Los Pisingos!

another quick update...as of today, we officially decided on adopting from the los pisingos orphanage in bogota. lss works with two private orphanages (los pisingos and ayudame) and we had the choice of which one to go through. essentially, they are very similar: wait times are the same (they are telling us the average is 15-23 months), number of families in the program are similar, both are run by former adoptees, etc. if you would like to see some pictures, check out the website at: www.lospisingos.com. most of it is in spanish, but there is a small english section as well. (to see photos of some of the beautiful children, first click on 'fundacion los pisingos' and then click on 'Galeria de fotos'.)

after our selection, bettina, our international adoption worker, then sent us the los pisingos application that we now get to fill out. we have some questions to answer, a letter to write and some photos to submit... "full length photos of mother and father, waist up of both of us, head & shoulder photos of us, pictures of our house, the baby's future room, etc." i can already imagine the two of us roaming around the house taking pictures of each other! a photo shoot at the reedy's... mel, we may need to borrow you and your fancy camera! heath especially loves the fact that they tell you that the father should wear a suit and tie and i'm supposed to wear a dress!

i am also posting another link under our favorite websites. i found it on another couple's blog and it has some good basic info about colombia for those of you who are curious.

summer seems to have officially arrived! stay cool!
love,
ang