We're Here!

We're sitting in our hotel room in Las Brisas, which is minutes away from the orphanage. On our way here from the airport, we drove very close by the orphanage, and it was very weird to think that our DAUGHTHER was just minutes away from us - oblivious to the fact that our "gotcha day" (that's adoption lingo) is tomorrow!

The airport was surprisingly organized. The weather is not nearly as bad as I anticipated. We were greeted at the airport by Reg's relatives, and also by Darren (who, along with his wife, Debbie, run the orphanage). Darren drove us through the crazy traffic to our hotel in Rizal. We love our hotel because it's totally NOT westernized. We specifically didn't want a hotel like the ones in Makati where we'd feel like we never left the US. This is a tiny little hotel with good sized room, lush surroundings and most importantly, wi-fi. And the kicker is that this room costs only $40 a night!!

We just finished Skyping with the kids back home. Isn't it amazing to think that we're were talking to them face to face in real time from the other side of the world. Hopefully, they won't miss us as much if we Skype with them daily.

Well, right now, we're going to unpack, freshen up, eat lunch at some local dive, then meet up with Darren for an afternoon of hanging out -- Filipino style!!!!