December 9

We were in the small upstairs room again for our visit with Olesya today and were allowed to feed her again. It seemed to go smoother than yesterday. She seems to be getting bigger and our interactions are very easy and familiar now.
Last night we had dinner with the Interlink folks followed by a game of Mexican Train which is dominoes based. We had never played before but really enjoyed it. The dinner was fantastic, Mexican theme with fresh tortillas, beef, salsa, tomatoes, cabbage (no lettuce here) and sour cream. They offered to help us with our picture problem so we now have all our pictures on a DVD and will send a few off at a time since we are on an ultra low speed connection.
While playing with Olesya today, I was able to get her laughing. I was raising her up and down and then kissing her on her neck (under her multiple chins) and she just loved it! We have never heard so much giggling from her and it was very nice to hear.
For lunch today, we decided to switch it up a little bit and go to Cafe Bosfor instead of Cafe Istanbul. I had a brisol with french fries and Joe had his usual - cheese pizza.