Second Day's Visit

What a treat "The Princess" was today. When we arrived, she was partially awake and by the time I got her out to Kevin and Joshua, she was beginning to open her eyes. I swear our first picture of her (although blurry) shows her smiling!! She opened her eyes for us and then let out a belting cry!! She settled down pretty quickly while we walked with her. She definitely has a temper (yay, right?).

We met with the director to get her story and her medical information and that went well. We were told that we could visit extra days this week. We will get to see her Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, skip Monday and then Tuesday through Saturday. We were very happy to hear that news!!

We finalized our paperwork and will sign a power of attorney on Friday so someone can represent us in court.

As noon drew near, she began to stir again and get cranky. It became VERY obvious she was hungry and we took her back to the baby room. The caregiver there took off a lot of her layers, including blanket and hat and her eyes popped wide open and she was just full of herself. The caregiver told Aliya that she was a "spitfire" and let everyone know when she was hungry.
We were told she needed some type of German vitamin which we stopped with Ludmilla and Aliya to get on the way back. Tomorrow we stop to buy her some diapers. Other than that, we are good -- for now.

We were excited to get to meet Ivy and Karen today who were there visiting their sweet babies! We were also given an opportunity to deliver a package of goodies to Gen's missionary friends here and they came by the hotel today just as we were set to walk to the Metro. They kindly offered to drive us there. They were such fun people and we hope to be able to bring them some things when we return as well as to spend some more time with them. Imagine, coming all the way around the world, finding one of the few Christians in the country and getting to spend time with them -- definitely a God-orchestrated thing! We are so thankful that we met them!

So, I'm sure all you want are more photos. Here are some of her more expressive photos (and some hair pix for Betsy!!):

I'm not bragging or anything, since I had NOTHING to do with it, but isn't she the most beautiful little girl you have ever seen? I can't say she's the most beautiful baby, because, after all, I have a little man who was once a baby too and he was pretty darned handsome, but since she's a girl I can say that. We just SO want to bring her home NOW!!!