Braces

Ethan got braces today. He was very excited, and he chose the purple bands. He looked a lot older with them on.

The last month has been very busy. In mid-October we went to Bermuda where I did a 2.5 mile ocean swim. In the last few weeks, Mark's mom went into the hospital for emergency surgery, and is recovering well.

This past Saturday, we went to dinner at Anastasia's house, where she made us a Russian/Kazakh dinner of lamb stew. (Anasatasia is the woman who took Ethan and me to the zoo in Almaty, and she just moved up to the Boston area.) L., also born in Kazakhstan, came to dinner with us as well, and Ethan enjoyed getting to know him better. They are quite adorable together, and at one point I just had to give L. a big hug because he reminds me so much of Ethan.