Wednesday Dec. 14
This morning we got up and Zac did his normal work and Adriana are also starting to get into somewhat of a routine....wake up, eat, watch a Dora show, shower, clean up the apartment and get ready for lunch.
Adriana has been more quiet today...I think the new-ness of mom and dad is starting to wear off and she is starting to wonder about her friends at the orphanage maybe...
We had a good day, since the internet was so flaky Zac was having problems getting work done, so we decided to head downtown Cuenca where all of the Cathedrals and open air markets are located. It definetly raises your confidence in being able to speak the language when you can tell the taxi driver where to go! I was also able to make a couple of purchases and even bartered with the vendors to get the best deal! We got Adriana a sweater that is native to Ecuador...made out of Llama...it’s pretty neat. I am absolutely in love with the scarves here.....if anyone wants a neat scarf, let me know what colors you like and I’ll pick one up for you! (They are $12 for one, but when purchasing multiple you get a better deal) =) We only made it to the main open air market, and there are several more to go to....even when we don’t purchase anything...it is just so neat to see all the different handmade materials and people! We also went into the “new” Cathedral and the “old” cathedral...I’ll have to look up the dates they were built..the old was built in 1500’s when Cuenca was first founded, and the new was built in the 1800’s...they are amazing...we weren’t sure if it was OK to take pictures, but when we talked to John later that day, he said it was no problem...so we’ll have to go back and take a few photos!
Tonight we made Spaghetti for dinner...which Adriana had three bowls of! We also are enjoying the bread that we got at the bakery John took us to...we’ll need to go there again soon to get more. =)
I got to spend some one on one time...well, I guess two on one time talking with my sisters on Skype today as Kellie was over at Leslie’s house...so that was nice. Adriana enjoys Skyping with people, but she enjoys it more when there are children present....She’ll talk to Leslie and Kellie a very tiny bit, but when Corbett or Evie enter the picture she’ll wave and say hieee.
I had emailed Priscilla today to confirm that the judge was coming tomorrow and realized that somewhere things got messed up in translation between her husband and I....the judge is not coming tomorrow(Thursday) and only she is coming for us to sign the Demand of Adoption...which she then takes to the court place to go into the “draw” to get assigned a court and a judge....so confusing! It is still looking like court will be sometime next week...but obviously prayers are needed and much appreciated!
I’ve been working more with Adriana on signing when she is requesting things....she doesn’t have very many understandable words...Pee, Poo, Ti (yes)..which in Spanish is really Si, but T is easier than S to say...she says mommy and daddy very well as well as Addie and Nana and Papa...she’ll try to say anything we ask of her...but non are very understandable...but she is doing very well and we are so very thankful she is adjusting so well.
I’m gonna be honest and say there are plenty of things I will not miss here, but there are also things I will miss...I’ll go into more detail later in our trip.
The internet continues to be quite an issue, but it sounds like other patrons here at the apartment are starting to complain as well..so hopefully it will get better. We tried to watch the Biggest Loser Finale on hulu.com and had no luck..so that was a bummer...
Until tomorrow...
This morning we got up and Zac did his normal work and Adriana are also starting to get into somewhat of a routine....wake up, eat, watch a Dora show, shower, clean up the apartment and get ready for lunch.
Adriana has been more quiet today...I think the new-ness of mom and dad is starting to wear off and she is starting to wonder about her friends at the orphanage maybe...
We had a good day, since the internet was so flaky Zac was having problems getting work done, so we decided to head downtown Cuenca where all of the Cathedrals and open air markets are located. It definetly raises your confidence in being able to speak the language when you can tell the taxi driver where to go! I was also able to make a couple of purchases and even bartered with the vendors to get the best deal! We got Adriana a sweater that is native to Ecuador...made out of Llama...it’s pretty neat. I am absolutely in love with the scarves here.....if anyone wants a neat scarf, let me know what colors you like and I’ll pick one up for you! (They are $12 for one, but when purchasing multiple you get a better deal) =) We only made it to the main open air market, and there are several more to go to....even when we don’t purchase anything...it is just so neat to see all the different handmade materials and people! We also went into the “new” Cathedral and the “old” cathedral...I’ll have to look up the dates they were built..the old was built in 1500’s when Cuenca was first founded, and the new was built in the 1800’s...they are amazing...we weren’t sure if it was OK to take pictures, but when we talked to John later that day, he said it was no problem...so we’ll have to go back and take a few photos!
Tonight we made Spaghetti for dinner...which Adriana had three bowls of! We also are enjoying the bread that we got at the bakery John took us to...we’ll need to go there again soon to get more. =)
I got to spend some one on one time...well, I guess two on one time talking with my sisters on Skype today as Kellie was over at Leslie’s house...so that was nice. Adriana enjoys Skyping with people, but she enjoys it more when there are children present....She’ll talk to Leslie and Kellie a very tiny bit, but when Corbett or Evie enter the picture she’ll wave and say hieee.
I had emailed Priscilla today to confirm that the judge was coming tomorrow and realized that somewhere things got messed up in translation between her husband and I....the judge is not coming tomorrow(Thursday) and only she is coming for us to sign the Demand of Adoption...which she then takes to the court place to go into the “draw” to get assigned a court and a judge....so confusing! It is still looking like court will be sometime next week...but obviously prayers are needed and much appreciated!
I’ve been working more with Adriana on signing when she is requesting things....she doesn’t have very many understandable words...Pee, Poo, Ti (yes)..which in Spanish is really Si, but T is easier than S to say...she says mommy and daddy very well as well as Addie and Nana and Papa...she’ll try to say anything we ask of her...but non are very understandable...but she is doing very well and we are so very thankful she is adjusting so well.
I’m gonna be honest and say there are plenty of things I will not miss here, but there are also things I will miss...I’ll go into more detail later in our trip.
The internet continues to be quite an issue, but it sounds like other patrons here at the apartment are starting to complain as well..so hopefully it will get better. We tried to watch the Biggest Loser Finale on hulu.com and had no luck..so that was a bummer...
Until tomorrow...
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