Recent videos

Here are a couple recent videos of Topi and Lina. One is from our trip to Kerpe a couple weeks ago where he chased a bottle cap around in the water. The other is of Lina at 10 days old.

Kerpe

After posting about Christmas in Germany, here are some pictures from our week in Kerpe on the Black Sea. It's only an hour away from home, and though we stayed a week, we'd recommend day trips or staying at the Nicomedia hotel. We weren't happy with our rental apartments (two because we left the first one after a night). But we weren't there to sleep, we were there to beach! And Topi had the most fun, though Lina was a close second who slept through it all. The rest are on Flickr.

Wishful thinking

A little late, but these photos from our trip to Germany during Christmas are so cute that I have to post them now. Hard for me to believe Topi was that small just a few months ago! He's all legs and arms, now! Clara took us on a tour of her 'backyard', which was crystallized with ice. Sounds fabulous right now in this August heat.

3 weeks

Today on a scorching hot day I'm posting pictures of Lina at 3 weeks. She's now 35 days old, and weighed in this morning at 5.5 kg (12.125 lbs) and 57 cm (22.44"). We enjoyed a visit from our friends Karrie and Burcak, who took these photos of us. More photos coming of Topi and Lina "hugging"... stay tuned.

Lina Joan's Birth Announcement

I want to have it printed - need to check out foto.com's options for printing and shipping - and then will try to mail out copies!

Topi hugging Lina

(In a rare moment when he's not trying to grab her feet or whap her on the head. Sigh.)