Friday...October 3Oth

One thing I forgot to post last night....Yerly and Diego loved reading a book we brought in spanish and after we read another book in english...Yerly walked into the bedroom...came out saying hello, yellow...then she would go back into the room and come out again speaking english...she came out and this time we said...Te Amo...I love you..and she repeated ..I LOPE YOU..over and over and over. During the last couple of days they have not asked questions...but you can tell they have them. So we have been telling them in spanish that they are part of our family and they are going to live with us forever. We made up a little simple song for them that just says...every day we are together always. Yerly loves to sing it in unison with me and when we get to the end...she tries to sing it quick before I can finish.

Another thing... the very first day home Diego kept saying Cheen-cheen...and we had now idea...but he was trying to tell us he needed to pee. We have since figured out cheen cheen and po-po and they eagerly wait for us to take them.

Today we started with breakfast again...I loaded Yerly's plate with 3 huge serving spoons of eggs and they were devoured again. Diego sat next to me this morning...showing me how nicely he could put his napkin in his lap and feeding me every other bite. Towards the end of the meal..Yerly started to put her head down...there is definitely a competition for attention from us all.

After breakfast we went with Gloria to the courthouse. Olivia, Gretta, Ella and Dayne stayed in the hotel. Olivia has not been feeling well..so it was nice she could sleep. IN the car, we told them we were only going for a short meeting. We brought their animal back packs and some toys. Once we got up to the service window by all of the people...they started to melt again. Diego especially started to get very nervous and within minutes started crying..then sobbing.The ladies gave him a ball and a piece of candy...but nothing was helping until Mike put on the lion puppet and started talking..then we got out cars and then little workbooks...eventually he settled down. He liked the workbook but complained about his hand hurting after a few minutes. Yerly on the other hand...did every page A-M. The difference between girls and boys. We had to sign a few papers and wait for our lawyer and that was it. She is just getting ready to present the adoption to the courts. We meet next TH for our first court date and interview.

Once we got back to the hotel our translator came into the lobby with us. Our translator Gloria seems to know everyone. Soon she introduced us to the director of the hotel. When the director saw Diego and Yerly she wanted to buy them something from the hotel bakery. they picked out a treat and we sat down to eat. Yerly loved her sugar cake..Diego chose a strawberry like flan. He was not a fan and starting spitting it out while the director was looking another direction...I quietly motioned for him not to do that in her presence and he immediately sucked it all back in his mouth and put a smile on his face before she turned back. .. hilarious.

After the bakery, we went back to the room to change for the long awaited POOL...piscina!!!or as they say...pee-chee-na. They seemed to like the wading pool and finally decided to try the big pool today. Yerly tried it first and then right away wanted to try to touch the bottom of the pool with her feet...so we practiced just going under first and then she tried it and when she came up she yelled...SI SI SI SI SI SI....yes yes yes she touched it. And then we touched the bottom probably another 35 times at least. Diego ventured out but was not as sure...but he is a fish in the wading pool. Diego swims with complete confidence if he hands can touch the ground.

We met another adoptive family. Kathy, from Boston and her daughter Sidalia who is 3. She was very helpful with tips and ideas for getting around Medellin since she has been her 3 weeks already.

Tonight we went to the hotel restaurant and found something they like to eat. Yerly loved her hamburger and french fries and Diego loved his hot dogs and rice and eggs. When we got back to the room we watched some of the video we have taken so far.. It was neat to see their faces light up when they saw themselves on the tv. Diego laughed and laughed everytime he saw himself! Yerly snuggled with papi on the bed smiling!!