Category: the paddock

Hi!  There are lots of animals here in Monteria. At the park there is monkeys, iguanas, and sloths! You should tell me what your favorite animal is! If you want to tell me, you can just comment on this blog post and tell me.  Oh, by the way, here is a good picture of Maribel…

¡Hola! One week ago we met my siblings! I cannot believe it! In many ways it feels like it has been longer. We have made progress I believe. By the way, we saw a sloth just crawling on the ground! We are making progress though. I can tell. They already call mom and dad “Mama”…

We have many friends here at our hotel, Hotel Baroca.  I will tell you about them.  The first one we met was Carlos, a very kind and helpful man.  He speaks good English which is nice for communication with those who don’t.  He was there when we walked through the doors to the hotel with…

Today we had a good day.  Our day usually starts with us waking up with three sweet faces, getting ready, and putting our clothes on.  Then we go down to the hotel restaurant and eat a great breakfast.  Today we had guava juice and pancakes with ham, cheese, and syrup.  It was very tasty.  Then we come back to…

Today we had a good day.  We had a tasty breakfast at the hotel restaurant:

These were some surprise pictures that we didn’t expect to get but we were surprised with them about two weeks before we came to Colombia! Te amo Yerlys, Juan, and Jose!

Wow!  Three new siblings! Wednesday was very chaotic or else I would have posted.  I’ll tell you how Wednesday went.  We were very excited on our way to meet the children Wednesday.    They came in with smiles and they left with sobs.  Once they were okay, we enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool on a…

This morning at the Bed and Breakfast that we are staying at in Bogota, we met a couple from France who are adopting a child from the same city that we are adopting Yerlys, Juan, and Jose from!  We quickly became friends and soon we realized we needed pesos (Colombian money).  They offered to walk…

We safely arrived in Bogota, Colombia!  My dad woke me up at about 4:30 and I was ready for our big day about 5:30.  My cousin Abby took us to the Rochester Airport about 6:00 and we boarded our plane about 7:00.  From Rochester we flew to Chicago, where I had a breakfast from McDonald’s of a Sausage,…

In our treehouse we are very busy packing, cleaning, and celebrating a birthday.  Our emotions are running high as we get ready to go to Colombia to take my precious siblings, Yerlys, Juan, and Jose to their new home.  We are very busy. Here is our itinerary: We wake up at like 4:00 Sunday morning to get ready…