It's been awhile since we've posted! We've had a busy month, which was made a little more complex by the death of our MacBook. We were not able to recover anything off the old hard drive, and are just now getting things functioning again with a new hard drive. But we are alive and well here!

Aubrey has been keeping us busy now that she is walking everywhere! Emily is pleased that her playmate is getting more and more skills, and the two of them seem to really enjoy doing things together.






I believe this is the first time in Aubrey's life that she has gone a full month without being called a boy. With this hairstyle, people seem to finally realize she's a girl. Pink means nothing in the culture here, but it seems hair style does. :) And check out that forehead. She definitely resembles her parents. We're a big-brained clan it seems.



Now that Aubrey has mastered walking and being feminine, she is up for the challenge of learning to read. :) I found these great English board books on the internet for cheap.... and they are delivered to my door for cheap! Hooray for online Asian shopping! (English children's books are just not for sale anywhere here, so this is a welcome discovery!)




There have been some really beautiful days lately, and we've been happy to go out of town for day hikes in this great weather!



Emily's a gigantic 3 year old, but still loves to have Daddy carry her. She now understands what locals say to her, and often uses the local language to ask people not to touch her. It's a survival phrase when mobs of people come at you each time you go outside! :)

We'll try to be more frequent with our blogging now that our computer works again. We did lose all our email addresses, so if you want to shoot us an email we'll get you back on our email list!