa con huevo. An arepa is a kind of corn cake that you can get with egg in it, and so far the only word she's said to us (other than just babbling) is the word "arepa."

We called home on Skype, gave her a bath, played a little, and eventually she got to sleep. She's definitely way more attached to Elizabeth than to me at this point, but that's okay. We were told before we came down here that that happens.

So, to see pics of our gorgeous hijita, go to flickr.com/photos/chamberscolombia, and we'll post again very soon.