Cartilla: Check!

We got Hanix his cartilla yesterday! That's his health insurance booklet, because kids are covered by public insurance in Mexico through age nine.

I thought it would be more of a challenge than it was. I was pleasantly surprised.

We started by going to the Centro de Salud here in town. The crabby ladies there told us to go to Jocotepec, the municipal capital. Yesterday we made it there and made it to the right office on only the second try. We were sent away to get photos of Hanix, and then came back and Hernan got it all taken care of piece o' cake. Apparently we were supposed to have a heap of documents with us in order to get him registered, but for some reason all we really needed was his photos.

I guess anyone, with our luck, could have shown up with a photograph of a baby and gotten the insurance card.

Sometimes it's so ridiculously hard to take care of paperwork here in Mexico, and other times it's surprisingly easy.

In other news, it's totally rad to have a sister come visit - especially one who tidies up your mess for you while you're stuck nursing for hours (or blogging). Thanks, sis!