Day 9 - Christmas Day.

Christmas morning didn't start until 10am for us, as we were all recovering from the previous night's festivities. Mateo opened his Santa gifts (toy fishing set, some Thomas trains, books, etc.) after sitting and eyeing the gifts patiently.

We had a visitor that morning - this guy.

After getting dressed we had a wonderful buffet lunch (dare I say gourmet?) at a hotel with Rafi's uncle. Shamefully, this is the best photo we got of us at lunch.

During Mat's nap I made some banana pudding, and that evening all of Rafi's friends came over with their families. We ate ham sandwiches con fritas that Tita (Rafi's mom) made. The kids all played well together. Mateo was enamored with the older boys. They were really good with him.

And then there was this face. Adorable.

Some things never change. This photo could've been taken in Austin.

After everyone had gone home, Rafi and I stayed up until past 2am only to get up 2.5 hours later for our trip to San Blas. More on that in the next post!