Mi familia es muy linda!

My family has been wonderful to me since i've been here. For example, they take me shopping for winter clothes and wait for hours for me to decide on a pair of boots. They freak out when i have 8 bites on my body and demand that i go to the hospital at once! And they cannot stop offering me tea or another plate of food....very much like my parents in Texas! (that i miss very much!) I feel very much like a child in the house. Not only because I speak spanish like a baby, but because of how they care for me.

This is a picture of Rodrigo (Elisa's spouse), Elisa, and mi Papi, Sergio before church on Sunday.

Getting ready for church is like getting ready for the prom here. (Actually going out in general) You are not presentable unless you have bathed, blow dryed your hair/curled it, and showered yourself in perfume. My sister Elisa curled my hair and splashed some perfume on me as we were running out the door. Then, in church, Elisa popped a mint directly into my mouth. Just like the body of Christ! (when one does not want to use ones hands!) So you can see what i mean about being babied!

A girl can get used to this.

But you know im not any girl. You all know how independent i am. They are learning to give me my space and allow me to take walks alone. haha my papi no longer walks me to school any longer, but i bet he wants to.