Where Have The Last Three Months Gone???

In the first photo Lauren is giving Olivia a sisterly hug. Olivia loves getting really close to the camera for some "close-ups". She also loves her apples, bite by bite. Here she is demonstrating how she can even eat her apple without holding it in her hands!

One of our first sunny days --- Olivia got to have her snack outside on the deck. She liked that very much! Both her snack and being outside.

Lauren is getting to be so grown up. She's no longer our "little baby".

Lauren has a gymnastics class every Monday. She loves gymnastics.

Artyom visited for two weeks in December and spent Christmas with us. He was a great help assembling the girls toys that Santa brought.

Artyom is from Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. He is now attending college in New York. His grandmother works as a care-giver in Lauren's old baby-room at the orphanage in Ust-Kamenogorsk.

Lauren & Olivia playing together. They are typical sisters. They get along great and play well together most of the time and really irritate and annoy each other some of the time....