Happy Easter!

Sorry, it took awhile to post this, but I wasn't able to download my pics to my laptop, because I had no more space available to do it. So I had to clean up the hard drive, to make space, to download the pics on the lap top. So here it is.............. just a little bit of a warning here, it is long. But at the end - I just had to give special Thanks!

What a busy Easter week/weekend. There is something going on each day of the week in the Esposito-Kanakos house/family :)

Wednesday (3/19), after Peter's school/class, mommy was bringing the kiddos to see Grandma at her Home Extension meeting (it's where a whole bunch of elderly woman get together to do crafts and chat), so everyone there can see Anna & Peter. Grandma was soo happy to see her grandchildren, and her friends just loved the kids. We stayed for a little while to visit, before heading home.

Thursday (3/20), Daddy invited Anna, Peter, and mommy to lunch at Ruby Tuesday. Peter likes going to "Rubys". This was the first restaurant Anna has been too and she was GREAT! She was napping when we first got there, but big brother Peter had to wake her up. Anna enjoyed looking at all the TV's. Big brother Peter enjoyed showing off his baby sister. Next to us were a few elderly ladies having lunch, and when they left they stopped to talk to Anna and Peter. Peter asked mommy who they were? as if to question, why were they talking to him and Anna. It was cute.

Friday (3/21) we went to Chuck E Cheese. Peter just loves this place and we don't go that often. But, since he has been such a great big brother, mommy told Peter that we can go to Chuck E Cheese. Peter met his cousins there along with his pal Jen and her folks. Daddy even showed up at Chuck E Cheese, Peter was very surprised to see daddy. Anna had fun just sitting in the stroller checking out everything.

Saturday we decided to go out to Riverhead, to the Atlantis Marine World, so Peter can see Mombo (from the movie Happy Feet). We met Peter's cousin Rebecca, Sarah, and Aunt Donna at the aquarium. Daddy even came along to for this family outing. Peter and Anna had a great time. Guess we'll have to renew our membership there, since Peter enjoys it.

Saturday evening we headed to Grandma's house to decorate eggs, with Peter's sisters and his cousins and Aunts. We ordered out Pizza for dinner and then decorated eggs. Peter had a fun time experimenting with the dye and how white eggs turned all these different colors.

All day Saturday, we talked about the Easter Bunny and how he is bringing Easter baskets to good girls and boys. Mommy explained to Peter what takes place, and how he has to wake up tomorrow morning to look for his basket. Peter is finally getting old enough to sort of understand all these fun holidays.

Sunday (Easter) morning Peter woke up, and we wished each other a Happy Easter. Then Peter remembered that he had to look for his Easter Basket. He started looking throughout the whole house. Mommy told Peter that the Easter bunny his all the baskets in the living room. So Peter started looking in the living room. It was quite easy to find Anna's basket, then Peter needed a few hints, but he found it. He was sooo sooo happy that the Easter Bunny remembered to get him his "Shoprite" truck, and a few Nascar race cars. Then we had to get ready to go to church. We were early to church so we were able to get seats. The kiddos were great in Church, even though Peter wouldn't let Anna take her morning nap. Everyone around us loved the kids, and they were so amazed how Peter kept his tie on the entire time. To this day Margaret always has tears in her eyes at church, because we are so Thankful for having Anna and Peter part of our family. I (Margaret) don't think there has been a time when she went to church that tears didn't start - since Peter's been home - we are just so blessed. Anna was in her pretty dress for Easter and Peter wore a shirt and tie (of course the tie had "lightning McQueen" - from the Disney movie Cars), Peter just loved his tie and kept it on the entire time. After church we met daddy's side of the family at the Diner for Breakfast. After breakfast we headed home to "pack up the kitchen sink" before heading over to Grandma's house for Easter Dinner. Mommy's side of the family was at dinner, there was about 19 of us at Dinner, it was very nice. Once at Grandma's house, mommy asked Peter is he wanted to get changed, and he said "NO", he wanted to keep on his shirt and tie. Mommy changed Anna out of her dress, just so she would be comfortable while in her "jumparoo". After dinner the kiddos went outside to play lacrosse, and Peter managed to play with his cousins, while still wearing the shirt and tie. Then they decided it was time to climb the tree in Grandma's front yard, and there goes Peter climbing the tree in his shirt and tie. How many 2 1/2 years old do you know, that refuses to take off a shirt and tie, mommy was sooo sooo amazed that Peter kept on the tie. We had dessert, and then backed up the "kitchen sink" to head back home. At which point Peter agreed to take off the tie, but he kept on the dress shirt. While on the way home Peter fell asleep, and stayed asleep until the next morning at 8am. He had soo much fun with his cousins, taking a nap was not on his list of things to do.

It was a very nice Easter, it was busy - but nice since we got to see both of our families, and they got to see Anna and Peter. We are so Blessed to have Peter and Anna in our family! I give Thanks everyday, that we chose this path to bring Anna home. IFF we went with the same agency that we brought Peter home with, we wouldn't have a daughter - only because they had about a 16-18 week wait for a baby girl, and we wouldn't have been put on the list until August 29, 2007, and they stopped giving out referrals shortly after that due to the uncertainty in Guatemala. Big Kudos goes out to B. Turner - from "down south", who Margaret found while searching the Internet for "independent adoptions in Guatemala", he introduced us to Edwin (our lawyer in Guatemala), who introduced us to our Daughter! Edwin and his family will always remain a part of our family! Because of their dedication to their beliefs in helping the children in Guatemala, we have our daughter Anna home with us. Muchas Gracias!!! Our prayers will always include Peter and Anna's Birth moms, because they made such a great sacrifice so that their child could have a better life. I am sure it was a difficult decision to make as a mother. I can not imagine life without my two kiddos, they bring us so much joy and love everyday of our lives.

Thanks to all my blog buddies, friends, and family for all your support through this, it is greatly appreciated.

Even though Anna is home, I have decided to continue to update the blog, just so everyone can see how the family is doing. I am going to try to update it weekly, only because a lot of things do go on each week, and our little Anna and Peter are growing as they sleep. :)

Have a great Week,
Margaret.

Peter & Daddy checking out "Happy Feet", at the Atlantis Marine World.

Mombo and his mommy and daddy.

Anna just decorated her egg, and now she wants to eat it.

Peter having fun, dying the eggs.

Peter showing off his tie.

Anna showing off her pretty Easter Dress.

Peter playing in the yard with his cousins, and yes he still has the tie on.

Anna posing for the picture.

Peter playing lacrosse, and yes the tie is still on.

Anna & Peter posing for a picture.

Peter climbing the tree with his cousins, the tie is still on him.

Anna loves to get pictures taken of her.

Anna is glad to be out of her Easter Dress.

Anna is 8 months old

wow, It's hard to believe my "little Porker" is 8 months old. It is too cute to watch her and Peter. Lately, it's been a race on who wakes up first, because that kiddo gets to wake up the other one sleeping. As I am typing this, Anna is in her jumperoo and her brother is sleeping, and Anna is just screaming and laughing away - and of course she has this big smile on her face, as if she knows what she is doing. LOL. Peter misses his sister when she naps, and he hounds mommy to wake up Anna, because "she wants to play". Today was the first day Peter actually let Anna sleep, but the first minute he heard her wake up on the monitor he ran into her room to say hello. Anna gets so excited when she sees her brother. Today we moved Anna to her own room to sleep in her own crib, and she loves it. It's funny to watch Anna and Peter talk to each other, they just get louder and louder as the conversation continues. Anna is such a happy good baby and so sweet, and Peter is such a helpful big brother.

Happy St. Patricks Day..........

What a fun weekend. The weekend started off on Saturday, with Peter and Anna going to Kiddi Kandids to get some pictures taken. Anna was great getting pictures. Peter didn't want to be bothered with pictures, but before leaving he did agree to get one picture. yippie! Once home, Peter's and Anna's cousins came to visit - The Kelley Boys. Peter had fun playing with his cousins. Anna got a cute denim skirt outfit (yes, finally some denim), that looks like it will fit her now, and big brother Peter got a hot wheel truck - that he absolutely loved. Peter likes this big brother thing, especially if it means he gets gifts too. Looks like mommy might have to go out and buy Anna some Denim jeans, because mommy doesn't think she'll like wearing dresses/skirts all the time. Later that day, Peter's Godfather and his family came by to see Anna and Peter. Pet enjoyed opening Anna's gifts, but got bored once he saw that it was more clothes. Peter had fun playing with Jen, while everyone enjoyed Anna and her cute personality.

Sunday, was a busy day. We went to Church with the kiddos, and they were great! Everyone around us, just loved the kids, and were so amazed how good they were. Then we headed off to the Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Carol and Uncle Anthony's house. Peter had fun collecting everyone else's eggs, and eating all the candy. Anna just hung out with Grandma while mommy helped Peter collect his eggs. Peter had soo much fun playing with all his cousins, luckily the rain held off = so the kids were able to run around outside. Then we went to Olan Mills for more family portraits with Katie and Kimberly, and we were able to get a picture of Peter with his baby sister. After pictures it was time for another party - this time it was St. Patty's dinner at Aunt Carol and Uncle Anthony's house. After dessert, it was time to go home. Both kiddos fell fast to sleep on the way home, and remained sleeping once home.

St. Patty's day weekend is always a special weekend for me (Margaret). Because 5 years ago, my husband met my entire family at St. Patty's Dinner, and then 2 years ago Peter met the entire family at St. Patty's Dinner, and this year Anna met mommy's family.

Below are a few pics of our weekend.

Peter found one of his eggs.

Anna & Grandma with the Easter Bunny

















Anna sleeping after a day of Fun, Fun, Fun!

Anna has been home for a week, and it feels like months..........

Anna has been home a week, and it feels like months because things are GREAT! Peter is a great big brother, and mommy is sooo soo happy that he has shown NO signs of jealousy! Peter has been very helpful with Anna, and it is sooo soo nice to see both of them play together. Over the past week, we have had a few visitors.

On Thurs. we went to Grandma's house to visit, and while there Aunt Jean was there to see Anna.

On Friday we just hung around the house and caught up on laundry.

Saturday Auntie Pam and Emily came over to visit and they brought a cool gift for Anna, and of course Big brother got a gift too. Emily wasn't too happy about her mom holding the baby.

Sunday, the family just hung out and played and napped.

Monday, Aunt Joann and Uncle Les and the Woolley Kids (cousins) came by to visit, and they got Anna very cute dresses to wear. Peter was soo happy to have "big" (his age) over to play.

Tuesday, cousin Christine and cuz Gianna came by to visit, and brought Anna a spring Dress. Then we took a walk around town. Margaret with the kiddos in the double stroller, which worked out great!

Wednesday, Peter had school at 9:30am, so Mommy had to get up early to get Anna up, so she can be fed breakfast before we left. We managed to get to school with time to spare. LOL. Everyone loved Anna, and Peter being a big brother - was protective to make sure nothing was going to happen to Anna.

Today, we are going to Grandma's house to visit, and to give her pictures of the kiddos so she can show them to her friends, who have been asking about Anna and Peter. After Grandma's we are then going to mommy's cousin's house to hang a welcome home sign. Today mommy's cousins are coming home with their daughter who they adopted from Russia, Alina is the same age as Peter.

On Monday, we started Anna on cereal, she did not like it one bit. So on Tues while walking around town, mommy bought baby food (fruit) to mix with it - Anna likes it much better mixed with fruit. As for Anna sleeping through the night, she has been great with that. She usually only gets up once for a diaper change and a sip of formula and then she goes right back to sleep. And she loves to sleep in. It is now 9:15am and Anna is still sleeping. Anna is definitely a talker, she just gabs and gabs and laughs.

As for today's date: This date two years ago, was our U.S. Embassy appointment to finalize Peter's adoption. How time flies!

Delta Airlines - GETS TWO THUMBS DOWN!

Well, Delta Arilines, finally wrote us back. Toddi Ford, Claims Manager - requested us to accept his apology for the poor impression we received and give us (Delta) an early opportunity to regain your confidence.

Sorry Toddi - with your reply on how this situation was handled, you will not regain our confidence to fly Delta again. The only way, we will be flying Delta is if it is a HUGE savings - to compensate for the broken stroller and the damage suitcase.

Of course, Delta (Toddi) didn't even mention my new luggage that was damaged by his employees.

So, DELTA GETS TWO BIG THUMBS DOWN! We will not be flying them, unless the fare is sooo sooo cheap, that it will compensate us for the stroller and luggage. And lately, they have been the same price as other arilines, so Adios Delta!

Here are pictures from our Pick Up Trip!

A busy night of doing laundry and taking care of Anna.............

This morning, Margaret called Anna's Dr., because Anna has been "throwing up" her formula (the entire bottle) every time we fed her yesterday afternoon/evening (after our Dr. appointment). After talking to the Dr. he told us that it sounded like a case of reflux. So for now, Margaret is feeding Anna 2 ounces of formula every 1/2 hour, up to 6 ounces. So far so good. Margaret has been doing this all day and Anna has not vomited at all. In the beginning Anna wasn't too happy about only getting 2 ounces, but she is doing great on waiting that 1/2 hour for another 2 ounces. During the night Anna woke up for a diaper change and a bottle, but she only got 2 ounces, so after Anna went back to sleep she woke up about an hour later for more. LOL.

As long as Anna continues to show improvement, she will be started on rice cereal along with her formula - a little at a time - to make sure it stays down.

Anna continues to be a great happy baby. It is so cute to watch Anna and Peter talk.

First day home, and I am Loving it..... Still!

Hey All,

Well, today was our first day home, and it went pretty good. Mommy woke up about 6am - had too much to get done while the kiddos were sleeping (ie. laundry). Peter woke up about 6:30am, ready to start his day. Peter usually sleeps until 9am, but I guess since he went to sleep early last night - he was ready to go today. Daddy woke up about 8am, and went to get bagels (yes, we missed them in Guatemala) before he went to work for a little bit. Anna stayed asleep until 9:45am. Mommy couldn't believe how late Anna slept for, even with Max (our dog) and Peter making noise.

The first house Anna visited was her Grandma's house (Margaret's mom) and grandma just loved Anna. Grandma couldn't get over how heavy/big Anna was and how beautiful she is. Anna was all smiles and giggles hanging out with grandma. Daddy joined us at Grandma's house for lunch. While there, Aunt Jean dropped by and she got to see Anna and hold Anna, before we left for our appointment.

After Grandma's house we brought Anna to the Dr's (International Adoption Ped. Dr.) to get checked out, she is a happy healthy baby girl. Mommy, Daddy, and Peter all went with Anna. Anna has a little cough, but the Dr. didn't have a concern for that, and said that it will go away in time. She is in the 50 percentile for weight, and the 5th percentile for head size and length. They attempted to take blood from Anna to have it test, but after sticking her one arm twice and getting nothing, they switched to the other arm, and on the 2nd stick with the needle there were able to get some blood, but not much. Hopefully it is enough for the test they have to run, so Anna doesn't have to go through that. While they were attempting to take the blood (took them an 1/2 hour) Anna was SCREAMING and crying the entire time. Poor little pumpkin.

After the Dr.'s we went home, to have some Dinner. Mommy started to cook dinner while Daddy gave Anna a bottle, but while Daddy was burping Anna she managed to spit up all over Daddy. LOL. So Daddy volunteered to do the cooking instead. While Daddy was cooking, mommy, Peter and Anna played on the floor. Then after dinner, Daddy played with the kiddos while Mommy cleaned up daddy's mess. Daddy is a good cook, but he knows how to make a mess.

This evening we celebrated Peter's "Gotcha Day". Two years ago today, we went to Guatemala to bring Peter home. He is such a great boy, and such a great big brother, he was helpful all day. It was Peter's choice on what he wanted for Dessert, since it was his day. Peter wanted to have ice cream with m & m's (which are his Favorite candy). He was soo happy to be able to have ice cream with M & M's.

After dessert, the kiddos got their pj's on and went to bed.

Peter showing Grandma his Big Brother T- Shirt.

Anna getting checked out from Dr. Lee, the International Adoption Dr.

Happy Gotcha Day, Peter!

Time to go home...........

Today Margaret woke up about 4am, because Anna wanted a bottle and a diaper change, but once that was done - Anna wasn't ready to go back to sleep right away. We all woke up about 5:15, to get ready and to go have breakfast before heading to the airport. We said our good byes to everyone, and loaded up in the Hotel van to the airport. Kerry was a little worried, because the hotel van was not there at 7am to take us to the airport, it showed up about 10 minutes later, which really didn't matter because we got to the airport on time. Yes, Kerry worries about everything, and being on time is his biggest obsession.

The American Airline counter had no one on line, so we breezed right through. We asked, if bulkhead seating was available and it wasn't to Dallas, but it was available to Laguardia. So Margaret asked the counter person, if we can get as close to the front as possible heading to Dallas, and if we can book the bulkhead now, and he said of course. So we were happy about that. We headed to the gate, with plenty of time to spare. While sitting at the gate, Kerry checked the tickets, and realized that we were all sitting apart from each other. Hmmm, like Peter would sit by himself, I don't think so. LOL. So Kerry went back to the ticket counter to see if anything can be done, and they said we had to wait for the gate to open. Once the gate opened Kerry spoke to the person, and they said the flight was full. Kerry explained to them that Peter was a 2 year old boy, after some figuring out - they managed to get mommy and Peter together, and Kerry 2 rows ahead of us. Margaret wasn't too worried about that, because she knew once on the plane she can ask that person sitting with us if they would mind changing. The gentleman sitting with us, volunteered to switch seats with Kerry. So the Kanakos family got to sit all together. Unfortunately, Margaret had two boys fighting over the window seat. Have you ever saw a 50 year old and a 2 year old fight over who was going to sit by the window. But, mommy couldn't say a word about it, because we all knew that Daddy always gets the window seat. Note to self, next time - both boys will have their own window seat. LOL

Our lay over was in Dallas Ft. Worth, Texas - where Anna became a U.S. citizen once she entered the U.S. The Immigrations Dept. there was a breeze. They checked Anna's visa to make sure the pictured looked like her, and then we were on our way. We had a quick bite to eat, before getting on our next plane home.

The flight home, was fun- both kiddos were awake most of the time. Peter was over tired, and wanted to sit on Mommy's lap to nap - so Anna had to hang out with Daddy. We landed in Laguardia Airport about 8:30pm, and was greeted by Aunt Karen (Kerry's sister), her husband Uncle Mike, and cousin Danielle. They had a big sign, welcoming Anna home.

Once home (about 10:30pm), there were pink and white balloons and a welcome home sign on the house, that was put there by Emily and Ryan O'Dea. We became good friends with the O'Dea's during Peter's and Emily's adoption 2 years ago.

Once home, Peter was fast to sleep - so Mommy just put him straight to bed. Anna needed a changing, so Mommy changed her and put her to bed. Anna was giggling for a few minutes, and then was fast to sleep.

It's nice to be home with the kiddos.

Getting ready for Take Off, out of Guatemala City.

Cousin Danielle, Aunt Karen, & Uncle Mike met us at the airport.

The O'Dea family, left us a surprise at our house, Thanks!

Time to get ready to go home............

Today we just relaxed most of the day, while Margaret started to pack up everything. We were hoping to go home a little lighter, but you know that never happens.

We had lunch with Olivia and her family out by the pool side. We ordered in from Camparo's, and it was delicious. Peter was asking for a nap, so we ended the afternoon early to let Peter take a nap before dinner. Peter never took a nap, gotta love that 2 year old stage. LOL

This evening we had dinner with Edwin, Jacqueline and Katherine. It was very nice to see them before we left to come back home. Edwin was very happy, because another family got approved out of PGN, while another was resubmitted on the same day.

Peter had fun playing with Katherine before and after dinner. Peter had made a lot of new friends from Guatemala. It'll be interesting to see who gets his next art project that he makes in school.

After dinner, we went back to the room to finish packing and to get some sleep, since we had to get up at 5:30am the next morning.

Anna's Visa and paperwork.

The Kanakos Family and Sanchez Family.

Jacquelin & Katherine with Anna.

Introducing the newest Member to the Kanakos Family

Well, it´s official. Anna is a Kanakos. Today we had our Embassy Appointment, and it was great! Margaret woke up about 4am, because she couldn´t sleep, then Kerry woke up at 4:30am, because he couldn´t sleep either. Margaret woke Anna up about 5:15am to feed her, so she would have time to finish the bottle and get ready for her big day. Peter woke up about 6am, he was happy to know that Anna was going to become his baby sister officially today. We got ready and headed down to the lobby at 6:40am. Jacqueline arrived shortly after to go the the Embassy with us.

We got to the U.S. Embassy about 7:20am. Jacqueline pretty much did everything, we just waited for our name to be called. Mommy had a surprise for Anna´s big brother, and he was very happy to get Nascars and more cars from the ¨Cars¨ movie, it kept him entertained while waiting. We were called to go to window 10, and our adoption was approved, and we were told that Anna would become an American citizen once she entered the U.S. Then we had to wait for our name to be called again and we went to window 7, there she verified our paperwork, and asked if this was our first adoption, and we had Peter with us - and told the woman that we adopted Peter 2 years ago from this same place. The woman was happy to hear that, and she had all of Peter´s information on the computer. Then she asked if ¨Anna¨had any other siblings, and we told her that she had two older sisters. Then we had to raise our right hand, and Peter raised his too, to swear that all the information was correct and that we would treat ¨Anna¨ like any other American child. (hmmmm, I think that is what they said - I was just amazed that Anna was officially ours).

We got done with everything about 10am, on the way out of the Embassy we saw Carolina - Anna´s foster mother, she was very happy to see us, it was a very nice surprise. While Carolina was holding Anna, Peter kept on telling his dad to get Anna back, we had to remind Peter that Anna was coming home withus this time - not to worry. But, Peter was worrying, so to make Peter happy daddy took Anna back. Since everyone was hungry we dropped by a very nice restaurant to have a bite to eat before going back to the hotel. Once back to the hotel, Margaret just had to show off how nice Anna looked in her dress. Anna and Peter did great being dressed up. They looked very nice, Peter is becoming such a little young man.

Once back at the hotel, Daddy and Anna fell right to sleep, then Mommy and Peter played with his cars and watched a movie. Then Peter was getting tired, so Mommy and Peter took a nap too. Mommy woke up, along with Anna- so we left the boys in the room to finish their naps, and we came to the business center to post the great news.

For all the Moms out there....

Okay, all you moms are going to love this story.

Yesterday, Margaret (me) went to the business center to update the blog and check the emails, and to send pics to my mom´s ceiva frame. She left Kerry with 2 sleeping kids. Well, here in Guatemala the internet service is not all that quick. I had to download pics, before being able to use them and that took a long time. So it took about an hour and a half - to do everything.

Upon returning to the room, Kerry couldn´t believe how long I was gone for. Then he proceeded to talk about how Anna woke up crying and she woke up Peter and Peter started to cry because he didn´t nap long enough. Then he finally got Anna to stop crying and Peter fell back to sleep, but Anna had a poopie diaper and he had to change that and then she started crying for a bottle and there wasn´t a bottle made up, so he had to make it while holding Anna. I was trying so hard not to bust out laughing, but then I couldn´t hold it in anymore, I just had to laugh. Kerry didn´t like that I laughed, because it wasn´t fair. I asked him what he thought I did at 3am when Anna pooped her diaper and she wanted a bottle. Then he changed the story as if that wasn´t the issue, the issue was how long I was gone for. But if you notice, I have been gone for that long everyday to do what had to be done on the computer, but I guess the kids crying just got the best of him. Maybe now, he´ll like most dads will appreciate mommy more with everything they do while muli tasking. LOL.

I just had to share this story. Welcome to Mommy World! :)

Anna's First Play date...

This evening, we decided to order in Pizza Hut for dinner, and had dinner with Oliva and Guy and their baby daughter Isabella. It was fun having dinner with the other family and talking about our adoption experience. While eating Isabella and Anna played on the bed, and was baby talking the entire time.

As you can tell by the pictures, Isabella has a lot of hair, and she is 11 1/2 months old.

Peter´s foster family came by to visit

Today Peter´s foster family came to the hotel to visit. It was very nice to see Sandra and her family. Fabio drove them to the hotel and he stayed to translate for us. Thanks Fabio. Sandra brought gifts for Peter. Sandra couldn´t believe how big Peter was. Sandra´s son who was almost 4 years old, was only taller than Peter by about 2 inches. It was a very nice visit. Sandra was happy to know that we keep in touch with Marcie- Sandra had her baby in foster care a year after Peter. Margaret had gifts for Sandra and her family from Marcie´s family and our family. Sandra was very Thankful for the gifts. The kids had fun playing with Peter. We had lunch together and then we said our goodbyes. We have kept in touch with Sandra and her family for 2 years, and plan to continue staying in touch. It was sad to say our good byes. Two years ago and 4 days, Sandra said good bye to Peter when he was put in our arms forever. Fabio was very surprised, to hear that we have kept in touch for so long, and he was happy that we did. Fabio offered to email me for Sandra since she doesn´t have internet access. Sandra was very happy about his offer.

Below are a couple of Pics of Peter´s foster family.

Peter is Anna´s protector!!

Hi All,

Things are going great here in Guatemala. Friday evening (2/29) we met Barbara and her baby for dinner. Barbara is also from New York, and she was here for a visit trip.

Saturday (3/1) we all got up early, to get ready to go to Antigua. We had an early breakfast with Oliva (she just arrived, and was here for a pick up trip), afterwards we met Jacqueline to go to Antigua. While in Antigua we went to the Jade Factory, so Margaret can get another jade added to her adoption ring - the ring is similar to a Mother´s ring. So we added a dark jade stone (to match the color of Anna´s earrings) to the ring. Then we did a little shopping in the market, Kerry loves shopping there. Then we had lunch, and oh boy what a lunch it was. Here in Guatemala, when the menu says ¨fresh, right out of the tank¨ - they mean it. Margaret ordered Talibut, that was fried and served with home made french fries. Well, as the waiter was carrying out the dishes - Kerry was laughing, but Margaret didn´t know why, until the waiter put the dish down. WOW! It was the whole fish, I mean the eyes, head and tail. Margaret was soooo surprised, all she kept on saying was, oh no, oh no, I can not eat this. So then Margaret asked Jacqueline to ask the waiter (she spoke Spanish, to make sure they understood, what I wanted) to take the fish back and cut it up in cubes, take the head and tail off. If I didn´t know better, I would of sworn the eyes winked at me. LOL. The waiter took Margaret´s plate and returned it with the head removed. So Margaret ate her lunch, and it was good - just minus the tons of bones. Kerry had a good laugh the entire lunch, with that. Peter on the other hand wasn´t eating much, only to find out that he bit the inside of his mouth, so everytime he ate something it hurt him. It was a fun day! Thanks Jacqueline for coming along, it was very helpful.

After the fun adventures of lunch, we went to the plaza and the Ruins, that was very nice to see. Then we headed back to the hotel, and rested a little.

Throughout the day, Peter would not allow people to get close to Anna. When Margaret took Anna to the bathroom to change her, big brother Peter had to come too. The employees of the restaurant started to talk to Anna, and Peter made sure they kept their distance away from his sister. It was cute to see, Peter taking care of his sister. Peter and Anna are getting along great. Peter just loves it when his baby sister smiles at him when he goes to her crib to see if she is awake. Peter know loves doing group hugs (mommy, Anna, and Peter). When mommy burps Anna, Peter burps himself and shows Anna how to burp or he burps his bunny, its so cute to see.
Below are pics of Friday and Saturday. Anna´s clothes aren´t matching to good, because mommy had to do some handwashing, because Anna knows how to make a mess. But she is cute either way.
















Anna hanging out with mommy.
















Peter showing Anna who Diego is.
















Anna trying to get a sip of Peter´s juice.
















Anna trying to move...........
















Hey Mommy - ¨Anna is eating for me¨






















Wow, I got my brother´s car and he doesn´t know.
Anna, also sits up by herself, but she wobbles over.

















Anna just hanging out, happy as can be.

















The Volcano from Antigua






















Just had to get a hat for Anna.