Once I knew we were going to Colombia again, I did an audit of my clothes (threw a heap of them out and sent a heap of others to a charity bin). I discovered that I’m running short on suitable clothes for travel – especially in a hot and humid environment like Cali in Colombia. … [Read More »]

I really think that the final weeks waiting to travel post-allocation are far more difficult than the years waiting for approval and allocation. You learn to fill the long waits with other things – keeping busy to minimise the pain of not knowing if or when. In contrast, the shorter waits take over your life … [Read More »]

While Andres played with his grandparents today, Leanne and I did a test-pack to see how much gear we are taking and how many bags we will need. This involved packing as closely as possible to what we intend to take … including all the extra gear – bottles, sterilisation equipment, ergo baby carrier, medicines, … [Read More »]

Found out this morning that our updated documents have finally been sent to Colombia. There’s nothing more we can do now until we get notified of a travel date by the orphanage, once our documents have been translated into Spanish. I think this is the worst part – waiting for a travel date. We can’t … [Read More »]