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It's been a while since I updated this blog.

Juan Pablo is sleeping right now. He's such a great baby. He's starting to smile and I know he knows I'm his mom.

It's late, and I don't speak (or write) English after six.

Today I will head to León so tomorrow at 9:30 I can pick Juan Pablo up. I'm way beyond happy.

Got a diaper bag to prepare!!! Have to go.

We finally got to meet Juan Pablo. We went to the home to meet him. After the explanation from the adoptions director, after she asked if we had questions, we finally got to meet him.

His nanny came with a little blue bundle. His face was covered. I rushed to hold him. Such a small baby and so well behaved. I guess he knew what we were doing there. You don't want to leave a bad impression on your new parents, do you?

My feelings are hard to describe. I felt ...

I got him a pretty blanket. I'm planning to hold this blanket during the night. I don't know if they will allow me to hold him or anything. Perhaps they will just show him to us. But I want him to feel that we are near him.

Yesterday we called my MIL. She's in Bariloche, Argentina, right now on vacation. I wanted to tell her before she goes to Chile, because there's no way we can contact her until she gets to Santiago.

At first, she was very happy and excited. ...

When I told DH about the boy, he was speechless. We had less than an hour to call the "Home" and tell them if we accepted.

He just said "I don't know" over and over again. Then, he received a call at his office and he just told me "I'll call you back".

He called me ten long minutes later. He said OK.

I called back, told them see you on Friday (that is, Friday, Oct. 6).

We will be flying today to León, tomorrow ...

(this is BIG...that's why I'm writing in English)

Today I received "the call". Every prospective adoptive parent in Mexico is waiting for it.

Today was the day.

I was distracted. Saw the ID on my phone, and thought it was my sister from León. It wasn't. I was called by the sister of Mexico's president. She runs one of the "homes" where I applied to addopt.

She told me: "I have an opportunity for you. It's ...

Esta semana es la Expo Bebé en México (ahí venden cosas para bebés a buenos precios y es cada 6 meses). En la pasada solo fui a ver, porque todavía no me sentía con ánimos de comprar nada. Ahora, ya tengo todo para recibir a Mariana (excepto la silla alta) y otra vez no tengo nada que comprar. Pensarán que esto es muy superficial. Es lo único que puedo hacer mientras espero a mi bebé, prepararme (en lo material y en conocimientos). También estoy intentando convivir un poco más con niños cuando ...

Estuvimos en Valle de Bravo durante el fin de semana. Fuimos con mi mamá, mi hermana, mi BIL y sus dos hijos.

El viaje me trajo algunos recuerdos. La última vez que había ido fue cuando mi ex-novio inauguró ahí una dulcería. Como no me dejaban ir sola con él, me mandaron con 10 chaperones.

Pasamos por el rancho del mejor amigo de mi ex. Él después se convirtió en muy buen amigo mío, aunque el último día que lo vi fue en mi boda.

Mi hermana parecía ...

I was about to see a pregnant friend. I told DH that we should bring them a present. They've always been so interested in our adoption process that it seemed fair to have the same interest in their pregnancy. DH said that since we hadn't been notified officially, we could do it next time (I agreed.)

When she arrived she told us right away not to congratulate her. She had lost her baby last week. We were women at the reunion and three of us had gone through that... I was telling ...

Así supersticiosa como soy, siempre he pensado que si quiero una niña, va a ser niño.

En las solicitudes de adopción, cuando nos preguntaron lo que preferíamos, dijimos que niña: en las tres (en dos dejamos abierta la posibilidad de un niño). Nos hemos hecho a la idea de que nos van a dar a una niñita que se va a llamar Mariana (como yo, pero al revés)

Ya compramos todo de niña. La ropa de cama es de florecitas, sus juguetes son haditas y mariposas. Ayer vino el ...