As I sit here enjoying pizza from a quaint little authentic Guatemalan place called Domino's, I am reminded how lucky we have been to be here for almost a year! Receiving news today that our file was resubmitted to the PGN made us melancholy as we realize that our time here could be coming to an end soon. We might actually be able to make it home by Christmas...........2013. Let's hope!!! Again, we won't try to make any predictions.While Max still is not exactly talking up a storm, he is saying lots of new words. For balloon, he says "booooon". For ball, he says "boooooooo". For moon, he says "booooooon". And then, of course, there is still "deet" for everything else. See an apple, "deet". Step on daddy's head, "deet". Point to poo in the diaper, "deet". Good to see that vocabulary grow.
With weather in Chicago beginning to take a turn for the worse, and rainy season ending here I must admit I am excited to be here. It has not rained once in 2 weeks. Sunny and 70's every day! With that, I was excited because that means the end of mosquitoes...or so I thought. The ones that attack me in the house are gone, but now there is a new breed that comes out at night. Max loves to play outside at night. Bad news for daddy. Apparently they love my rum soaked veins because last night I counted 92 bites on my legs and ankles alone. Meanwhile, Jen gets a couple of bites while in bed one morning and she is convinced we have bed bugs. So now I get to spend a good majority of my time here ironing the bed. Uhhhhh. Oh, yeah, I haven't seen 1 bug yet...other than the carnivorous spiders.
Finally, big ups to Max for having the foresight to vote absentee during the election in true Chicago fashion. His vote, and votes just like them, helped put Obama over the top on Tuesday. He was even smart enough to get his friend Anna Lou and his birth mother to vote. He will have a solid career in politics when he grows up. They did shoot off fireworks here when the winner was announced, and I did hear a rooster crowing, so I think they were excited here in Guatemala. It was a little weird watching them celebrate in Chicago while we watched on a laptop here, but hey, at least we got to watch. God bless the Slingbox!!
As always, all are missed. Wish we were there.
Mark, Jen and El Rey MAX
xooooooooooooooooooooooooooooox
2 comments:
Congrats on being back in PGN! We are keeping everything crossed that your predictions are right and you are home before Christmas 2013!
I think about you guys all the time! I is hard to believe you have almost be in Guatemala 1 year....feels strange huh???? did jen ever go home for fingerprints? I am so glad marc got to come down...I know how hard it is to be apart....especially during the holidays! I am sorry to read about all the red tape with pgn....it seems so silly.....who would of thought your case would draw out this long! Know that we love you guy and think of you often. Wish max a very happy 2nd birthday on the 29th....I will be praying that you recieve good news!!!!! Lily is doing great, but of course we miss you....we will probably go back to antigua this summer, but hopefully you all will be long gone! Love to all
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