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Halloween 2010

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Long Beach aquarium and monkeying around the house

 

 

 

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Lots of colors

Maui!!!

We (Vadim, Talia, Cole, David, Irina [Vadim's parents]) went to Maui for a fun 8 day trip in the middle of August.  So what did we do there?


Cole took his first flight



Learned how to sit in a high chair



We swam with turtles



Enjoyed sunsets



Took hikes



And enjoyed a drink or two



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2010_08_11 - Hawaii

6 months old!

We're back from Hawaii (pictures coming soon!) and also had our 6 month check up and shots.  Cole even got his seasonal flu shot early!

Height - 50%-tile  26-3/4"  (68cm)
Head - 50%-tile
Weight - 100%-tile.  Yup, he's a chubba-lub.  20lb 70z.  (9.4kg)

Sneak preview of the Hawaii photos:

Cole and his girlfriends

 

Going for a swim with Marcela

 

Playing with twins

 

Flirting with Alena

Cole's first piano recital

Old McDonald had a donkey

Stevie's graduation brunch

From Stevie's Grad Party

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Catching up on lots of pictures

April - Click here to view Photos

May - Click here to view Photos

June - Click here to view Photos

I'll see your 8hrs and I raise you an hour. Wow! Cole slept for 9 hours last night. ~8pm to ~5am. Wow. Lets hope this trend continues. Mom and dad, but especially mom, are finally getting some rest.

Mr. Incredible!

Last night Cole slept for 8 hours straight!!I don't know if it was the trip to Barnes & Noble to look at all the books or the really long bath but, whatever it was I want to repeat it each night. He is really turning out to be a great little dude!

This was the first time since he was born that I slept for 6 hours straight. Yey!

Cole's 2.5 month photo session

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Cole laughing with his nanny Leticia!

Day 2 with our nanny, and she's already got him giggling up a storm!

Aunt Lucy and Cousin Miriam playing with Cole

Toothpaste?

So about 1 month ago, Irina was staying with us and went to brush her teeth in the morning. She saw a tube of toothpaste and thought to herself "Oh how nice. Talia and Vadim got some toothpaste for this bathroom." So she tried it and it was actually Desitin (aka Butt Paste).

Yesterday we gave Cole a bath and he had a little rash so we brought the Desitin into our bathroom. I was brushing my teeth and it took about 30 seconds for me to figure out that my "toothpaste" wasn't foaming up. I looked at the tube and yes... I also brushed my teeth with Desitin but, unlike Irina, it took me a long time to figure it out. Why don't they make the tube a bright pink color?

The first Cold

Ohh this week was so tough ... little Cole had a big cold. With every sneeze, his body shook and every cough was horrible. The worst part is that he cannot blow his nose so with each breathe, there was a loud weezing sound reminding you that your little boy is sick.

The good news is that the worst has seemed to pass and he has been sleeping a lot. The doctor warned us that this would happen 5-6 times a year. I don't want him to go through this again!

Catching up on last few weeks of pictures

So close to rolling over... (3/23/10)

Mr. Smiley (3/24/10)

Lana and Talia with their favorite things that drool (3/27/10)

Mr. Sleepy (4/9/10)

Sleepy time on mommy (4/15/10)

Sleepy time in the swing (4/15/10)

Shhhh....everyone is sleeping (4/19/10)

Cole smiles for the camera and coos

All good things are worth waiting for...

Well, I hope that age old adage is true since ... We just closed on our FIRST HOUSE!!!

After spending 2 years looking in South Bay and an additional 2 years looking in Culver City/Westside, we finally had an accepted offer on a house in November! 5 months later it is officially ours. Hopefully it won't take another 5 months to move it but it might considering all the work that is going to be done to it.

This was the first home that both Vadim and I liked. Previously it was a series of only one of us liking the home. So it is good that this is the one that won out!

We are adding on 300+ square feet and completely redoing bathrooms and kitchens. The good part is that it will be exactly what we want (hopefully) and that when we eventually go to sell people don't say what we said when we were looking for homes: "Oh this is a terrible remodel."

The good news is that each time we go into the house we like it more. We like the area and the feel - it just feels like home.

We will be posting pictures of the "before" soon -- then you will see the transformation.

Aunts are so cool to have

Push-ups are hard

Happy St. Patrick's day!

We're all half-Irish on St. Patty's!

Flower Power

Yesterday we had an outing to the LA Arboretum. We went with our play group and had tons of fun walking around and taking in the 85 degree weather in the middle of March. So it was a few firsts:

1. First time I breastfed in "public" - and I didn't get any comments or dirty looks
2. First time a whole bunch of tourists thought Cole was cuter then the flowers
3. First time Cole had a picnic and felt the wind rushing through his hair

4. First time Cole almost rolled over and first time I started playing the comparison game -- So we were laying on the blanket and the other babies were having tummy time so I put Cole on his tummy. Much to my surprise, he almost rolled over. He pushed against the ground and almost rolled over. All the other moms were so shocked (especially since Cole is the youngest). Even though I was shocked as well, I played it cool and said "Oh yeah, he does that sometimes." Bad Talia!

It was a great day!