Tuesday

Tuesday was our second day with Victoria.  She has become much more confident with us already.  She talked quite a bit more on our visits there today.  Every day we have had about 1 1/2 hours with her in the morning and in the afternoon.  We've found that she really is the orphanage "princess" and owns a piece of every caretaker's heart.  It will be very hard for them to see her leave, but we've heard more than once that they are so happy for Victoria to have us adopt her.  They know that this is best.  They have given Victoria such good care.  Her physical therapist has given her daily treatments since Victoria has been in the orphanage and has made some amazing strides with her.  She says that Victoria is very dedicated and will do anything that she is asked to do.  Victoria is known to be a happy, gentle, obedient girl. 

This morning we had the opportunity to meet Victoria's physical therapist and talk to her about Victoria's treatments.  We will be able to watch her receiving her treatment tomorrow, and I hope to learn her routine so that I can do it at home until we arrange for a physical therapist in the US.  It was very special to see during our meeting how Victoria sat on John's lap so contentedly.  She just admired his face, played with his hair, felt his whiskers, and buttoned and unbuttoned his top button.  She seems to already be bonding to him in the special way that Jocylin and Cherith already have.  The afternoon visit was more low key as we played with various things that we brought with us.   

We're still trying to adapt to the 8 hour time difference (hence I'm up at 1:00 Bulgarian time writing this).  It's sometimes hard to stay energetic during our visits.  All in all, we've had a good day, and we're looking forward to another one tomorrow.