2nd Night a little more sleep

I first want to let everyone reading the blog how much we enjoy reading the comments that everyone has been writing. It's a little bit difficult that we aren't able to share a little of this time directly with our closest friends and family so everyone's warm and loving comments are really special for us. Keep em coming!

Yesterday Gabriela began feeling a little better although we had to take it easy on her tummy. We were invited to dinner at Monica's cousin's house here in Bogota and we had a wonderful meal with Jaime and his wife Rosario. Gabriela feel asleep just before dinner (late Colombian dinner) so didn't get to have any of the delicious steak and potatoes that we had. Jamie and Rosario have been so kind and very helpful for us and are very excited for Gabriela. The pictures here are from last night and one is with Gabriela, Monica, & Jamie; and the other is Gabriela sleeping in my lap at the dinner table.

Since Monica had to rush down here to Colombia so quickly last week, I ended up doing all of the shopping and stuff for Gabriela and that included all of her clothes. So please note the photo of her sleeping in her cool green shirt and kahki's.

Yesterday evening and so far this morning, she is feeling so much better. She is gulping down her bottles without problems, knapping in the late morning as she should, and in general her personality is coming out. She is very calm and playful and loves to see everything and try to copy us. Obviously she cries when she is ___________ (fill in the blank: hungry, sleepy, cold, hot, dirty, or wants Monica), but she is able to recover so much faster now that she is feeling better. She is also very comfortable now with both Monica and I and we are becoming much more comfortable with caring for her. That said, we are so very completely in love with her and we just stare at her and can't believe that this little angel is our daughter.