GC Day One: Where's Henry?

Buenos dias everyone, we are writing to you from the "business center" in our hotel. Today is a bright and sunny day with a temp. in the 60's, but extremely windy. Guatemala looks very beautiful and tropical looking from our hotel window, similar to inland Hawaii. Obviously, we don't have Henry yet, as we are hanging out in the business center instead. We still haven't got word on when he will be coming. Our attorney and the foster mother will bring him to our hotel sometime today (it is about 10am right now).

Travel yesterday went relatively smooth, except for Andy forgetting the camcorder on the first flight. He had to sprint through the Houston airport after just eating a full chinese food meal to get it, but it was successfully retrieved. We met a few other couples by the gate going to GC who were also adopting, and I think we saw some more on the flight too. It was pretty surreal landing in GC, as it was so dark we didn't really have a reference point. We breezed through customs but then waited at the baggage claim for probably over half an hour. Seriously, our bags were about the last ones to get off the plane! Then we took a long walk down a narrow corridor to the oustide of the airport. There were many people waiting for others, as well as people who just seemed to be milling around. Our hotel shuttle driver was there with our names written on a piece of paper. He sped through the streets of GC and then we arrived at our beautiful hotel.

After not a ton of sleep we awoke today and had a very nice breakfast, probably our last quiet meal as a couple for 25 years. So, now we are waiting. We will head back to our room now to check our messages, if there are any. We also have been talking to our bank today and have been assured the problem will be fixed! Erin is probably blacklisted at that bank, she has been so tough on the phone! Thank you again for all your thoughts and good vibes. Next time we hope to post some very good news (and perhaps pictures).

A&E