Gotcha!

After months of waiting, the big day is finally here!  We got up early in the morning, put on our Sunday-Best and headed down to breakfast.  Marelena, one of the many caretakers here got breakfast ready for us.  We were joined by our new friends from Virginia; John and Nancy, and their kids, Louis and Viktor.

Luz Clara, our representative here met us for breakfast to take us over to Los Pisingos.  She is amazing.  She had to tell us about a hundred times that whatever we want, she will meet that need.  She cares about all the kids and the families of Los Pisingos.  She is knowledgable about the whole process, and has only been in her job since January!

We met Carlos, the director of Los Pisingos and one of his assistants.  They told us through a little bit about Los Pisingos, while someone got Francisco ready.  And then we got to meet him.

He greeted us with huge smiles.  He is such a happy baby.  So much love already.

We hung out with him for a while until the doctor arrived.  She wanted to give us an update and some historical information on his medical file.  Everyone was really concerned about some mosquito bites - they don't realize he's headed to the mosquito capital of the world!

We fed him in front of the caregivers - he gobbled down most of his bottle in a few seconds.  Then we were off!

Luz Clara and Reinel brought us back to Betty's Place with our guy.  Luz Clara took me to the market to buy a few things, and then we were back to feed Francisco.  His morning meal - papayas! Seriously, I was a bit jealous.

The first feeding was messy! I held him and became a wash cloth.

We played a bit after food, and then he was down for the count.  That's all for now.