Update from Colombia

We've been busy down here in Colombia with wedding stuff, with baptism stuff - both Gabriela and Eloisa, and with good ol' family fun.
I went to get my dress altered at the Pronovias store (the brand name of my dress) and I tried it on and two things happened. The good news is that my dress fit and I didn't have to pay for more alterations! The bad news is ... my dress fit. In other words, I'm the same size I was when I was 5 months pregnant! Ouch. But I am going to a gym here, which is very nice with Isabel, Pablo's wife. But going to the store was not such a waste of time because they directed us to a good place to get my dress cleaned. And tomorrow we pick it up. Also tomorrow, we pick up Bela's dress! I'm excited to see how it turned out (its being made and of course pictures will be posted). And on Saturday, Juan will get measured for his suit. So the clothes portion of the wedding is almost complete!
Picking up Bela's dress tomorrow should be an adventure. Here, because there are so many people and cars, they have something called Pico y Placa. Pico meaning pick hour and Placa is your license plate - so only certain license plate numbers are allowed on the road at a time. For example, our car is only allowed on the road on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - not Wednesday and Friday. So we have to take a cab on Friday to pick up the dress. Now the cab is not expensive at all - like $5 or something ridiculously low like that - but the cab drivers are sort of crazy! They swerve in and out of traffic and speed really fast. As long as you don't look where your going - you're fine ... HeHe.
Diego, Juan's younger brother, arrived on Tuesday. It was so exciting to see everyone's face light up when we were all in the room together. I think it has been a long time since all the siblings were in the same place at the same time. For dinner that night we went to Archie's - PIZZA! And of course, like all places we go to, the food was most excellent (another place we should consider exporting!). Also, most nights Juan, his Mom, Ale, Nena and I play rummy. I think sometimes we play until well after midnight. But it's always fun. I was winning until yesterday when I gained like 400 points in one hand ... ugh ... not good.

That's our update from Colombia, we hope everyone is doing well and will see you soon enough.
Ciao!