As We Continue on This Journey Called Adoption

And now to get on with what we came here to do.  It has taken a lot longer than we ever thought or planned, but we know that God's plans are the ones that really matter.

Waiting for court to begin, we later found out we cannot take pictures in the room.

This is the group that worked so hard to make this happen, we were all so excited.

The proud parents of Alejandra Faith Velie

Dad was now ready for another adventure, Andrea, our house guest was going to market so we tagged along.
when we were getting ready to go on the bus there was no room for our faithful guide.  Oh well we only got off one stop after we were supposed too and found her right away.  She  took us to a nice cafe and off shopping for a few gifts.

 Ecovia... standing room only like sardines.

Another trip to Carolina... we saw these daring young men with straps all over the place, we thought this might be something Aaron might want to try.

Ale loved taking pictures of  them...

 And mami and papi

On out way home dad was ready to try shawarma (it has been a while since he was sick) but instead we found this place it was awesome.

Ale has picked up were Harmony left off with the mimes. We found him that morning before he finished putting on his face and he even said hola, I was shocked.

Ale and mami decided to try the kabobs since dad was not along, they were very delicious.  Now dad wants to try them too. 

Sunday afternoon at Metropolitan, we found llamas.

Ale was not to sure of them, but we talked her through it.

This park does not have as much going on, but it sure does have a view...

Again we see these guys stretching there ropes across this deep ravine...

 But it never really amounted to much, we gave up and left.

I will miss the view of the mountains as I walk around  home.

 On  yet another walk around Quito we found some lovely flowers and Ale wanted them in her hair.

While dad stopped to watch traffic and people, Ale took advantage of time to blow bubbles.  We found out she loves and I mean loves to blow bubbles.

While waiting on some of our legal work we took Ale and found a bench and someone was selling.. you guessed it.... bubbles.  Dad found some kind of bread to snack on.

 Enjoying her bubble blowing time.  We found this is a very good way to keep her occupied.

 Walking home from one of our appt.  Mommy is getting pretty good at selfies

Ale wanted a picture of mami and papi kissing, and she just could not get the perfect on, so she said.

Then she wanted one of me and her and for some reason papi could not do it, so mami had to do it herself.

Ale loves the mountains too.

Are time here is coming to an end, there are many things I will miss, but because of the extended stay and the family being all seperated, we are all the more ready and excited to head on home and get our family together to start our new life together.