March 2022. The courtyard of the “Microcity in the Forest.” Dashka is just under a year old here — she’s still learning to walk, falling more than she’s walking, and looking at everything with such a serious expression, as if she were evaluating the quality of the lawn.
Dubai is still a few months away. Back then we didn’t know anything yet — neither about the move, nor that she would go to kindergarten in Jumeirah, nor that she’d race around the villa after Becky.
Sometimes I look at photos like this and think: how fast. She’s already a completely different person. But that serious look — it’s stayed.