Birthday Wishes and Friends Arrive

Happy Birthday, Paige! Today is my sister's 36th birthday. She's very old and will probably be committed to a nursing home in the next year or so. She has never gotten due attention (according to her) on her birthday because it always fell on spring break. Well Paige, we're toasting you in Guatemala with a couple of Gallo beers and a smile. We wish we were there to celebrate with you. Gabi blew her Aunt Paige a kiss.

In other news, Christy, Dave, Savannah and Lucy arrived last night. All went well with their travels and they're off gallavanting around GC today. Christy and I coined the phrase "Francy" for friend-aunt. Gabi has already decided that her Francy is wonderful. Gabi has been a bit apprehensive about strangers over the last few days. But she must have known how much Christy has loved her and prayed for her. She went right to her and smiled really big. She also likes her new friend, Lucy. Lucy likes to share her things with Gabi and gave her a kiss at the breakfast table this morning. Is there anything sweeter? Dave and Savannah have a lot of plans for adventures all over Guatemala this week. This is both Savannah's (18) and Lucy's (15 months) first trips out of the U.S. We're delighted that they chose Gabi's birth country as their first international adventure.

In just a little while, we'll head to the immigration office to get Gabi's passport. Don't worry, Robin. I learned my lesson when you forgot your camera. We've got it in the diaper bag. We think it's so cool that we're here for these steps of the process. We are beyond thrilled that Gabi's passport day are happening on her Aunt Paige's birthday.

I'll post more later. Did I mention what GORGEOUS weather we're having? It's about 75 degrees and sunny. It just doesn't get any better than this.