Corinne's First Night with Us

Well folks, I totally lucked out. The only thing that kept me awake was my own nervousness and that squeaky trundle bed. Corinne got a 2:30AM feeding that I could sense coming on for about 15mins so I had plenty of time to get out diaper change gear, rubber gloves, face mask, athletic supporter, Bozo the Clown hat and turn on Classical Music for Babies before the first whimpers could be uttered.

Unraveling the swaddled layers to the diaper was the most time consuming thing. I was able to mix, nuke, and shake the bottle with one hand while she played tightrope walker on my twig of an arm. Even burping was right on cue. The only thing to quibble about is that she is not guzzler and I couldn’t get her to take more than 3oz. Laying her on the floor and stomping on the bottle did not produce the desired effect.

After the bottle, she wanted to stare and smile instead of sleep, but all I needed to do was wrestle with the octopus of extension cables to swap the bright lamp back to the night light (being careful not to short the space heater) and when I turned around, she was out.

Nick actually had more difficulty through the night than Corinne. He slept in a different room than the previous two nights and that threw him off a bit. We are going to rearrange the rooms yet again to get the crib in the other room so Nick can have his familiar room back and I can get a bed that my vertebrae can relate. I will take a picture so folks can sympathize with the maids trying to maneuver a sheet change.

Much of the upfront documentation is being handled quite quickly. We have notarized powers of attorney, meet our lawyer Dr. Polo, and will do Bienestar (Welfare interview) early tomorrow morning. Not a lot of dead time waiting for all the legal channels to crank up.

It is really nice to work with Annette again and travel in her car decked out with seat belts! The “personal space” allotted to cars is about 1/10 of what we might find comfortable. Its just another one of those things you just experience and let happen to yourself here and think about latter.

I have reacquainted myself and the Walton’s with the layout of the streets and shops around Betty’s house. Tomorrow, I will probably introduce the Walton’s to Macu (More Artifacts of Colombia than U need).

Bye for now…