The Presentation

The presentation was a dream. We shared the event with two other couples getting their sons: one couple from our FANA group, the Walton’s hailing from Toronto (Oakville) were presented their son Benjamin and the other couple from Luxemburg were presented their son Andres. Annette and Guillermo took us all in his proudly polished red van decked out with 1in. whitewalls.

Diane and I received Corinne first. I held Nick while Corinne turned the corner. Nick had treated the news of Corinne at the referral in such a nonchalant, mater-of-fact manner; I didn’t know how he would react to Corinne at the presentation. Nick could not contain his excitement: “WE HAVE A NEW BABY NAMED CORINNE!!!” I really could not contain him and had to set him down. Nick had brought a little pink bunny for Corinne and from the floor, tossed it up at her as we were receiving her into our arms.

Perhaps Corinne is saving it for me tonight, but she has yet to cry or hardly fuss; that is how docile she is. She was all eyes for us and as soon as Diane said, “I love you”, she began to chat with us. Since both of the other couples were without video, I busied myself with the camcorder capturing the enduring images for all. Finally, I got to hold her. I think she likes me. I never let her go after that until perhaps an hour after we arrived back at Betty’s. Betty sez I turned into a marshmallow. All she wants is to be at the wedding when I have to give her away.

Mercedes, Flor, Elizabeth and many more familiar FANA faces were present for all the festivities including the Champagne (it is a Kedge event).

Celebrations continued at Betty’s with traditional empanadas. Steve Walton and myself have busily gotten the fireplace and space heaters stoked to warm the rooms for the night. We both have an interesting night ahead. I am going to go get prepared, if I can….