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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Whose pictures are those?
Here is a little game for you guys. Leave a comment and guess whose picture is where. Whoever answers right first will get a prize. I have no idea what it is yet, but I will come up with something neat for you, I promise!
Picture #1
Picture #2
I wonder what else he inherited...
One of my mother's favorite stories about me is that I used to sleep on my knees with my bottom sticking up in the air all the time when I was little.! Well, guess what, apparently this is another characteristic that is genetic, who knew?
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they were taken with a cell-phone this morning.
Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they were taken with a cell-phone this morning.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I guess the hormones are starting to kick in...
I put a Lilipie.com pregnancy ticker on my sidebar on the left and now it is depressing me! According to the ticker I have 216 days to go. 216!!! Come on! Could not they use weeks instead? I know I have over 30 weeks left, but that just sounds so much better than 216 days.
Totally Worth It! - Chocolate Pudding
Sorry for this post, Krystal, I know you are trying to eat healthier. :)
I usually do not do this, but I saw this recipe on the Today Show on NBC yesterday and I made it. OH MY GOD! It is SO-SO-SO good! Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of my version of the pudding, I whipped my own cream and put a lot more of it on top, plus I added strawberries. Stephen and the rest of my family were in hog haven! I really-really suggest it, plus it takes about 20 minutes to make, and NO BAKING!
Chocolate pudding recipe
P.S. Krystal, you can substitute no-fat milk and artificial sweetener to make this desert healthier.
I usually do not do this, but I saw this recipe on the Today Show on NBC yesterday and I made it. OH MY GOD! It is SO-SO-SO good! Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of my version of the pudding, I whipped my own cream and put a lot more of it on top, plus I added strawberries. Stephen and the rest of my family were in hog haven! I really-really suggest it, plus it takes about 20 minutes to make, and NO BAKING!
Chocolate pudding recipe
P.S. Krystal, you can substitute no-fat milk and artificial sweetener to make this desert healthier.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Daniel Update
I really should have made myself blog in the last month or so because now I have tons of pictures and stories to share. But first, I want to update on Daniel's accomplishments.
Shortly after his first Birthday Daniel decided that it is fun to walk on his own, but ONLY between Mommy and Daddy. He could do that the whole night!
About a week after he started walking by himself, Daniel started crawling. This kid does everything in his own order. Who said that most kids crawl first and walk later? That is not for Daniel, he makes his own schedule!
I am going a little crazy now. I have a VERY active toddler in my house now! And all I want to do is sleep! He answers to his name only when he feels like it and pretends not to hear me when it suits him. We got to buy a few more baby gates for our apartment next week! And cover some plugs, or I will go bold and gray-haired before my time!!! :) :)
Now is my turn to tell you what a good and compassionate mother I am. :) Since Daniel started walking holding on two or three months ago he has had multiple bumps and small boo-boos. Well, couple of days ago, Stephen, Daniel and I were outside on our apartment's playground and Daniel was climbing up and down the stairs of the play set when I decided that Daniel might enjoy going through a tunnel at the playground. So I put him on all-fours at the opening of the tunnel and started pushing him through the tunnel. And guess what happened? He did not move his arms forward and ended up falling on his face and busting his nose. When Stephen and I saw that blood was running out of his nose we grabbed Daniel and went home. By the time we got home Daniel stopped crying so I, being the good and compassionate mother that I am grabbed my camera and got a picture (or two :) ):
Also, a few days ago I asked Stephen to change Daniel's shirt because Daniel was hot. This is what Daniel looked like:
Oh, and I almost forgot, Daniel got his tooth #6 on 4/16/09.
Shortly after his first Birthday Daniel decided that it is fun to walk on his own, but ONLY between Mommy and Daddy. He could do that the whole night!
About a week after he started walking by himself, Daniel started crawling. This kid does everything in his own order. Who said that most kids crawl first and walk later? That is not for Daniel, he makes his own schedule!
I am going a little crazy now. I have a VERY active toddler in my house now! And all I want to do is sleep! He answers to his name only when he feels like it and pretends not to hear me when it suits him. We got to buy a few more baby gates for our apartment next week! And cover some plugs, or I will go bold and gray-haired before my time!!! :) :)
Now is my turn to tell you what a good and compassionate mother I am. :) Since Daniel started walking holding on two or three months ago he has had multiple bumps and small boo-boos. Well, couple of days ago, Stephen, Daniel and I were outside on our apartment's playground and Daniel was climbing up and down the stairs of the play set when I decided that Daniel might enjoy going through a tunnel at the playground. So I put him on all-fours at the opening of the tunnel and started pushing him through the tunnel. And guess what happened? He did not move his arms forward and ended up falling on his face and busting his nose. When Stephen and I saw that blood was running out of his nose we grabbed Daniel and went home. By the time we got home Daniel stopped crying so I, being the good and compassionate mother that I am grabbed my camera and got a picture (or two :) ):
Also, a few days ago I asked Stephen to change Daniel's shirt because Daniel was hot. This is what Daniel looked like:
Oh, and I almost forgot, Daniel got his tooth #6 on 4/16/09.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Have you.....?
I've seen this on another blog, so I lifted it! :) The things I've done are in bold.
1. Started your own blog (Here you are!)
2. Slept under the stars (Does camping count?)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World (When I was 16 - in Paris)
8. Climbed a mountain (I took ski lifts to the mountain, does that count?)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo ( Don't remind me!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (my mum gave me a week-long trip as a gift for my sweet 16)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (with my dad on his sail boat when I was about 13 or 14)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I am sure I did, just do not remember the circumstances, I think I blocked it out)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (my parents had a house in a village when I was little, I used to grow lots of different vegetables, we had fruit trees too)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (on my Birthday-gift trip when I was 16)
20. Slept on an overnight train (many-many times in Ukraine and a few times traveling from Ukraine to Bulgaria)
21. Had a pillow fight (doesn't every kid?)
22. Hitch hiked (I am not sure we called it that back then. When I was 15-16 years old, instead of calling a cab, I used to just hail a car and go places. Everybody did this! Now I am think of it in horror, can you imagine a 15-16 year-old girl doing this nowadays! And what could happen to her!)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (ssshhhhhhhh)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (Again, I am sure I did it but no details)
26. Gone skinny dipping ( I'm not telling!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (who hasn't?)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (from Cyprus to Israel when I was 15)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (my grandfather was from Bulgaria and I went there many times, I also visited the village where he grew up)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language ( English!)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (climbing over rocks, hee-hee)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (God, please NEVER let me do this again!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I visited Egypt in 2006 with my mother)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (many times!)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (yeah, I hailed an ambulance as a cab once, see #22 :) )
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (when I was 16)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (When Stephen and I went to Dominican Republic couple of years ago)
52. Kissed in the rain (no comment...)
53. Played in the mud (mud-cakes, anyone? LOL)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (well, I am helping my mother start a business right now)
58. Taken a martial arts class (I have an orange belt and 3 medals in Judo, who would have thunk it!)
59. Visited Russia (let me see, when did I do this? hee-hee)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ( only I ate them before I delivered them! >GASP<) 62. Gone whale watching ( While in Hawaii! LOL) 63. Got flowers for no reason (I think so...)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (well, actually a Jewish World War II cemetery in Kiev, over a million Jews buried there, do not like to think about being there...)
67. Bounced a check (sadly, yes. A time or two!)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (In 2003, one semester before I finished college)
71. Eaten Caviar (I AM from Russia! In fact I have some Red Caviar in my fridge now)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (we lived in New York for 4 years!)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (from my first "real" job ever as a waitress)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (I went to boarding school in England for two years, visited London many times)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (just once in my life, scared me to death, will NEVER get on a motorcycle again)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (last year! My brand new beautiful 2009 Toyota Camry!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (when I was 15)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (but am not sure that I understood much of it, I went for one year of a Christian University in Kiev and the Bible teacher made us read multiple chapters from the Bible for each class. He got mad when we asked questions about what we read!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (When I was four)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (my brother passed away two years ago)
94. Had a baby (No comment required)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (many a time, I read all the time)
1. Started your own blog (Here you are!)
2. Slept under the stars (Does camping count?)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World (When I was 16 - in Paris)
8. Climbed a mountain (I took ski lifts to the mountain, does that count?)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo ( Don't remind me!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (my mum gave me a week-long trip as a gift for my sweet 16)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (with my dad on his sail boat when I was about 13 or 14)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I am sure I did, just do not remember the circumstances, I think I blocked it out)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (my parents had a house in a village when I was little, I used to grow lots of different vegetables, we had fruit trees too)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (on my Birthday-gift trip when I was 16)
20. Slept on an overnight train (many-many times in Ukraine and a few times traveling from Ukraine to Bulgaria)
21. Had a pillow fight (doesn't every kid?)
22. Hitch hiked (I am not sure we called it that back then. When I was 15-16 years old, instead of calling a cab, I used to just hail a car and go places. Everybody did this! Now I am think of it in horror, can you imagine a 15-16 year-old girl doing this nowadays! And what could happen to her!)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (ssshhhhhhhh)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (Again, I am sure I did it but no details)
26. Gone skinny dipping ( I'm not telling!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (who hasn't?)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (from Cyprus to Israel when I was 15)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (my grandfather was from Bulgaria and I went there many times, I also visited the village where he grew up)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language ( English!)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (climbing over rocks, hee-hee)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (God, please NEVER let me do this again!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I visited Egypt in 2006 with my mother)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (many times!)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (yeah, I hailed an ambulance as a cab once, see #22 :) )
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (when I was 16)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (When Stephen and I went to Dominican Republic couple of years ago)
52. Kissed in the rain (no comment...)
53. Played in the mud (mud-cakes, anyone? LOL)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (well, I am helping my mother start a business right now)
58. Taken a martial arts class (I have an orange belt and 3 medals in Judo, who would have thunk it!)
59. Visited Russia (let me see, when did I do this? hee-hee)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ( only I ate them before I delivered them! >GASP<) 62. Gone whale watching ( While in Hawaii! LOL) 63. Got flowers for no reason (I think so...)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (well, actually a Jewish World War II cemetery in Kiev, over a million Jews buried there, do not like to think about being there...)
67. Bounced a check (sadly, yes. A time or two!)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (In 2003, one semester before I finished college)
71. Eaten Caviar (I AM from Russia! In fact I have some Red Caviar in my fridge now)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (we lived in New York for 4 years!)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (from my first "real" job ever as a waitress)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (I went to boarding school in England for two years, visited London many times)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (just once in my life, scared me to death, will NEVER get on a motorcycle again)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (last year! My brand new beautiful 2009 Toyota Camry!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (when I was 15)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (but am not sure that I understood much of it, I went for one year of a Christian University in Kiev and the Bible teacher made us read multiple chapters from the Bible for each class. He got mad when we asked questions about what we read!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (When I was four)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (my brother passed away two years ago)
94. Had a baby (No comment required)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (many a time, I read all the time)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Belly-Bump-Fairy visits again
It has been almost a month since I posted. I guess I went through a writer's block back in March and the longer I did not post, the harder it became to come back to posting. So much stuff has happened in the last four weeks. The most important of it being...
that Stephen and I are expecting our second child on November 23rd. We are super excited. We had our first doctor's appointment on Monday and everything looks great. The baby is exactly on target with the size and the heart beat looks very strong. Here is the first picture of our baby:
Stephen thought that the little pointy thing on the lower edge of the baby is a little wee-wee :) If you click on the picture, you will see that it is actually a measuring cursor :) So the sex of the baby is still in the air and will be for the next 8 to 12 weeks. I do not think that I would be able to wait until the delivery to find out if it is a boy or a girl.
Oh, my god! My body definitely remembers how to be pregnant! I am only 2 months pregnant and already look like I am 4 months:
[picture taken today]
that Stephen and I are expecting our second child on November 23rd. We are super excited. We had our first doctor's appointment on Monday and everything looks great. The baby is exactly on target with the size and the heart beat looks very strong. Here is the first picture of our baby:
Stephen thought that the little pointy thing on the lower edge of the baby is a little wee-wee :) If you click on the picture, you will see that it is actually a measuring cursor :) So the sex of the baby is still in the air and will be for the next 8 to 12 weeks. I do not think that I would be able to wait until the delivery to find out if it is a boy or a girl.
Oh, my god! My body definitely remembers how to be pregnant! I am only 2 months pregnant and already look like I am 4 months:
[picture taken today]
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