Passing the Time

Buenos noches,

We've been away from blogging for a little while but we are back. Nothing new has happened on our case in the meantime, but we are still early in the process. Henry had his one-month birthday on August 12, and we miss him already! It's obvious that we are already devising activities to pass the time. For one thing, we bought 8 How to Learn Spanish cd's and have been listenting to them during car rides. We have gotten to cd #2 and feel that we are getting better and better. Yo quiero Henry! We also have been reading a small travel book on Guatemala; we have been learning interesting tidbits such as the name of Guatemala means "Land of Trees". We've ordered two more substantive books on Guatemala which will be arriving shortly. We also had the good chance to go to an adoption picnic in Duluth this weekend. We met a number of couples who have adopted from our agency, one boy from Russia, two fraternal twins (girls) from Ethiopia, and two energetic young boys from Korea. It is very reassuring to go to these gatherings just to know that parents adopt kids every day and that everything turns out all right.

Our agency gets monthly updates from the attorneys in Guatemala City, so in a little over a week we are expecting to get additional pictures and information on our little fellow. It would be a bonus to learn that Henry's and the birth mom's DNA have been tested, or the case has been submitted to a family court.

Next: How we pass the time by working on our house!