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My parents thought that Fiete will be too bored to grow up all by himself, and since cats are not allowed in their house (oh Papa!), they decided to give him a better present for his second birthday – a little sister! I was born on the 25^th of June, on Monday, and from now on Monday is not an unlucky day any more (times change!). I’m very proud of the fact that even being a little girl I managed to beat my big brother in weight (2920 g) and length (47 cm). Let’s see what happens when I start to grow!

Of course my zodiac sign is Cancer, could it be otherwise: who else can survive in this Cancer nest?

But, joking apart, it seems that we can get along with each other very well and can form a real protection armour in difficult times.

According to the Chinese calendar, I was born in a very special year – the year of Golden Pig, that occurs only once in 60 years. The year of Pig means having happiness and welfare, and in this year those born in the year of Pig will have happiness and welfare in particular. What a happy coincidence!

My name Katarina is Greek, it means “pure” and “innocent” as I am. It is also a noble name, related to Katarina the Great, and I’m sure I won’t fail to bear it properly during my whole life.

But now my life has just started, and every day I gain new experiences and enjoy all the love and affection from my family. Later on you can see the highlights of it, but sleeping is my favourite hobby at the moment! (see photos).

Time flies, and it is Christmas of the Year 2007. On the first Christmas day I turned 6 months, quite a milestone! During this half a year I’ve gained almost 4 kilograms in weight and 15 cm in length (my parameters are respectively 6910 g and 62 cm now). But this is not all. I’ve learned a lot as well – to grasp things, to laugh out loud, to roll, to eat pourridge, fruit and vegetables, to babble and with a little bit of luck I’ll sit independently very soon – just a matter of exercising.

Many things happened in my life, and again I managed to beat my brother Fiete – I’ve already been in Germany 2 times. For the first time in the vicinity of Koblenz, when I was one month old; and for the second time in Nuremberg on the Christkindlmarkt one month ago. I enjoyed both of the trips and being together with my parents and Fiete. I also started with swimming, not at the lessons yet, but I do prepare myself for it, joining Fiete in the swimming pool on Fridays. After the Christmas holidays I will join him at the kindergarten Pippeloentje, too, and I’m sure that it will be fun! But more about it and other things next time.

Hurrah-hurrah, Katarina has turned one year, a real milestone for me, my parents and my brother Fiete. My exact parameters of this moment are missing, but 2 weeks ago my weight was 8865 g and my length 70,5 cm – good-bye, baby clothes size 62-68. But the size doesn’t matter, the progress does. And such a progress: I can sit, crawl, stand up and make a couple of steps when I hold something firmly with my hands. I don’t need a soother any more and do my best to learn drinking from a normal cup. And I have already 6 teeth, much earlier than Fiete! I also can say a couple of words and sing my pre-meal song from Pippeloentje very well. Talking about Pippeloentje, I started with 3 days a week at this lovely kindergarten, but I liked it so much that since April Fiete and me go there from Monday till Thursday. On Fridays we go swimming with my parents, and you know what – I was not yet 7 months old, but I managed to get my bronze Teddy Bear Diploma after only one training! Not bad at all, don’t you think?
Furthermore, I have been travelling quite a lot. In April all of us went to Germany to celebrate the 14th anniversary of my cousin Janine. I did like the party, but it was pretty long for me. Then our first real vacation started – we spent the first two weeks of May on the island of Corsica, a lovely place to be. I saw the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, played on the beach, enjoyed the wonderful and so different nature of the island and the hospitality of the locals. That was also my first flight, and I liked it! The next country to visit was Belgium– together with my family we went to Antwerp at the end of May. There Papa, Fiete and myself visited the zoo, and Mama walked through the city with 2 Olga’s, her Russian girl-friends. Not that I have never seen the zoo before – on the contrary, except for Diergaarde Blijdorp in Rotterdam, where we go pretty often, we have also been to the one in Rhenen.
And now I should stop I guess, because the new year of my life has started, and I just keep you curious about my adventures. Because they already start next week… But more about that later.

Hallo, here I am again, and I’m already 1.5 years old. Of course you have been very curious what I have been doing this past half year. Well, to start with, I went to my second motherland Russia for the first time, met my grandfather Anatoly (my grandmother Tatiana already visited us here in Holland last year), my uncle Andrey, my aunt Vika and my cousin Alina. We spent a great week at the dacha, where myself, Fiete and Alina had a lot of fun together and I enjoyed being outside, picking cherries, helping with drying garlic and making myself dirty with soil. Afterwards we discovered more of a wonderful country of Russia on board of the cruise ship Felix Dzerzhinsky, making a trip down the channel named after Moscow and the Volga River and visited some beautiful cities. That was also an unforgettable journey, because I started to walk all by myself, finally! I was a bit later with that than Fiete, but I did it on the ship deck, and not somewhere on the firm ground. And to feel the real summer, we went for 1 week to the Italian island of Sicily (again a new country), where we enjoyed the sun and the sea to the uttermost and even visited the Etna – the 1st volcano I saw in my life). I’ve grown up and reached the round size (literally speaking) of 77 cm and 10 kg by 18 months. I talk more and more, words like “food”, “book” and “train” can be well distinguished. And to finalize this year, full of traveling, my parents decided to give it an appropriate consummation – a week in the winter fairy-tale of the Southern Bavaria, in the kingdom of snow and mountains. I saw the real winter for the 1st time in my life, and I loved it so much, sitting on the sleigh, walking and playing in the snow and of course I appreciated the local cuisine and the swimming pool very much. We had a magical Christmas time there and a New Year Celebration back in Holland, thanks to the fresh and cold weather. These winter holidays are not to forget!

Hi, I am already 2 years old, time flies when you are having fun. And indeed, I enjoyed the last 6 months both here in Delft and on holidays. We were on Corsica again in May, spent a week in the beautiful southern part of the island and decided to come back when I can walk alone very well. Then we can (make a real walking vacation) have a real hiking holiday all together. We also went to Germany to visit Papa’s relatives. I could play with Claudia and Fiete in their big garden. This half a year (The past six months) ended with the celebration of my birthday. My girl-friends Eva, Sanne, Suze, Caro and Rosa came to congratulate me and we had a great time playing together in the garden. Very soon I will travel again, but I will tell more about it later.

It’s Christmas and New Year 2010, the beginning of the new decennium. I’m 2,5 years old now and can be proud about the fact, that thanks to my parents I’ve had a wonderful summer. First we went to visit my grandfather and grandmother in Russia, where we fully used the opportunity to enjoy the fantastic weather and stayed at the dacha almost all the time. We had wonderful time together with Fiete and Alina. Afterwards the real adventure broke out – we went to Costa-Rica, together with Fiete, Papa and Mama. It was an unforgettable trip – first flying across the Atlantic Ocean, with a transit in Atlanta (we had so much fun with Fiete in the waiting area!). Then we had the round trip from one beautiful place to another – starting from the capital, San Jose, and continuing to Sarapiqui, La Fortuna, Monteverde, Rincon de la Vieja and Manuel Antonio. Each of this places had its own charm – whether it was an ecologic harmony with nature in our apartment complex, or an untouched rain forest with its colourful inhabitants – birds, animals and insects, or a imposing volcano Arenal, or a national park with volcanic activity, or the unique cloud forest, or the jungles bordering with the dream beach – this country is so incredibly beautiful, and I enjoyed the travel so much! At the end of the year we decided to go to the snow again and chose the familiar place in Unterjoch, where we were last year. This time we even had a bigger and more cosy apartment, and while Fiete and Mama were busy with their alpine ski school, I was enjoying walking with Papa in the buggy, making snowmen and playing in snow or in the swimming pool After this vacation we crossed Germany from the very south to the very north to visit Papa’s family in the neighbourhood of Hamburg. Quite a distance, so upon return I was very glad to be back to celebrate the New Year at home.