Day 19: More of the Same

{Day 18 was rather uneventful, with a swim in the pool for Philip and Caroline and a trip to get a burger at the food court. I went to bed at 8:15. It was fabulous.}

Today, a Sunday, was a great day to go to the market. It is nice and uncrowded on Sunday morning. (It is normally a free-for-all event, which necessitates elbowing your way to get to the onions and reaching over half a dozen people to grab some yogurt. This is where my full six feet come in handy.)

This our lovely apartment building:

 

This is the hill we walk down to get to the street the market is on:

 

 

Streets that are walked down must be walked back up (unless you ask my dad, who walked to and from school uphill both ways through the snow in Mobile, Alabama). I don't envy Philip the job of pushing two kiddos and groceries back up this hill (or my dad his fictitious walk to school).

Other than our market trip, we had another low key day.  We played, napped, and had breakfast for dinner.  There are these little potatoes here that make up into the best breakfast potatoes.

Tonight, another adoptive family is arriving to stay in our apartment building.  They are adopting two kiddos and bringing nine kiddos with them!  We will have lots of playmates for the remainder of our time here in Cali.  Again, for any families looking for a home while in Cali, this apartment has been so accommodating.  I peeked in the two units the staff was preparing for them, and they have added in lots of extra twin beds.  They will actually have a bed for each of the 13 of them.

We were also excited to see that the gait trainer that Keely had brought from the US for Luisa to use has been taken by Abby to another orphanage where it will be used by another precious little boy.

We are expecting to receive our Sentencia some time in the coming week, which will be followed by a short plane ride to and about a week in Bogota.