Our travel to Guatemala

The first picture is of the family we stayed with. They were so nice. From left to right- Luisa, the duaghter-in-law of the King's holding her baby boy Tony, (her husband was still working), Mrs. King, Jose holding Chotsy the dog, Peter , and Dr. King. The next picture is the room we stayed in. It had a crib at the foot of the bed and a bathroom on the left side of the photo. I would have included more pictures but because our computer doesn't allow me to turn them the right direction I will not make you turn your head. Jason needs to be bugged to get a new computer. So any help would be great. The pictures next to our bedroom is the back side of the house we stayed in. The entry is through the dark portion on the left side and the window is the window to our room. We were able to look out at the beautiful flowers everyday. The last two photos were other homes in the neighborhood. It was a very nice neighborhood to stay in. We felt very safe and taken care of.

Here is a picture of Reed and mommy on "Gotcha Day". We got Reed about 11:30 on Monday morning. It was a very happy day yet a sad one too. The foster mom was brought to where we were staying and presented us with our baby. We were able to ask her some questions about his schedule and diet and what comforts him. She brought some powdered milk, cereal and a bottle he used. It was good she did because he really didn't like the bottles we brought. We presented his foster mom with a photo ablum of all the picture we received of him. We do not think she was given them while she had him so it will be something she can cherish and look at to remember our beautiful boy. The crib he slept in was in the background.
We did a lot of just eating and sleeping along with Reed. But I think that was best for all of us. We were thinking of traveling to Antigua but because of Reed's cold we decided to stay in. Another couple from Amarillo, TX came to stay at the same house with us. We met them on Wednesday morning. They were there to visit there little boy, Carter. Their names were Heather and Jason too. Weird or what?

Jason took some photos of the last sunset over Guatemala for Reed. I thought it was so sweet of him to think of it. You can also see the view we looked at everyday. It was awesome.

On Monday we received Reed. On Tuesday we went to the US Embassy for our interview. It was easier than I thought it was going to be. I was really nervous. We meet with two different women and they signed off on our paperwork and we were on our way. It was more waiting than anything else. Wednesday was kind of a lazy day since Reed had a cold and waited for Reed's visa to be delivered to us. Once we had his visa we were free to leave. Thursday was an early morning for all of us. Reed was up at 4:00am and so we just got things ready to go. Our flight left at 7:50am so we needed an early start anyways. Traveling with Reed was fairly easy. He did cry on the second leg of our trip because of a pooping issue but we fixed it and he was much better. We actually got him to sleep for some of the flight. When we touched down in Houston we were all tired but while I called home Reed and daddy tried to take a nap. We were so excited to be home and be able to share Reed with all of our family. We had about 25 people welcome us home at the airport. Thanks to those who took some time out of their Thanksgiving to see what we are so thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. We even had a couple offers to come for Thanksgiving dinner. It was very nice but we were so tired we went home, grabbed a bite to eat and went to bed. Reed slept about 12 hours that night.

Well we are home and have seen both sides of the family and have had numerous calls for others to come over and see the little guy. We hope we can fit all of the visits in. Reed took to his cousin Bella well. Here they are holding hands and looking each other over. Bella was being very helpful and putting Reed's bottle in his mouth and watching me change his diaper. She even went and got her stroller from her playroom. She will definitley be taking care of him at day care.






I only have one picture of Reed at home here because the ones of him smiling are all going up and down. Again a little help with Jason on the computer issue would be great. So I will take more picutres this week so you can see he does smile once in a while.

Thanks for following our story as it unfolded and I will try to keep current on this blog for as long as I can. It might only be monthly but I know the withdrawl you have from following something so closely and then it goes away. I will do my best.