A few photos for your enjoyment. This is Jadzia at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Texas’ flavor
The past couple days we have experienced some bits of South Texas culture. Yesterday we went with my Grandma Renaud to eat at a barbecue place called Rudy’s. And today we visited the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Houston, we have a Jadzia
Well, we have been enjoying the Republic of Texas for the past 2 days.
On Sunday we flew into Houston to visit with Yoli’s friend Sonja and her husband Jody and their two children. The flight itself went very well with no problems from Jadzia or Ludi. In fact, this may have been one of the best flights we’ve had in our post-childbirth era. 🙂
Early wake-up call / Bebe numero dos
This morning Yoli and I awakened at 4:45 a.m. We were preparing to get her and Jadzia to the airport for their trip to Bolivia. I will be joining them next week. That’s an early morning for someone who works until at least 11:30 p.m. every night. On the bright side, it gave me some extra time after I dropped them off to scan some in some recent ultrasound pictures of our next baby (see below)!
This is not a “traveling light” trip, my preferred modus operandi. Yoli will be making a wedding cake and also teaching a cake-decorating class at El Jordán during this trip, so she took all the pots and pans, etc.
Yoli and Jadzia’s trip will last three weeks; I will join them next Sunday, so I’ll be there for two weeks. During this week, Yoli will post a few entries on our Bolivia weblog. Once I join her, I will be posting stuff there as well, so please check often!
Anyway, I know what you really want to see are the ultrasound photos. Here they are:
Back from the east
Well, our mission in Washington D.C. was about 85% accomplished.
Yoli was able to get a new Bolivian ID card (with her married name), but not a new passport. The Bolivian consulate in Washington was out of them. It’s difficult for me to understand how a consulate can run out of passports, but such is life. Instead, they gave Yoli a 6-month extension on her current passport, which will enable us to travel to Bolivia in April. But we’ll still have to go again to a consulate (probably Chicago) to get the passport sometime after the 6 months are up.
Jadzia and geopolitics
We’re off to Washington DC tomorrow for the purpose of renewing some of Yoli’s Bolivian papers. If all goes well, we will able to visit some friends, see a museum, and eat at a Bolivian restaurant before heading to Virginia to visit some other friends. There is a large Bolivian community that lives in the DC area, so I’m very excited to try a Bolivian restaurant in America.
However, things might not go well if the Bolivian consular officials decide to give us trouble. If you have a minute, pray that we would have favor with these folks and that Yoli’s papers would be processed quickly.
Deep in the heart of Texas
This year we went down to San Antonio to introduce Jadzia to all her family down there. She met her grandmothers, many great aunts and uncles, and cousins. She also got to participate in a surprise 70th birthday party for her Grandnanny. Jadzia also went swimming in her Grandnanny’s pool almost every day. It was a wonderful trip and we enjoyed every minute of it. We just wish it would rain down there and the drought would end.
Jadzia above the water, as seen from under the water.
Garden visit
This past week we took Jadzia to the Missouri Botanical Garden for the first time. It was a lot of fun for us. Jadzia got bored with it after a while, but we brought some food and got her to eat and later to sleep. Check out these photos…
Bolivia-ho!
Later today we’ll be off to Bolivia. We should arrive some time early Thursday morning in Santa Cruz. To follow our adventures while we’re there, visit our Bolivia weblog. A new, somewhat controversial president will be sworn in while we’re there, so who knows what might happen!
–Josh
Even babies need passports
Some family members were surprised at Christmastime when Yoli whipped out Jadzia’s brand new passport to show them.
Christmas went well. Jadzia slept through much of it, but she had nice long visits with her grandparents and got to meet her aunt and uncle and baby cousin. She got a few Christmas presents, and undoubtedly her favorites will turn out to be the San Antonio Spurs clothing from our relatives in Texas.
She also got to meet my dad’s maternal extended family on Christmas evening. I wasn’t able to stay long because of work (hope you enjoyed your Christmas weekend sports sections!) but it sounds like it was a great night.