One more to get you through the weekend

I had to share one more post...you've gotta see ME with my son! I'm not having a good hair day in this video, but hey, all you care about is seeing the cute baby, right? This was taken our last day with Kaden. He loves doing the "bouncey bouncey" as you'll see here.


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I've been hearing some good news on the Guatemala side this week. Pre-approvals seems to be coming a bit faster, although we're still waiting for ours. I have dreamt twice this week that we got ours. Would you pray that we will get "PA" this weekend or early next week? It sure would be great to know we're finally headed towards our last big step to bring this little one home.

And finally, about the charcoal...we took some Acidophilus pills with us to Guatemala. We were told to take some with every meal to fight off any food illnesses. They have the "good" bacteria...that sounds funny, anyway, the "good" bacteria that you need to fight off any "bad" bacteria you may be eating. However, once we returned home we found out that charcoal also does a good job of neutralizing any "bad" bacteria. So, since I was not doing well the first part of this week, Mike went to GNC to buy more acidophilus pills but came home with charcoal pills as well! I've been taking them this week and I must say...they're strange. It's a weird experience to swallow solid black pills and people give you strange looks as well. I have found, however, that this natural remedy is not unfamiliar to some other people. A Russian friend at work said that charcoal is what they all use for any stomach troubles. "What Pepto Bismal is to you in the U.S., charcoal is to us in Russia." Go figure!! Well, I'm not sure if it helped me or not but I'm definitely feeling better. If anyone needs some charcoal let us know, I think we have extra left over!

Pray for PA and Pray our boy home!

--Susan

Mike made me eat charcoal!

Yep folks, you read it right...my husband made me eat charcoal! But more on that later. :) First lets take a look at the sweetest, happiest, cutest little Guatemalan you've ever seen! The light is a bit dim here, its first thing in the morning and our little one is doing his morning coos and goos.

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We had a fantastic week in Guatemala City. Kaden is a sweet, wonderful baby and it was great to finally meet his foster family. I chuckle every time I look at this picture of us and Kaden's foster mom.

The Marriott we stayed at was very nice but a bit pricey for our taste (I think we're used to Motel 6 or something!). We stayed healthy for the most part except for one day when Mike started turning a greenish-yellow color. It didn't take me long to decide that it would be worthwhile to have an english speaking doctor pay him a visit! He got some medicine and was fine the next day.

But back to Kaden....he kept us up a good bit the first night, but he's just a darling little boy. He was a bit whiny...probably due to anxiety, but he wasn't a big cryer. He has a wonderful smile that lights up his whole face and is quite the cuddler.

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We spent most of our time in our room or in the baby lounge. This Marriott has a very nice baby lounge on the 3rd floor stocked with toys, a changing table, comfy furniture and a PC that anyone can use to download pictures and connect to the internet. It was nice to meet other folks like us while down there. We got to meet a very nice couple from Boston and another one that flew in from Ireland. We also got to meet up with a couple from Atlanta that is adopting through our same agency.

I'm not sure what else to say unless you want to hear about the poopy diapers or me kissing his feet or Mike reading his deep theological books to Kaden. It was just a wonderful, amazing week. We are so thankful for this little one and can't wait to make the trip back to bring him home! Speaking of which, we still don't really know when we'll be able to bring him home, but we're hoping to hear good news in the next few months. So, please keep praying our boy home! And thanks so much for everyone's continued prayers and support. This has been an awfully long journey, but oh, what a precious little boy he is. We can't wait to introduce him to you all!

This picture was taken on our last day together. Mike wasn't feeling well so he was lying down and rubbing Kaden's tummy. I got him to smile at me while I held the camera at an indirect angle.
I'll post more details and video in my next few blogs. :) Oh and I guess I'm outta room so you'll have to wait until my next blog to hear about the charcoal!