Monday, August 28, 2006

We arrived in Guatemala City on Friday evening. After a long day of flights and customs we were ready for a good nights sleep. We were supposed to received Maria prior to 10 AM on Saturday morning. Apparently there was a communication error between our agency, the lawyer or her staff. We basically waited in the lobby of the Marriott from 8 AM till 8 PM with no Maria. We were told in all of our communications to be patient...that they knew we were there and they would be there eventually. I finally called our adoption coordinator in the USA around 7 PM, but only received voicemail. We decided it was too late that evening anyway and went to the room around 9 PM. The next morning, Sunday, I emailed our coordinator again as well as the Latin American Director. To our pleasure, he called right away, apologized for the mix-up, called the lawyer and we had Maria in our arms in a couple of hours. Here are our first pictures...from around 11 AM on Sunday. We are just getting ready to check out of the Marriott and travel to Antigua where we will spend the next 5 days. Maria is a perfect baby! She only cries if hungry or wet. She slept last night from 8 PM till 2 AM, had a bottle and went right back to sleep until 8 AM. Enjoy the pics and we will post more soon!