Ready, Get set, Go!

It's midnight and I'm listening to the sounds of traffic, people walking home and a guard's whistle down the street...sounds I love because they mean we're finally in Lima!  
Yes, there has been a bit of a gap in my blogging.  What can I say?  I'll sum up the last month and a half since my last blog by saying that we did nothing but inch toward immigration acceptance and approval from Peru to travel for about 45 days.
On the 46th, we took off full speed down hill.  In one day we bought tickets for 5 to Peru, rented an apartment for 2 weeks in Cuzco and then purchased 5 more tickets to arrive in the city where our little girl is.  It was a record for us on money spent in one day to say the least!
That was one week ago.  The rest of the week is a bit of a blur, quite frankly so I'll fast forward to now.  We're staying with Tomi's folks her in Lima, enjoying time with family.  We hadn't seen Tomi's sister and her family for 4 1/2 years...everyone's grown up suddenly.  Lots of laughter, fun and good food were had in true Peruvian style.

In Miami, finally heading South!

                                                        Girl cousins...

                                                        Guy cousins....

                                                        This is freaky...who's who???

                                           The Ardiles cousins sans Grecia a little Luis Fernando

Tomi entertaining the crowds as usual...

Tomorrow we make phonecalls and try to get everything in place to travel on Tuesday.  Tuesday, God willing, we'll meet our little girl!