Well after we got back from China, it took us quite some time to recover from the trip. Plus Kyle had to make up the 3 finals he missed and then take his qualifying exam in late June. (I'm happy to say that I passed, even if it was marginal!)
But we wanted to show some updates at long last so you can see what the girls are up to. The big news of the last week or so is that Julia is really walking, mostly unassisted now -- we never know where she'll go in the house anymore. This is something she has been wanting to do since we got home in May. Now we wonder what her next project will be!
Here are a couple of our favorites of Emily & Julia together:
In late June, after Kyle's biggest test was over, we all spent some time with the grandparents in Corpus Christi at the beach.
We also worked on getting Julia's US passport. Here is the picture we ended up using:
Another picture of Julia playing at home:
And once again, I'd like to share a couple of favorite translations with you. This one requires a little explanation: on one of our domestic flights within China, we were provided a handi-wipe with this helpful translation:
On that same domestic flight, I had a free moment and was looking through the in-flight magazine. (I'm not sure quite why I did this, as my Mandarin is really rusty these days.) But I noticed that the editors helped us English speakers out with a headline from time to time, apparently to give us an idea of what the article was about. I found this headline interesting. It seems that their spell-checker broke down:
But we wanted to show some updates at long last so you can see what the girls are up to. The big news of the last week or so is that Julia is really walking, mostly unassisted now -- we never know where she'll go in the house anymore. This is something she has been wanting to do since we got home in May. Now we wonder what her next project will be!
Here are a couple of our favorites of Emily & Julia together:
In late June, after Kyle's biggest test was over, we all spent some time with the grandparents in Corpus Christi at the beach.
We also worked on getting Julia's US passport. Here is the picture we ended up using:
Another picture of Julia playing at home:
And once again, I'd like to share a couple of favorite translations with you. This one requires a little explanation: on one of our domestic flights within China, we were provided a handi-wipe with this helpful translation:
On that same domestic flight, I had a free moment and was looking through the in-flight magazine. (I'm not sure quite why I did this, as my Mandarin is really rusty these days.) But I noticed that the editors helped us English speakers out with a headline from time to time, apparently to give us an idea of what the article was about. I found this headline interesting. It seems that their spell-checker broke down:
