Back to home base

So where did I leave off yesterday?

Oh yes, it was afternoon. What did we do then? We went for a walk on the other side of Avenida Reforma to Zone 9. But doing this at rush hour, not such a good idea. Still, I discovered both a Pollo Campero (the "McDonald's" of Guatemala) and a McDonald's that both have play centers. I know where we are going for lunch tomorrow.

So came back to "getaway" hotel -- which I can now say was the Westin Camino Real -- and had dinner.

Bath time was next -- how fun! I think I'm going to have to buy a bucket or something to put L in at our "home" hotel. I just don't think showers are as fun, no?

Bedtime was relatively painless. I read for a bit after she fell asleep. However, at about 4 a.m. she started stirring. I went to rub her back to soothe her back to sleep and she was soaking wet! The Huggies pull-ups I bought leaked. (I had a whole bunch of much better pull-ups from our shower back at the "home" hotel of course.)

But she didn't really wake up at all as I wiped her down, changed her clothes, took the sheets off the bed, and then lay her back down on a towel. It took me forever to get back to sleep, but she was fine.

So now I'm caught up -- what about today? Well, pretty routine, which was nice.

Breakfast, then playtime while I packed to go home base. Once "home," everything went as I said, pretty routine. So instead of boring you with the details, I will just mention the highlights.

Playtime at the Pollo Campero was really fun. There was another little girl about L's age. They didn't really play together, but they were both having a good time kicking and throwing balls in the kid-sized basketball court. Lunch was pretty yummy too!

Naptime was late, but I got caught up on e-mails and such. Decided to send flowers and a letter to the foster family via a service I used to send a gift basket at Christmas. They should be able to deliver in a couple of days.

The evening was nice -- we went to the Super Verdura for dinner items, hung out at my fave mall Fontabella Plaza at the Cafe Barista (I am becoming such a mall rat there).

L. helped me shell peas and then I cooked dinner, which didn't turn out too well. Thank goodness for pasta with mantequilla (butter, or "quílla") as L. says it.

Bedtime was late and took FOR-E-VER! I called G so late he was like totally asleep already. So, we'll talk tomorrow (We had already talked earlier in the day).

I realized today that I have been here a week and two days. And I'm totally surviving. Not only can I do this... I am doing this! I'm a mommy. It's really happening. Woo hoo!

Pray that tomorrow that birth certificate gets issued -- or least we get out of Central Records (aka RENAP) and get the birth certificate early next week. I was going to call Central Records today, but just never found the time!