Kids' portrait

In early October, we finally got around to getting some formal portraits taken of the kids, and of the whole family. I still am awestruck by how quickly the kids have accepted one another. They truly are siblings and love each other wholy.

Elena's first word was "Aalllaaa" (Alex). She says that every morning in a gleeful fashion when she first lays eyes on him. She is very happy to see Nathan too, but Nathan is harder to say. Her second word was "caaa" (cat). She also knows "Ma", and is occasionally saying "Da". Today she used the sign language word for "eat" to ask for her afternoon snack!