Too long without a post

So, Sarah has been crawling now for about 3 weeks- roughly. Because of that, I have not had much time for mucking about with pictures and blogs, so I apologize- for not writing, and also, that this post will be VERY picture heavy. I hope no one minds. We take too many pictures. Seriously.

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Firstly- Sarah now also pulls herself to standing. It really ticks her off when she can't do it, but her balance is not yet so great, so I am constantly having to snuggle her after she has fallen. Poor baby. She is apparently ahead of the curve with all this stuff- but is developing pretty much on par with her big brother (I just hope she potty trains sooner!) This past Wednesday she had her 7 month check up, she now weighs in at 8.4 kilos and is 69 cm tall. Or 18.5 pounds and 27 inches tall- if metric just isn't your language ;-) (I really only give the metric measurements to you all since they are TAKEN in metric- which makes me feel those are more accurate. I realize most everyone who reads this thinks in pounds and inches/feet)

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Lots of pics from Koninginnedag (Queens Day). We had a pretty quiet day- the downtown is generally madness, and since we now have TWO little ones, we decided we would just skip it this year, and just went the buurtfeestje (block party) at the park instead. It was a pretty nice day, and Sam had fun running around. Sarah was not really sure what she thought of the swings, but I think she liked it.

The funniest thing was this rope bidge, which Sam was so afraid to cross- so he made us carry him over it:

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Lastly, just two somewhat random pictures to share. First is one of Sam on a ride at the Kermis (fair). There was a little bumper-car-like ride for little ones, which he REALLY seemed to want to go on- but freaked about when we put him on it. So he rode on this fire truck instead:

And also this picture from the other day. See, Sam has this thing now where he KNOWS he is being cute. And will insist we get the camera and take a picture to imortalize and marvel at his cuteness. Its hilarious. But this picture is funny because Sarah was less than pleased with his attention at this particular moment, but Sam just would NOT let go until we took a picture. The result speaks for itself, I think.

Well- there it all is. What we have been up to lately. In a nutshell, Sarah is getting into everything- she and Sam are either terrorizing me, the cat, or each other, so I am busy keeping them out of trouble- and keeping my sanity (trying to do any yoga lately is a very funny joke). And Edwin is working most of the time. He is currently looking for a new one that is closer to home, since right now he is gone around 11 hours a day (2 of those are strictly travel time). Hope you enjoyed our pictures!