There seems to be a Fiesta going on today at our hotel. The pool area is jammed with tents, tables and people. It's fun to watch! :)
Jacob continues to do well. He gets up once during the night and wants a bottle. I think at 10 months we will be ending that soon. haha (He will soon be going to the Karin P school of 'sleeping through the night without waking up Mommy'.) For now, we are just giving him a bottle and he goes right back to sleep. He is sooooo smiley and has a very engaging personality. He is getting used to being held constantly and now he cries when we put him down. :) We're already ruining him. ha. He can crawl as fast as lightening, so we have to be really careful when he is sitting on the bed with us. There is no carpet in our room, so we don't want to set him on the floor. He'll have plenty of opportunity to do that when he gets home.
I have really been enjoying the experience of a new culture. I am trying to drink in every bit so that I can tell Jacob all about it when he is older. Jeff says it is very similar to Mexico. The people here seem very accustomed to seeing 'Gringo's' so we are not a novelty like we are when we are in China. Everyone is very nice and they like to interact with Jacob. He always rewards them with a big toothless smile. :) Oh...he has one little tooth on the bottom. He chews on anything he can get his hands on, so I'm sure more teeth will be coming soon.
We are still marveling at how tiny he is. I put some 12 month sized shorts on him today and they come down to the middle of his calves. Too funny! I told him that everyone will think he is much younger and be amazed at how 'advanced' he is for a child 'his age.' hehe
We went to the open air market this morning. Very cool...a lot like China with knock-offs and the assortment of local hand-made crafts. The Chinese knock-offs are copied better, though. :) While we were there, Jeff spotted a young guy swaggering by, trying really hard to be cool. His pants were hanging way down so that you could see several inches of his boxers, like the kids in the US. However, he had a pink shirt on that said, "World's COOLEST Mom." Jeff has been chuckling over that for the past few hours. Obviously, "Dude no comprendi Englais" :)
There are some coffee plantations near here and the coffee is AMAZING! Ohhh...I love it! Starucks eat your heart out...this stuff is much better! :) And yes, Jeff is cracking the Juan Veldez jokes... Sigh...what will I do with that man?
We found McDonald's and Burger King but they didn't look anything like they do in the states. There is probably a city code here in Antigua for the way things look. They just had small signs outside of buildings that looked like all the other ones. We took the traditional picture of baby with Ronald McDonald (and thankfully didn't have to eat there).
The food here is wonderful! Living in the midwest, we have not had the opportunity to eat much 'real' Central American food. It is delicious. :) There are really cool city buses, too, that are colorfully painted.
