Little Bear

No, it's not Halloween. It's so cold in our house that Nate has been wearing this bear suit for days now. It's the warmest thing he has. We've hit that time of year when it's really cold, but not quite time to start burning coal. We hear it will be started in the next day or so. In the meantime, Nate sends a big, slobbery thank you kiss to Aunt Elizabeth for helping him stay warm in our freezing house.

Uykucu

That's the Turkish word for sleepy-head, and has become Nate's nickname among some of our friends. They say he sleeps too much, but then they don't understand why he's so happy and sweet most of the time. Maybe if we all slept 18 hours a day we'd be happy and sweet too.

This is how I found my two sleepy-head boys the other morning. Aren't they cute?

Game Day

After our meeting on Sunday we spent the afternoon playing a local game called Okey. Well, Stephen played while I kept everyone's tea glass full. Okey is like Rummikub, but more complicated. Nate's learning early.

Nate and Ava

This picture is about a week old now, but here's a picture of Nate and Ava having a good old time together. Well, they're not really aware of each other's presence yet, but hopefully it won't be long before they're playing together. For those of you who don't remember, Nate and Ava were born on the same day.

Bebekce

Bebekce means babytalk in Turkish.
Nate seems to be fluent already.

Half smile

It's hard to catch Nate's really good smiles, so here's a half one. You can see his dimple in it. Every Sunday our friends have a fit over his dimple wondering where in the world it came from since neither of us has dimples. Nate is growing fast and cooing more and more. We'll try to catch one of his big smiles soon.