Dina and Mama spend some quality time together. 

She likes her stroller.. I mean, REALLY likes her stroller. 

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

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. 

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

Undertainty... 

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

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. 

The 2-month chair shot 

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

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?

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

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" 

Lazzy days ot winter... 

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

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.