Another Adventure

It looks like I'll be returning to visit our beautiful girl on February 1st. I got an incredible rate out of Chicago and a good hotel rate. My mom will be joining me for this 8-day trip. Paige and Barry will be on a cruise, so I don't know what Dad is gonna do. He'll sit at the computer and study our blogs, I guess. Paige got a new underwater camera, so her scuba pics should be even better than last time.

In other news, the decision to foster Gabi after we get her out of PGN is final. Once we get the word, I'll head down about 7-10 days later. This will hopefully be about the time that she gets authorization for her 2nd DNA test. My mother-in-law, Jane, is going to join me for a few days at least. And Christy and Lucy D. are going to join us for a week or so. It isn't surprising really. Christy has traveled to every single place that we've lived over the last 10 years-- from South Korea to Germany to Alabama. She's been wanting to join me in Guatemala since we began this process. Now that Lucy is a little older, it works out perfectly. We'll have a great time and I'm so excited to be able to do this with her. Woohoo!

Christy and I have always wanted our kids to grow up together. Our move to Houston will make that much harder. But Christy and I have never lived in the same town. Not since we met when we were 15. Despite that, our friendship has flourished and grown into one of the most certain things in my life. As it turns out, our children are only 3 months apart-- which is ironic considering I've been married for 9 years and she's been married for 2 1/2. I love that we both have girls so close in age. So, we'll go on another little adventure so our girls can start their friendship in the flesh, rather than through pictures and stories.