They're almost crawling!

Abby and Emma love to play on the floor – they will be crawling any day now.
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"Santa spent a lot of money on this"
(Click on the circle below to see the short video clip of Jake. You will need a Quicktime player to view it. If you still have trouble seeing it, let Eric know.)

Lucky guys

Grandpa and Kow Fu Tong find out what it's like to have two girls sit in your lap.
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Christmas chorus

Jake and his friends at school put on a show and sang for the parents.
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I See you...

Abby peeks out from under her crib bumper.
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Abby speaks!

Abby says her first words here, for the first time on video. It is very exciting, indeed.
(Click on the circle below to see the short video clip. You will need a Quicktime player to view it. If you still have trouble seeing it, let Eric know.)

Developing appetites

Emma and Abby are eating solid food now – rice cereal and oatmeal with various mashed up fruits and vegetables. Here they are being fed by Mommy and Daddy (at home) and sitting in a table (at school) waiting to be fed.
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Another irrisistable two-girls-sitting-in-a-chair photo

This one will bring a smile to your face.
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Halloween fun

Want to see how the kids were dressed for Halloween?
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Mommy and the three kids

This picture quickly found a home, in a frame, on Eric's desk at work.
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What was new not too long ago...

Go back to the most recent "What's New?" page

• January through early April 2004 - Michelle accepts a job at a small law firm, the whole family packs up and moves to Michigan, Jake turns five and the girls turn two
• September through December 2003 - The kids dress up again for Halloween, dance in colored light, and Jake is inspired by the buildings in Chicago
• July and August 2003 - It's a good time of year for a dip in the kiddie pool...also, Abby and Emma climb the stairs, Jake rides the train, and the driveway is drawn on
• April, May, and June 2003 - The kids are swinging, Michelle graduates from law school, Abby and Emma turn one, Eric is written up in a local newspaper
• January, February, and March 2003 - Eric is quoted in American Baby, Jake plays dressup, Emma and Abby are crawling (see a video clip), Jake celebrates his 4th birthday
• October, November, and December 2002 - Buzz Lightyear rescues two peapods on Halloween, Abby speaks for the first time on video, and Jake makes an observation about one of his Christmas gifts
• August and September 2002 - See photos from a trip to Toronto for a family wedding, and video clips of Emma laughing
• June and July 2002 - See what the Kauppila Family looks like in the morning, and the Post family (Chris, Maria and Ben) visits
• April and May 2002 - Read the story of how Emma and Abigail were born and see photos from the first two months of their life