03/24/2007

During our second visit Olivia seemed to beam even brighter this visit, like she was even happier that we had returned. She ran to papa and sat on his lap. She likes to look at the photos that we have taken of all of us, and she points out each of us, papa, mama, and Olga (her Russian name). We brought two juice boxes again, she loved the apple/cherry, which was the same as we had brought the day before. But she was not so big on the apple/peach. We also gave her a yogurt which she loved. We spoke with her about her new name Olivia (through her translator), she said that she liked her name. When we would walk around outside she would talk to all the adults and though we didn’t get all that she said, see was telling everyone that she was going to AMERICA. Near the end of the visit she didn’t want to get ready to leave. Our translator stated that she couldn’t believe that we were finally there, that she had waited to so long for her family, and couldn’t believe that it was true. She wanted reassurance that we would come again tomorrow.