New Year, New Adventures

Happy Really Late New Year!!

It's rare to have much time to post anything now but I am going to try to more often as so many people have said they read this for updates.

Lukas is 6 months and 25 days old and a busy busy boy! Naps are usually a mere 30 minutes only. He likes to sit up now and watch the world go by. We are so lucky to have such a healthy and happy boy! He has started eating solid food, and while he wasn't convinced at first he now enjoys apples, peaches, mango, watermelon, pears, cereal, spinach, avocado, carrots, and squash.

We spent New Years in Fusa at the Finca. It was a challenge to stay up past midnight for all of us but we managed to do it! It was so hot there and a nice break from the chill and smog of Bogota. The photo above is of a beautiful flower growing in the yard.

My time here is coming to a close, for now. We have started the long and difficult immigration process again, and pray that Peter is back in Canada with us as soon as possible. Lukas LOVES his Daddy and of course vice versa, so it will be a difficult separation with too few visits as the tickets are expensive and the vacation time needs to be used wisely. We are, however, grateful that Lukas is young enough not to really remember all this time we will have to spend apart. My feelings are understandably mixed. I want to go home, where I can go out and not be concerned with who is watching or have my family here repeatedly warn me to be careful. I want to be able to drive places and go whereever I want without worrying about people taking advantage of my "foreign-ness" . On the other hand we are missing time together when Lukas is little and fun and changing almost every day. I will miss the bakeries and fresh produce and the people who are ALWAYS happy, despite this country and it's craziness (at times).

We don't have anything ambitious planned for our last couple of months here in the apartment. Weekends sometimes we travel to the Finca or go to the park and hang out. But mostly we just try and spend as much time together as possible! I have already started cleaning out my clothes and shoes, giving away what I don't need or want anymore to people who really need it here. We will be homeward bound before I know it.