8 Hands Full

August 6

And so begins the 1^st day of our last full week here at the mission site. This day next week, we’ll be all packed and ready to go. I’ll have to admit that I am quite ready to get back, but there’s going to be a lot of mixed emotions when we leave, especially since me and goodbye’s aren’t exactly the best of friends…

We took the boys to the doctor this morning. We didn’t get there though till around 10:30 because it took a while to get a taxi. We also had to wait a while because the doctor was out, so we went ahead and took care of some other stuff to kill time. Once we got back to the clinic the doctor had just arrived so the timing was perfect. We found out that the boys both had an infection and a parasite. Hopefully that’s not what Jen and Evelin have too. I’m really thankful though that I haven’t really had to deal with anything like that since I’ve been here, and hopefully it stays that way.

We got back to the mission site a bit later than we had anticipated. Evelin was supposed to help make lunch, so lunch was a little later than usual too, but it was worth the wait. She was teaching them how to make lasagna, and I’m a sucker for my pasta! Hehe

The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with the kiddos and what not. After dinner was when all the fun started (a little sarcasm implied). For starters, we had to give the boys their medicine. Diego was a piece of cake. It’s Alejandro who’s a handful, or more like 8 hands full. Guess how many people it takes to give this 1-year old his medicine? How’s 4 for you? And I’m not even kidding. We had one person holding his head, one to hold his arms, one to hold his legs, and one to pinch his nose and actually give him the medicine. He’s a very very strong willed child.

Once the wrestling match was over we got the boys ready for bed. Diego was ready to call it a night. He was falling asleep while I was changing him, so as soon as I laid him down he was pretty much out. Alejandro on the other hand was wide awake and he stayed up the whole time Jen and I were in his room talking to the nannies. We had fun talking to them though. We were joking around about a lot of silly things. Surprisingly, we were actually able to have a sensible conversation…well, sensible in terms of us being able to understand one another. It’s was funny ‘cuz Jen was showing them pictures of her family and they thought her adopted doctor dad was really handsome. They had a pretty funny reaction when she told them that he wasn’t married. Like I said, we talked about a lot of silly stuff, but we had a good time with them. It was a fun way to end the day.