4 weeks!

It's hard to believe that we've been in Colombia for a month, and we've had Esteban for 4 weeks. It feels like no time, and forever, all at once.

On Tuesday night we had a Sentencia party for a Dutch family who got their Sentencia on Monday. They have been here for 8 weeks, and they are SO excited to be heading home! The party was after dinner, with champagne and cake, balloons and noisemakers, and it was made even more fun by the fact that three new families arrived that day from Norway.

The three of us at the party.

Esteban in a party mood, actually standing on the floor!

Wednesday we hung out around the hotel, trying to honor Esteban's natural schedule of eating and napping. On days like that, we take a walk in the morning, and usually again in the afternoon.

Esteban is nearly always happy to take a walk to the park!

Also, la doctora (the pediatrician on-call, who visits the hotel) came to see us on Wednesday. She was most impressed with Esteban's growth and strength, and said we can start adding one new fruit a week to his diet. So we started with bananas at breakfast today. As you can see below, Esteban took great delight in his bananas.

Mmm, bananas

Tomorrow (Friday) morning, we head out to spend a couple of days in Villa de Leyva--a last hurrah before Grandma Dawn goes home to Seattle early on Monday morning. Villa de Leyva is a town that was founded in colonial (that's the Spanish colonization) times and retains much of its colonial character. It will be a nice change of scenery!

A word of thanks to all of you who have posted comments telling us how it's snowing where you are (Seattle, Boston, etc). I hope the cold and wet ends soon and that it's followed by Bogota weather! We'll be offline until Sunday night or Monday morning. Have a great weekend!