Settling In

We haven't entered anything into our blog for awhile as life has become somewhat normalized as we are all spending our day together and just learning to be a family.  We had hoped Kai would receive his Canadian Citizenship today but now we have to wait until at least Monday.  As a result, we will have to extend our stay in Durban until next friday where we will be flying to Cape Town to finish our trip.  With our schedule uncertain, we haven't booked anything after Sunday including airfare to Cape Town as we don't want to make reservations and have to cancel.  Luckily South Africa high season has just ended so we shouldn't have a problem booking anything when we do make a decision on our plans.

Wednesday we visited the new soccer stadium they built in Durban for the world cup scheduled for June.  We took a cable car to the top of the stadium and took pictures overlooking the city.  Afterwards we went out for drinks at a local bar for the first time and closed the bar at 6pm.  It gets dark here shortly before 6, so I'm just starting to feel comfortable driving at night.  We were back in our room by 6:15 with 45 minutes to Bath, Feed and read the same story to Kai since we've been here.  From 7pm to 7am is our time and our nights are usually spent watching tv, internet and relaxing with a glass of wine.

Thursday, we visited the B.A.T. Centre where local artistans sell there wares.  We liked a few pictures but haven't decided if we'll purchase anything.  We had a nice picnic at out B&B (we went back to the place we were before) with another family who adopted.  It felt so normal.

Today, we visited Usharka in Durban which is like Marine Land but not as good.  They have an aquarium there with plenty of native fish and mammal species.  Thank goodness for the stroller we are using.  Kai has gained weight!

Everyone is doing well and we appreciate everyone's email.  Sorry we can't reply to everyone's email but we do read them!

p.s. Louisa's night also includes washing the bottles, packing the diaper bag, organizing clothes, cleaning up and then she gets to relax!  Just saying!