Harris life in Doha: Long long time no post

I cannot believe it was March when I last posted something!! The weeks are just flying by! I cannot possibly do justice to everything that has happened since I last posted so very briefly I guess the following have been highlights:

1. Visitors! We love having visitors and showing them a snapshot of our life over here and we've had visits from Nat and Lily, Lindsey and Simon and Will and Steve - hopefully they all had as much fun as we did.

2. We've been back to the UK. We didn't get to see everyone we wanted to but its impossible to do that in 2 weeks. Emily wasn't sure about the aeroplane to begin with and kept telling me every 10 mins that she was getting off but now she is a seasoned traveller. Travelling with both of them on my own was an experience but we all survived and had a lovely time in England.

3. Dylan is getting bigger! Emily is getting chattier! I'm not sure where the time has gone but Dylan is nearly 6 months old. He's loving trying his solid food and has just learnt to sit up by himself and he babbles away lots. Emily adores him and he adores her and its so lovely to see them together. Having said that Dylan is just beginning to assert his authority and reach out for her toys and so I see stormy waters ahead! Photos of them are below.

We're staying here this summer and so its going to be a long and hot experience - thank goodness for air-conditioned shopping malls! I will post again shortly but just wanted to highlight (for anyone still reading!) that I haven't given up!