We're back in Colombia again. Our trip home to Canada was wonderful and I want everyone to know how happy we were to see everyone, and be with my family for even a short while. Thanks to everyone who gave us gifts for Lukas, he's the best dressed kid in the city!!
Lukas is finally settled back into our apartment and routine here. He had a hard weekend when we got back, babies have short memories and it was like adjusting to a new place all over again. He had a few overtired meltdowns but we're through them.
No sooner had he gotten settled then we had his 4 month checkup and vaccines. The vaccines were awful, two full days of feverish whimpering and just not feeling well. Since baby tylenol makes him sick all over he refuses to take it. Finally he's back to his super smiley and sweet self now! We visited our own Pediatrician (spelling may be creative!) Dr. Castro. He is a very kind man, very thorough and gentle. Lukas is a big boy at 16 lbs 8oz, and 65 cm tall. Measured on the North American standards charts he is in the 95th percentile for his age. Oh my aching back!
For me the adjustment back to the city here was much shorter this time. It didn't take long to acclimatize, and the familiar sights of buses and taxis were normal, the hiss of pressure cookers cooking in the streets and multitude of horns honking seemed like par for the course now. The doorman and maintenance guy in our building proclaimed it a "milagro" (miracle) that I was finally back.
So, life goes on.
