Our Big Adventure Starts

It was a very long 2 days of travel to get to our new home in Cobano, Costa Rica. the first flight was short and comfortable and the service was great, people are SO nice to a pregnant lady traveling with a 2-year-old. the flight attendant lent us a DVD player and Max was mesmerized by Chip and Dale for the rest of the flight.  Then we met up with Daddy in the airport (he caught an earlier flight) and got onto our next flight which was from midnight to 5 am.  We didn't make our reservations together so I asked them to seat us together and they said the only opening was the last row.  I hadn't realized that the last row was built for people with no legs!  Max slept under the seat the entire time and we attempted to sleep while crammed into a microscopic space.  It was long and pretty miserable.  When we got there we missed the first bus and had to wait 8 hours for the second one, in the same :( spot because we brought too much stuff to carry. It was difficult and we were exhausted with no sleep, it was trying my nerves to say the least.  The bus ride was long but we slept, then the ferry, then more bus.  FINALLY at about 8 pm we reached Cobano, our new home.  Our host family is wonderful, they are from California/Florida, and have 3 young kids 6 to 11 that are great with Max, keeping him occupied, giving mom and dad time to sit and relax. Our apartment is quite beautiful, 3 miles from town out in the boonies with the monkeys and cows, and 4 miles from the beach which we will be seeing soon.  We wake up to the sound of monkeys which got Max very curious, he ran around looking for monos forever until finally some came over to play, a very cute mom and baby howler monkey swung by in the trees.  He loved it!  The yard has mango, coconut and lime trees that we can pick and eat anytime. It rains in the evening and all night. Good thing we brought galoshes because this is a very muddy place!  We love you all and miss you.  So much to tell, and some pictures to upload soon.  Tomorrow, the beach!