It'll be a boy!

Bokin Bump is now officially to be a Bokin baby boy! We found out today, at the start of the New Year 5770! Another milestone coinciding with a major date.

It's only the end of week 19 but we're so excited to soon welcome you into our family. The grandparents(-to-be) and aunts(-to-be) are very excited as well. Reese will still stay the family's only "little girl" (for now?!).

Shana Tova!

Boy? Girl?

For those who are wondering - no, we don't know the child's sex yet, and yes, we will find out as soon as we can.

In the mean time, we took an online quiz that combines all the old wife's tales (e.g. sleeping north or south, morning sickness or not, cravings, etc...) - http://www.childbirth.org/articles/boyorgirl.html


You have a 43% chance of having a boy
And you have a 56% chance of having a girl.

And Here's Why...
You are carrying the extra weight out front, so it's a boy.
The hair on your legs is not growing any faster during your preganacy, so it's a girl.
Boys are carried low. You are going to have a boy.
Sleeping in a bed with your pillow to the south indicates that you will be having a girl.
Your feet are colder than they were before pregnancy. You are having a boy.
You refuse to eat the heel of a loaf of bread. You are having a girl.
Dad-to-be is gaining weight right along with Mom-to-be, which means that you'll have a boy.
The maternal grandmother doesn't have gray hair (dyed or natural), so a girl will be born.
You didn't have morning sickness early in pregnancy, so it will be a boy.
You are looking particularly good during pregnancy. Therefore, it must be a boy, because girls steal their mother's looks.
Your chest development has been quite dramatic during pregnancy. You should expect a girl.
Since the sum of the mother's age at conception and the number of the month of conception is even, it will be a boy.
A needle on a thread held over you belly moves from side-to-side, so it will be a girl.
Your urine is a dull yellow color, so you will have a girl.
You have a craving for salty or sour foods, which means that it is a boy.
Your nose hasn't changed during pregnancy, which indicates a girl.
You have been craving fruits, so it is a girl.
Your baby's heart rate is 140 or more beats per minute, so it's a girl.
You have no desire for orange juice, so it's a boy.
You are not having headaches, so it's a girl.
Your belly looks like a basketball, so it's a boy.
You show them the palm of your hand, so it's a girl.
You use the body of the mug, so it's a girl.


So there you go, now you know as much as we do :-)

-V

6.1cm

So tiny. So small. Only 6.1cm...but all the parts are there.



Today we saw the baby move around in the belly. It looked like a little tadpole swimming in a pond. The ultrasound technician was trying to measure all kinds of things from all kinds of angles and just shook the mommy's belly to get the baby to turn around and it was amazing to watch how in slow motion the baby's face would float into the "camera".




-V

The Bokin Bump

It's a...Boy? Girl?

Who knows. Too early. But T went to the OB on Wednesday and got her first ultrasound. Doc says everything looks good and we'll see her again in 3 weeks.



-V

Lines

Sunday, 6/21/09, Father's Day

Yawn. I'm still half asleep. I hear some rustling in the bathroom. Then T leaps into bed and busts out "Happy Father's Day!". I think "to me?!!...sweeeet". I grin. *We high-five*. We hug. Then she shows me those 2 blue lines. Ah, those sweet baby blue parallel lines we've been longing to see. Short parallel lines - just the start of a long road to fatherhood.

Happy Father's day to all!

Hi-atus

Well...we're back. It's only been 2 years :-)

Honeymoon, day 1

We've arrived!

Just wanted to write a quick note to say all's well. The flights were nice, Taca has plenty of leg room and nice meals on board. We met with our travel agent, Paola, who couldn't possibly be any nicer. She came with her (French) husband and they were our taxi to the hotel, after checking in we went out for drinks together and spent a few hours with a beer in our hand. For dinner we went to a very local cozy friendly typical restaurant - Argentine Steak and Grillhouse :-) It was impossible to find a "typical" place, but easy to find - american, indian, italian, argentinian and arabic places, but not local :-)

Tomorrow we're going to try to go to the 0 deg parallel where we can be in both south and north hemispheres at the same time and a visit to the Old Town. Monday we leave for the Amazon Rainforest. Quito hotel, Hotel Quito, is very nice.....they even have a casino inside :-)

We're having a great time and love you and miss you,

Talia and Vadim

P.S. Check back these old posts, I´ll try to add pics from the road!!

Back in USA

Hello there,

I've had a lot of questions on whether or not I'm back...I AM, I AM! Vadim made it back safely on Jan 2nd, and I came back with my family on Jan 6th. We had a great New Year's celebration in Rio and another trip to Salvador.

We have a LOT of pictures to comb through, so it'll be a little longer before we can put up any - stay tuned!

Big thanks to everyone who followed my adventures here. I look forward to seeing all of you and sharing stories of the past few months.

-Talia

Happy New Year

Hello everybody,

We want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. It happens 3 hrs (for east coasters) and 6 hrs (for west coasters) early for us and we'll be thinking about you all!

The last week and a half has been a wirl-wind and we'll have to catch you up on everything when we get back. We spent 4 days in Buenos Aires, then traveled to Iguazu falls at the intersection of Argetine, Brazilian and Paraguay borders, and then made our way to Rio. We also made a pit stop in Uruguay for 1 day.

We've enjoyed 2-1/2 beautiful days in Rio and the area arround it, but right now it is raining :-( in Rio. We, along with other 2 million people expected on our beach, hope it clears up for the hour-long fireworks show tonight.

We're all coming back (at different times) in the next week and we can't wait to see everyone again!

Feliz Ano Novo!!

We are cool

So now we´re finally going to be “popular” and cool.

This was on Yahoo homepage:

Top Cities for New Years Eve 2006 (International)
1. Cancun, Mexico

2. Paris, France

3. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( <==== )

5. London, United Kingdom