4/6 -Jeremy learning spanish on my electronic translator!
Guatemala from our airplane
Guatemala from our airplane window
Waiting to get off in GT!
We're here!
The sign that Rafael and Giermo had waiting for us!
Yellow house - bottom level - is Wendy's. Notice all the steps down! 109!!
Tortilla shack! Yum!
Walking down to Wendy's house
Wendy's house
We brought a doll to give her and she liked it!
The doll said Sweetheart on the dress.
Just casually hanging out with Wendy, Fe and Ashta.
This is less than an hour after meeting her!
Going around the house
Playing telephone
Watch out boys!
What's wrong with this connection? Why can't I call the US?
The orphanage Wendy is at
4/7- Wendy had a fever this morning and the night before. We just snuggled for awhile.
Sitting at "la mesa" waiting to go potty before morning nap (Wendy doesn't take an AM nap)
Wendy's roommates
Saying goodbye to a volunteer from Wisconsin
The view from Wendy's front porch
Memorial for the babies they've lost
Up all the steps from Wendy's house to our room (up to the left)
Out for a morning walk with the older kids.
At the school playground. Don't those swings look uncomfortable?
On "la tortuga" - they called it (the turtle)
There were scripture verses on many of the steps!
part of the 109 steps up to our room.
Lunch time . . . what is that green stuff? It actually didn't taste too bad.
2pm - naptime! She loved sleeping with her new doll
The tortilla shack
Reading a book (we gave her at C-mas) with Daddy before bed
The Dora jammies I sent at C-mas for her (and book and puppet . . .)
4/8/07 - Easter day! She was sooooo excited to put on this dress! She started acting so girly in it - prancing around like a princess. :) Meghan had the same dress on back in VA!
4/8/07- Happy Easter!
Checking out her new shoes!
She loved the Cinderella phone we gave her for Easter. She wore it around her wrist for days, and talked to Cinderella in Spanish. :)
Going to church - up the 109 steps (plus more in the building)
A sucker kept her happy most of the service.
Wendy with Donie - the orphanage director
Talking to Cinderella while we talked to our family in VA. She did get on the real phone and said Hello and Happy Easter.
She loved trying on my glasses, necklace and watch.
4/9/07 - our "storage room" bedroom. :)
Making Tortillas!
4/9/07 - out in front of her house
We found these glasses in the grass and she loved them! She would act all cool with them on.
Down to see the noisy pigs
Stinky pigs!
Making candy necklaces and bracelets
She did a good job making her necklace by herself.
Aren't we beautiful with our jewelry on?
Time to eat it now!
4/9/07 - Playing at the park above the main house
Someone gave her a ballon she carried around all day till it popped.
She giggled so much on this slide!
A mercedes "dump" truck. They loaded all the trash bags in the back.
She loved that candy.
4/10/07 - We went and changed into this pink dress for her b-day party
We even painted our nails (and her toenails)
Mommy made a cake - it wouldn't come out of the pan without falling apart though.
Martina - another girl who stole my heart.
Fe and Ashta set up for the party!
Her b-day is on the 20th - but we celebrated early.
Martina
Even Gabriel partied with us . . . though he slept the whole time! Only 20 days old.
Happy 3rd B-day Wendy!
Wendy's buddy Angela (from VA!)
Maria - another caretaker
Amanda - another caretaker
Wendy was so careful in opening gifts. She accidentally ripped this bag and looked nervous afterwards - like she was going to get in trouble. I had to show her how to rip it more! :)
She loved the leopard her GM Fox gave her!
We gave her a Dora bubbles set. She loved that too once she got the hang of it.
She blew and blew and blew quite a bit before learing how to make bubbles. :)
Bedtime - with 5 or 6 stuffed animals!! :) She was happy!
We moved to a much bigger room. We had a double bed in there.
4/11/07 -Angela doing Wendy's hair while Wendy does Rosa's. :)
4/11/07
More bubbles
Aren't I cool?!
Peace out! (notice her THREE fingers?!)
This is an outfit we gave her for her b-day. I was worried it wouldn't fit.
One of MANY wagon rides around the house! Otra vez Papi!
GM Fox gave her a sticker and coloring book. She LOVED the flower stickers! They ended up ALL over her shirt (covering the embroidered flowers), hands, feet and face. :)
Angela and Wendy
Angela tried to get Wendy to sneak up on Jeremy and attack him. It freaked her out and she almost started crying. :(
being silly before bed. :)
4/12/07
Katie and Angela - two caretakers
Only 1 more day before we leave
Jeremy and Rubia - these 2 really bonded too.
Stairs by the baby house. Notice the barbed wire on the wall. A nice house was next door - used to be a drug lord's. . . . now it's a politcian's. I guess there's a difference. :) hee,hee. Just teasing!
Going to Antigua!
4/12/07 - Antigua
Antigua
Eating at Pollo Campero. We were told we "had" to eat here. :) It was fast food - but you sat down and the waitress took your order. Very weird.
Our "life-savers" - L to R - Miriam, Carina, Kelly and Ann.
Inside the Artisans market in Antigua
Shopping! That's about all we had time to do in Antigua!
Notice the woman in the shadows - reading a paper while balancing something on her head. I tried to sneak this shot so as not to offend her.
Pollo Campero.
Anyone want to buy some chickens?
The volcano - I think it's Volcano Agua. ?? Not sure. Too bad it was a cloudy day.
Christian Spanish school in Antigua.
The only sight-seeing we did - only because we couldn't find our van. :) We finally found it.
The view of Guatemala City from the restaraunt we ate at with Kelly and Ann and friends - El Portal del Angel.
The exterior of this nice restaraunt
The whole restaraunt was lit by candles.
Guess how many candles have been in these holders?!
The gang - Miriam, Ann and Kelly, Miguel and Carina and Lori and Jeremy
Trying to get back into our rooms "after hours"
These are some HUGE cooking pots!
Big burners to go with the big pots.
4/13/07 - She had the same jammies on that Meg has at home
I finally got to do her hair on the last day. I had to watch how the girls did it earlier in the week. :)
Not too bad, eh?
Jeremy playing playdough with Wendy - making animals, etc.
Wendy liked the bird J made
Eating more candy!
I love her eyes!
A view from the porch
The front porch of the baby house.
J's creations - Octopus, Camel, Pig, Dog, Bird and . . . .
Tie Fighter . . . of course!
Wendy's bed with her 3 favorite stuffed animals/dolls (we and my mom gave her)
Picture above her crib
Baby house (on the bottom)
going to see the pigs
Wendy and her daddy.
I'm cool! Found another pair of glasses!
Daddy made lots of playdough bracelets for Wendy.
Just a few minutes before we had to leave.
What a sweetie!
I was throwing her up in the air.
She didn't want to give daddy a kiss. Only when he gave kisses to the other girls . . . THEN she wanted one. :)
Wendy and Rubia.
The "team" dining room
I drank alot of water from that purified water jug!
