Lake Atitlan

We arrived in Guatemala City on Wednesday March 5th and took a private driver to Lake Atitlan which is about a 3 hr drive. We went to a town called Panajachel and stayed our first night at Posada Don Rodrigo.
We spent the evening walking the streets and shopping the markets. We bought many many cute dresses for Isabella. The next morning we again walked the town and people watched. We found a school on the main street that we stood in front of and watched the kids play for a while. There were so many kids who would notice us, stare and then smile at us. There was one little girl outside of school who came and stood by me. I took many pictures of her and she would just smile. I gave her a dollar and she looked at me and really smiled. She clutched that dollar so tight in her little hand. She was maybe 4 years old. Then we went to the docks and took our private boat driver to our next hotel La Casa El Mundo. The only access to this hotel is from boat. It was unbelievable! It was so beautiful except for the steep walks up rock steps. We just relaxed in our hammocks over looking the 3 volcanoes that surrounded us. The grounds were so beautiful with so many different flowering trees and shrubs. Flowers everywhere you looked. We actually just sat around and talked by ourselves what a concept! Then it was off to play a couple games of battleship, of course Rach lost all the games. They only serve one dinner a night which is set up like a party. It was a candle light multi course dinner. Since there are only 12 rooms on the cliff it was neat to sit with everybody and meet people from around the world. There were people there from France, Germany, Italy and of course the USA.

























2nd DNA Test

Finally we are nearing the end. Isabella went for her 2nd DNA test on February 7th. Results of course were all good. She is still the same baby we started with. What a silly system but at least we are near the end.


February Surprise Visit

Isabella is really surprised as she will be coming home soon. She will be going for her second DNA test soon. Its getting closer now.


February Social Visit

Here is Isabella's Social visit. It looks like our little girl is looking for her family. We want her home. She exited PGN on January 21st which was a big step. Now it's up to our Government to get us our baby home soon!!!


January Surprise Visit

We received photos today from Isabella's surprise visit. That is another thing great about our agency. They provide us with so many photos along the way to help pass the time. We normally get surprise photos where the director goes and shows up unannounced to check on the babies. It varies all the time as to keep it a surprise. Then we get social pictures once a month where as they bring all the babies together at the Westin in a room to interact with each other. And finally we get monthly Dr. office visit photos with updates.


January Social Visit

We received photos of Isabella's social visit. She is getting so big.