Presentation!

Wednesday the thirteenth of February, a date that will forever be held dear in my heart.  We all got up super early to drive to the nearby town of Faca where the kids have been living. It was a long drive, about an hour and a half. The roads in Colombia are....um....not like American roads...um....well....lots of potholes and um.....yeah.... You kind of feel beat up after that long of a drive... :/ When we arrived in Faca we went to the adoption place (yeah, I don't really know exactly what it was... :P) We met with their social worker, defender of minors, nutrition person (don't know what to call her), Cecilia (our representative) and our lawyer. They gave us a little more information about the kids and answered all of our questions. After the meeting was over everyone helped decorated the room...

...and then stood there waiting for what felt like forever.

 At this point we were all getting pretty nervous and a little emotional. Finally they said the kids had arrived and asked if we were ready. They showed them in, our first glimpse of our new family members.

Well we were all emotional at this point but I must admit that I was actually crying (a lot), I think the kids thought I was a little weird... :P Anyway after I had stopped crying and we had all calmed down a little we tried to talk, anything we couldn't say in Spanish Cecilia would translate. We ate cake (Cheesecake, yum! :P) while we talked (well sorta talked...mostly laughed and looked at each other awkwardly. :P)

Elizabeth

Ana Sophia

Javier

 Once our 'party' was over we commenced the long trek back to the hotel, oh and it was long. As we drove back Javier and Sophia were trying to learn a little English. Elizabeth was mostly sleeping. When we arrived at the hotel the staff and other adoptive families had a little party for us! They had a cake and a sign that said "welcome Elizabeth, Ana Sophia and Javier Scofield". It was so sweet of them! 
It amazed me how fast they settled into calling us "Mother", "Father", "Brother" and "Sister" and they say it with such a cute accent! Javier is constantly chattering at me in Spanish, I just smile, nod, maybe say a "si" here and there and look cute...works pretty well. :P  Sophia is very good at understanding our Spanish and passing it on to the other two. 
Elizabeth know a very little bit of English so we can talk a little bit between my "un poco" Spanish and her "very little" English. :) Whenever we go out for a walk she puts her arm through mine and we walk arm in arm.

Over the next couple of days we've just been walking to mass, to the store and to the park. The kids are starting to pick up English and are doing very well. It is going to be a huge hard adjustment for them as they were in school and now they will be homeschooled. But I think it will all work out. When I think about it to much I just get overwhelmed. 
It's been a pretty big adjustment for me too, Ever since Hannah went to collage I've been pretty much alone. I had so much time to myself, and just kinda did my own thing. Now I am never alone. I am constantly with people and talking and never just being quiet. It's very different but I think it's what I wanted. As they settle in and things begin to have a routine I'm sure everything will calm down and we will all get less overwhelmed.I am very glad we are adopting them and I love them so much. They already feel like my little siblings and it would be weird if they weren't here.

P.S. If you have any specific questions or things you want to hear about just comment to let me know and I will attempt to answer. 

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