Nov 05 2010

Living Room Investigations

Category: Anna's VideosChrisM @ 11:15 pm

The 11th of April saw us back at Ira’s parents’ house again, and the first video is of Anna once again terrorising a poor defenceless stuffed animal. However, when she saw that Babushka had a shiny thing with lights on it, the dog was abandoned with haste…



Upon being told that the camera wasn’t a toy, Anna decided to protest by changing channels on the TV…


And then trying another attempt at camera grabbing.


It is strange to look at these videos from just seven months ago and realise how much Anna has changed, both in terms of her face & body, and her increased confidence in walking around.

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Nov 05 2010

Easter Bread For Anna

Category: Anna's VideosChrisM @ 10:50 pm

I don’t normally post such short videos, but I just love the look of joy in Anna’s eyes as she realises no one is going to stop her from grabbing the Easter bread (I think the hand swooping in at the end is just to stop the food from going on the floor). Not much else to add – the video was shot on the 4th of April 2010, the same day as the photos of the Easter bread that were posted earlier. I’m hoping to post up a few more pictures and
videos of Anna, if not tonight then tomorrow.

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Oct 22 2010

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Category: Anna's Videos,TweetsChrisM @ 7:29 pm

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Uggh, not good quality with the video, sorry.
This is one of the more sedate rides at Babylon Park in Mega, Astana. It rotates very slowly, so Anna tried to get out a few times, however it goes up and down unlike the other rides. The trampolining video seems to have been lost somehow, I’ll try and remember to record another one next time.

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Oct 21 2010

Anna Clapping With The Dancers

Category: Anna's Videos,Eating Out,Kazakhstan,VideosChrisM @ 2:10 am

The first of these two videos (featuring Latin/Mardi Gras style dancers) has a brief appearance from Anna in it, hence this post just making it into the Anna’s Videos category. I just wanted to give a quick explanation in case you are watching these clips whilst visiting Anna Merriman‘s site – there is a reason for the scantily dressed women appearing on her site 🙂
As you’ll remember from the recent “Aunty Gulya’s Grandson’s Birthday” post, the 3rd of April saw all three of us attending the Duman hotel for a small boy’s birthday party. He and his friends had a magician in another room, whilst the adult guests were presented with the following. I’m not certain, but I think if you check the April archives on this site, you may find a clip or two of the magician?



This second clip features a Turkish belly dancer entertaining everyone, and proving that her percussion was strong enough to stand on!

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Oct 12 2010

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Category: Anna's Videos,Dasha&Kittens,TweetsChrisM @ 6:36 pm

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Karra and Anna being filmed for a piece on black cats not being unlucky. Due for broadcast at some random point (I’m guessing on a slow news day?) on the Astana channel here in Kazakhstan.

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Oct 12 2010

Anna Tidying Up

Category: Anna's VideosChrisM @ 12:10 pm

The 30th of March saw all three of us back in Kazakhstan already, and here you can see Anna hard at work helping to tidy up the in-laws’ living room. To be fair, despite her love of shiny things that make noises, she hasn’t yet damaged a mobile phone (that we have noticed at least), and tries to pass us the telephone if it is ringing. Using speakerphone mode normally results in Anna sitting and listening attentively to the person at the other end of the line, or her wandering around the room chattering away to the person on the phone. However, this familiarity with telecommunication devices does have drawbacks – yesterday I found one of our cordless phones still connected to a call (well error tone in this case) nearly two hours after had snuck off and dialled some numbers on it.

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Oct 12 2010

First-ish Faltering Footsteps

Category: Anna's Videos,FriendsChrisM @ 11:57 am

Another video shot on Irina’s birthday (31st of January), here we have a quick clip of Anna munching on some fruit, and continuing to practice walking around. There were definitely not her first steps, but you can see how the experience is still relatively new to her. Towards the end of the clip you can see Losha, Ira’s Dad, Zakhar, Rossita, Balzhan and Dr Natalya.
Which reminds me, no idea when it will be broadcast, but Karra will probably be filmed tonight for a piece in Astana’s (as in the TV channel, not the city itself) news program. Something to do with black cats not being unlucky! (The reminder being that Balzhan is the reporter involved).

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Oct 06 2010

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Category: Anna's Videos,TweetsChrisM @ 7:39 pm

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Sep 30 2010

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Category: Anna's Videos,TweetsChrisM @ 6:07 pm

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Sep 29 2010

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Category: Anna's Videos,TweetsChrisM @ 4:30 pm

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