Ups and downs.

Our visits with the boys are pretty unpredictable. I just never know if Alec is going to be relaxed and happy or tense and hurting. This morning he was in a good mood, even though he spit up a couple of times. Tonight he was not so happy. I do a lot of walking and rocking him. He makes great eye contact with me when he's relaxed.

His head is not really this big, he's just leaning forward. Yes, unfortunately his legs are that skinny. He is able to bear some weight on them, though! :)

He crosses his pinky and ring finger! How cute is that? He does it a lot.

I bought this scarf, on clearance of course, thinking that I'd get to visit some cathedrals. But, we have not done any sightseeing to speak of. (Some places require women to cover their heads.) It makes a perfect baby sling though! We tried it out today. I'm thinking ahead about how we are going to get around in Kyiv and in the airports.

Daddy and Zhenya enjoy playing on the slide. Zhenya expects dad to lift him up to the top each time. Well, today I put my foot down. That nonsense has to stop. If he wants to go down the slide he needs to learn how to climb up. He acted like we were trying to kill him at first!! He got the hang of it after a while. Honestly, the poor kid has rubber chicken legs so this was a real workout for him.

One of the many faces of Zhenya.

This kid looks so different at times. He has a lot of personality in there.

James and I walked hand in hand with Zhenya this evening. We found that he enjoys stomping on manhole covers. So we walked and stopped at all the manhole covers and all of us stomped on them. Fun times!