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Nathaniel
Here are some recent photos of the little guy. He had a grand time playing while I was doing some pre-New Year’s cleaning. I took down the mosquito netting, which we keep up year round so that he...
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Catherine Chenyu
One and a half days old…Nathaniel loves touching her fingers and toes, kissing her fat cheeks and saying how she isn’t very pretty with so little hair!
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Big Brother
A few pictures from the first or second day home. Nathaniel still loves her and gives her kisses any chance he gets. As soon as he comes in the house, he asks if she’s awake and if he can hold her....
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New Clothes
Thanks to super sweet aunt Abbey, Catherine is now the owner of several pieces of pink clothing. Only one item is a 0-3 month size, so it will be awhile before she really fits into the others,...
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1st Family Photo
“It’s about time!” is what you’re probably thinking. Yeah…I feel the same way. It just seems that we’re never all together at a time when: A-The kids are in a reasonably good mood. B-They are clean....
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Cousins
Nathaniel, Xiang and Catherine having fun with some fabric from my mom. Santiago’s younger sister’s family came here on New Year’s Day and ended up spending two nights at our house. The boys had fun...
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Fifteen Months
Three months past due, these weren’t taken on August 7th, but are within a day or two. We were in the USA for six weeks in July and August and I just kind of skipped the monthly picture since I didn’t...
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The Perfect Dinosaur
Yesterday Nathaniel’s set of five dinosaurs arrived. It was just something Daddy bought randomly. Well, not randomly in that he’s not interested in them (he is), but that it’s not a holiday or...
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Family Pictures
For the second time since Catherine’s birth, we took a family picture. I’ve been trying to get this done since April…at least! The little boy is the son of the guy who took our pictures…just some...
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Twenty Months
Belated, as usual, but well worth the wait, I think! They are from her 20th month, though. She’s a little fashionista in the making; each time she goes out to play, she has to inspect each of her...
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New Year’s Clothes
Most Chinese rush out to buy new clothes for the New Year, but we’ve never done that. Two years ago, I started a sweater but come New Year’s Day, one sleeve was still not done. I finished it last...
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After becoming a kindergarden dropout in November 2012, Nathaniel’s back in the classroom. He didn’t return to the kindergarden, where he would be in the “da ban” (big class, or level three); he...
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Happy Birthday Grandma!
“I wouldn’t cooperate and sit still for a nice picture, but I did eventually smile. I love you, Grandma.” Catherine Happy birthday Grandma! “I drew this paper airplane for you. It’s you sitting on...
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Easter Pictures At the Park
This year Easter coincided with the Tomb Sweeping Festival, which is a one-day holiday which means that we got a three-day weekend and there was no weird scheduling (ie. working on Saturday to make up...
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