Sadly, something I REALLY was praying wouldn't happen this trip happened .... Jake got the stomach bug right after our boat tour. :/ At first I thought it was something he ate but then Dan got it, and Larry got it, and I eventually got it. It was pretty awful- everything you can imagine for 5 sick people in a hotel room sharing a bathroom and bed. Thankfully we survived but that definitely put a damper on the trip. I can be SO thankful however that Cole and Ben both stayed healthy! So there is some silver lining to that situation :)
Day 2 of Ben's sputum test actually went better than expected! It only took them about 5ish minutes to get the sample then we were done. That same day we were supposed to go to an island to do some shopping but decided to stay back and get some rest especially with Jake being sick. Like I mentioned earlier we went on a boat tour and it was so fun! Ben loved feeling the wind when we went on the deck and it was so fun to watch him and Jake get excited when we went under a tunnel. There was also a lady who juggled and spun a basketball and even let the kids have a turn at spinning it on their finger! Larry stayed back with Cole since we wouldn't get back until later- we were so thankful for him being our "Cole sitter" pretty much the whole time!
We also visited another zoo with our Lifeline group and the kids had a blast. Cole is obsessed with all animals ESPECIALLY feeding the giraffes (there are some super fun pictures of that below!) and Ben was fascinated with the tigers and hippo! He never wanted to leave one animal and move onto the next! I was trying to explain to him that there were more animals ahead - after being there for about a half an hour he started to understand a little bit more how the zoo works :)
And the last three pictures are from our consulate appointment which is essentially the last of our paperwork! We received news at the US consulate that we probably could get Ben's visa early, but after researching flights we realized it would cost about 3,000 extra dollars to leave early :/ We were pretty bummed because we were VERY ready to be home, however the weather was beautiful so we stayed and toured around a bit- you'll see those pictures next :)
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