Day 7!

Holy cow, today was our 7^th day with Owen. We can’t believe we’ve already spent a week together as a family! Today was a big day as we had our BienEstar interview first thing in the morning. We woke bright and early to get Owen dressed in his finest. He wasn’t too excited to put on his dress clothes at first, but once we got them on, he was a happy camper.

Marie Teresa Perez picked us and the Sibley’s up at 7:15 am to make the drive through the crazy Bogota traffic to get to BienEstar. We arrived early, but had to wait about 15 minutes until they were ready for us. We went in for our interview first, which went very well. Through translation by Maria Teresa, the woman said how beautiful Owen is and how his eyes look just like his Mama’s. She only asked us a few questions. She asked what we do for a living (she said we were very luck that Jess is staying at home). She also asked how we’ve been bonding as a family over the last week. All in all, it was very low key and took maybe 20 minutes. As we were leaving, she told us she hoped that God looks over Owen, which we thought was very touching. The Sibley’s then had their interview, which also went very well, and we were out of there!

When we got back to El Refugio, we thought it would be a good idea to take some family pictures when were all dressed up. So we took some in our room and then headed out to explore the residencia and get some one on one pics with Mama and Papa.

After having lunch, we had to make a quick trip to the FANA doctor at her office to get Owen checked out. We were glad to find out that we shouldn’t be too concerned. The doc did give us meds to help him out, so we feel better now that we’ve had a doctor take a look at him. When we got back to El Refugio, we went for a walk to UniCentro to pick up some groceries. After that, we just hung out at the residencia until dinner. Owen ate like a champ and gobbled up nearly all of his "soup". He crashed around 9:30 and we'll be off to bed too very soon (with an 11 month old, if you want to sleep, you need to sleep when he does!!)