A young walker

 

Life with Sophia is sweeter

Merry Christmas

A miracle

She fits into our life the way miracles do: at first not at all, and then so easily, so certainly, that the ordinary life becomes miraculous.

Nuestra hija, unsere Tochter, our daughter

 

Queridos todos:

He aquí nuestra pequeña y hermosa hija

 

 Sophia Schultze-Kraft

 6 de noviembre del 2013 - 8:44pm, Haywards Heath

7 libras

Sana y hermosa

¡Los tres estamos bien y nos sentimos muy afortunados!

 

Markus, Julia & Sophia

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Ihr Lieben,

hier ist unser allerliebstes, wunderschönes Töchterchen:

 

 Sophia Schultze-Kraft

6. November 2013 – 20:44 Uhr, Haywards Heath

3.19 kg

Gesund, munter und bildhübsch

Wir drei sind wohlauf und können uns vor Freude gar nicht fassen!  

 

Markus, Julia & Sophia

 

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Dear All,

Here’s our little, very special autumn beauty:

 

 Sophia Schultze-Kraft

 6 November 2013 - 8:44pm, Haywards Heath

7 pounds

Healthy and perfect

The three of us are doing fine and feeling very blessed indeed

 

Markus, Julia & Sophia

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Happy wedding anniversary, my love!

The rain will also pass, and if it doesn't... good thing we already learnt how to paddle.

Esperando a Sophia

34 weeks

Long legs

Summertime

And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Oh, Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry….

 

 

 

 

 

 

In two months and a few days we will know her touch, her eyes, and sounds. Our lives will be surrounded by mystery and wonder. 

 

For the time being, there are only small sights of her existence. A kick, movements underneath my skin, a heartbeat. These tiny pieces, adding up, filling holes in our imaginations.  

 

We talk a lot about her, and we know that she can hear us. I wonder which sounds she catches, which words. Does she hear her father’s deep and soft voice singing to her ‘summertime’? Does she hear me telling M the happenings of the day over dinner? I will miss this time, I know.

*Photos by me, M and Caro Figueroa





     
 

En la playa con Sophia

A cottage in the woods

 
 
 

 

Pictures by M - Mathislemühle, Black Forest

Happy News

 

In November we will become a little family of three. We heard her heart beat last week. It is a young and fast heart… like the one from a confident girl.

To share these news with family and friends has been wonderful: to watch our joy, without pause, seamlessly, become their joy.

 

South African Happiness II