Celine is one month old

Celine just turned six months old

Celine and mama in San Francisco

Celine and godmother Sophie

Celine and papa at a beach in Paphos, Cyprus

Celine's Christening in Cyprus

Celine's first birthday

Celine and mama in petting zoo

Celine with grandparents at a New Orleans plantation house

Celine with grandfather

My parent in New Orleans (...yes, pre-Katrina)

Celine and mama in Japan

Celine and great-grandmother in Japan

Celine is celebrating her second birthday with a nice meal

Celine and papa in Boston

Celine's serious look in Seattle

Christmas 2004 in Seattle

Celine the ballerina

Celine the grumpy princess

Celine with an attitude

Sofia enters the picture (she is 4 months here)

Sofia having fun

Sisters at play

Lego adventures

Sofia with grandmother

Celine rearranging my directories

Girls with grandparents

Sofia with papa

Preparations for Celine's big show

Celine practicing an important move

Sofia's Christening in Cypurs

Celine at the beach in Larnaca, Cyprus

Sofia one day before walking (and soon after running)

Sofia ready for Mardi Gras

Celine and papa ready for work in DC

Sofia and her bicycle in DC

Celine dressed for a rainy day in DC

Celine and her classmates in pre-k

Sofia with aunt Demetra at grandparents' house

Celine playing with friends in Limassol

Kei in Vienna - summer 2007

Getting ready for the beach and the hot sun in Latchi

Celine and papa contemplating world events while taking a swim - Latchi summer 2007

Sofia assisted by her godmother Amanda in one of many luncheon feasts by the beach - Limassol summer 2007

Kei and the girls building sandcastles

Celine celebrating a goal by the Cypriot national soccer team (big event in Cyprus)

Celine (5) and Sofia (2) celebrate their birthdays (prematurely) in Cyprus

Back in DC, Sofia is happy about going for a night walk to Politics and Prose (the bookstore close to our house)