Summer Photo Shoot

Archie is 10 months old in these pictures. People are always asking me if he understands English or their language. I always tell them he's too small to understand much of anything, but that's not entirely true. He's had so many pictures taken (by me and everyone who passes by on the street) he now understands the word "Smile" followed by a little tongue clicking. (Sometimes he even imitates the tongue clicking himself.) He actually understands "Smile" in both languages! 黄海涛，笑一个！Here are a few favorites from our latest photo shoot in front of our apartment.




Now for some funny ones! He knows he's getting his picture taken and wants to make sure he doesn't have any grass (or spit up) on his shirt. What a smart boy!

Oh, forget the shirt entirely. It's summertime, which means it's entirely too hot for a baby to be wearing a shirt.


I think the gardener's favorite part of his job description is helping me get Archie to smile while I snap pictures. (OK, I'm not sure his boss would agree that's actually part of the description.) Anyway, Archie really loves him and all the grounds keeping and housekeeping staff.