Dina Tolkin Cressman

All baby pics, all the time.

Sunday, January 22, 2006


Dina and Mama spend some quality time together. Posted by Picasa

She likes her stroller.. I mean, REALLY likes her stroller. Posted by Picasa

She is one sleepy camper. She can even sleep in the belly carrier. Posted by Picasa

Father and Daughter. Zhanar and I have a running dispute over whether she looks more whitey or more Aisian. I think she definitely looks more whitey. I think that in this photo she looks a little like Tara Disser, our friend's dauthter. Posted by Picasa

She really does have blue eyes, but they're blue-gray and only look blue in certain light. Posted by Picasa

Undertainty... Posted by Picasa

She loves her changing table. There's always a big smile as soon as we put her down there. Posted by Picasa

My first try at the bottle went great for about 30 minutes, but then she started crying. I guess doing it straight from the fridge wasn't such a great idea. I'm kidding! I warmed them it up, but I think I gave up too soon and she got hungry. Posted by Picasa

The 2-month chair shot Posted by Picasa

Sunday, January 08, 2006


She had a big smile after I handed her the silver spoon. Posted by Picasa

She likes the silver spoon that Beysen gave her. Today while we were having tea. Beysen told us a story about how when she was little they only had one spoon in the family. She and her parents used to sit on the floor eating dinner, passing the spoon around to take a bite. I couldn't help it. I laughed out loud. It just sounded too much like the hokey super-sad stories that I used to make up and tell Zhanar in order to make her cry. But this story was actually true... "it was after the war", as Zhanar said. I had to stifle another laugh. Am I evil? Posted by Picasa

On new years Jeff Thoman took a nice picture of us checking Dina for cleanliness Posted by Picasa

Dina is a rooster according to the Chinese Calendar. Alex and Marta bought us this fluffy rooster for her one-month birthday. Alex gave a nice intro before we opened it - "This is really ugly but we bought it for you because it was necessary" Posted by Picasa

Lazzy days ot winter... Posted by Picasa

Dina may be upstairs crying and moaning right now, but she was sure cute when this picture was taken... Long before bedtime. Posted by Picasa

This was the first time I managed to get her to hang on to something for very long. She actually shook the rattle a little bit, but mostly I think she was just trying to get rid of it. Posted by Picasa