Look what my sister is teaching Sami!!!

'Nuff said! :-)

Pics from Kate

Since my sister doesn't seem to be able to manage getting on here to post (ahem, poke poke poke), I thought I would post a couple of pics that she just sent me in an email. First, here is my cutie-pie nephew, we had a ball the other day getting him to smile. He has two cute little dimples just next to his mouth!

And a pic of Ant with about the most Sykes expression one can have - the tongue sticking out while concentrating. I know my Dad did that, and Kate and I do to - anyone else?

Happy Christmas from the US Sykes Family

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a nice Christmas. We had a very fine time over here. We had everyone over to our house in the late afternoon. Ant was eating supper when the Kapanakis's arrived, and immediately started saying "Seemi, Seemi" (he's gone from calling his cousin 'Hami' to 'Seemi'). They were so thrilled to see each other, it was very cute. They had a very fine time playing together after their respective suppers were eaten. After the kids were all in bed we had our supper - started with mushroom and cheese raviolis in a delightful tomato cream sauce, followed by salad, filets with blue cheese and bacon, and eclairs with a divine white chocolate mousse for dessert. Not a typical Christmas dinner, I know, but we like it!

Here are a couple of pictures of the family. The first would have been perfect if Roy had been paying attention to the camera ;-) Ah - and Sami chewing on the ice-pack. She has a thing for them! Ant was not thrilled about this whole picture taking business; he wanted to PLAY! So we had trouble getting him to pay attention. And unfortunately Christopher looks a bit like a devil child with those eyes of his - he's actually quite the opposite, very laid back. And just starting to smile!




We would love to hear what everyone else did for Christmas. And pictures please!!!

Sami and Ant played together today as well, as Kate's family stayed here overnight. I am really impressed at how well they already play together, they've gotten quite good at sharing over the past couple of months, and both like to give things to each other, which is great. They also had a ball playing on the spare bed upstairs, throwing themselves around and giggling up a storm.

News from the Kapankis Family (also via Nic)

I guess Kate's email about their new baby may not have made it out to everyone, so here it is:

"It's a BOY!!!

Christopher Antony Kapanakis was born at 1:31am on 11/9/2007 [November 9] weighing in at 9lbs, 4oz [4195g], 22 Inches [56cm]. Mom and baby are both doing very well. Dad is just thrilled, and Sami will be meeting her brother in a couple of hours:-)"

Honestly, none of us except Billy thought that this new baby was a boy. I think we were all taken by surprise!

Here are a few early pics. Hopefully Kate will post some more soon!

Christopher is named after both of his grandfathers - Billy's dad passed away when Billy was in high school, and of course Antony comes from our Dad's name - just spelled differently because otherwise there is no way Americans would pronounce it properly!

Also, he's already almost 12 pounds [5400g] - this kid is a whopper!!!