A New Addition to the Family!

Things around here have been nothing short of amazing recently. I promise I´ll blog for real about going to Patagonia and Iguazu (currently tied with Israel for my favorite place in the world). But most exciting is that my baby host sister was born! Antonia´s due date was May 10th, but early on the morning of April 29th, my host parents Veronica and Francisco rushed to the hospital and two hours later Antonia was born via C-section. Unfortuantely for me, I had to head to class and then catch a plane to Iguazu (boo hoo) so I didn´t get to see Antonia and the family until I came home on Monday. When I arrived home, they were on their way home from the hospital so I whipped up a quick Welcome Home sign and waited. Antonia is a very cute baby, and more importantly, a very good baby. She´s small but not tiny, weighing 3.5 kilos which is 7 something pounds. They already pierced her ears and shaved her head,  I´m not sure why except that she had tons of hair when she was born, and she likes to look around and make faces with one eye open. She only cries when she´s being changed and otherwise just sleeps and eats. Kind of boring so far, but still so cute. However, this means that I can sleep undisturbed (which I can do anyways). Manuela is basically the same. I was worried at how she´d react having someone at home that needed more attention than she does, since she was mad at me for the first month I was here. But she gives Antonia kisses all the time and otherwise is still her talkative self. Francisco and Veronica are tired but doing very well. No pictures yet but they´ll come. Now I´m off to my volunteer program to make peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches.

Stinky diapers galore,
Rachel