Portrait of a Baby

Clara continues to delight us every day with her giggles and babbles and huge, gummy grins. She is harder to photograph than Lucy, mostly because she moves around a lot more (which is saying something). But here are a few shots I managed to grab of our adorable 6 month old.

And in comparison, here is Lucy at 6 months. I think they look completely different!

September madness

Things have felt so incredibly busy since we moved to Moscow, what with moving into my parent's basement, getting reconnected in this community, and also doing all the negotiations that go into selling our house (which closed today, thank the Lord!).

But in the last few weeks, we reached some important milestones. Clara turned six months, and learned how to sit up on her own. She now sits up constantly. Even in the bathtub.

Then, the FAIR CAME! I had to put that in caps because that was the level of enthusiasm Lucy had. She was very brave and went on lots of rides this year. Usually with friends.

But she also convinced Papa to go on a ride with her.

And show her the animals: 

Lucy loved that she got to go twice, once with Joel and I and once with Nana and Papa.

Clara didn't really see what all the fuss was about, but she was happy enough just hanging out in the backpack.

Last week Lucy started ballet, and she did wonderfully. 

I was very proud of her, she listened well to the teacher and picked up the moves quickly. Plus she gets to fulfill her lifelong dream of dancing ballet. In a REAL leotard (but not a real skirt which we had to run out and buy the next day).

And Clara has been busy making new friends as well. Here she is spending some quality time with Sofie Church.

So that is how we spent our last hurrah of summer! Now it's on to the madness of Fall and Winter birthdays and holidays. We can't wait!