Month: September 2011

Apparently September is a popular month for birthdays, at least in our families 🙂  We were grateful to be able to celebrate them with the people we love.  We did not make it to Fresno for Lois’s birthday, but we did for Mormor’s (Barry’s grandmother) and my brother’s Oleg:)    Some people do not celebrate birthdays, but I always wonder how one can let it go unnoticed, it’s a celebration of life.  We get ecstatic when a new born baby arrives, because God gave that little person life and therefore we should celebrate it every year and thank God for giving us health and the means to survive in this world while enjoying his glorious creation that surrounds us.  I pray for each and every life that was given in both of our families because it would not be the same without them!  We love you all!!!

Daddy and his princess 🙂

Mormor (birthday girl) with her grandson Ezra

Our handsome nephew Ezra 🙂

Barry and I have been patiently waiting for September 7th, to do something that we have not done with Bella- to find out the gender of the baby on the way.  The anticipation grew each day which made it fun;  we took a poll with our family to see who was thinking boy and who was thinking girl and just  plainly guessed ourselves 🙂  I have had moments where I was almost 100% sure it was a boy and of course vise versa that it was a girl.  Things like, always being cold, or my wedding ring going from white to yellow, constant craving for salty foods verses sweet.  Of course these signs are all “wife tales” but it still made it fun to guess and wonder.  On the day we went in, my heart was racing like crazy, simply because of the anticipation to find out…pretty weird, but I am so glad we did it and I will encourage every couple to find out.  It almost feels like you celebrate twice, no matter what the gender is, it is purely exciting!  The ultrasound took about 35-40 minutes and it was silent pretty much all of that time until the technician took 87 pictures of all that was needed and asked, well, are you ready to find out?  We were both just glowing at that moment (makes me laugh just thinking about it)  She showed us a few profile images, feetsies, arms and then ….  It’s a BOY!!!  We can not be happier, neither one of us had a preference and went in wanting a healthy baby.  The great thing about having two different genders is not ever wanting one or the other after having one of each 😉  I always wanted Barry to have his boy and I am very glad that God is granting that wish.  Babies are truly gifts from above and we feel abundantly blessed to have Isabella and our baby boy on the way.

Recently, we had a great opportunity to get away for a couple of days and stay at a very nice cabin up in Tahoe Donner area.  If I said it was nice and relaxing, I would be lying, so I will just say that it was very nice including a great time spent with our family as to relaxing not so much. The reason I am skipping relaxing is because of sleep deprivation due to our little peanut not sleeping well at night.  I decided I will blame it on high elevation, since the first night back home, she slept perfectly fine.  I am grateful however for the lovely walk with my mom and Lilya as well as the “girls” time we got to spend, walking the streets of old Truckee and visiting galore of boutiques 🙂  The guys got to go on a few fishing trips which were successful 🙂  Bella loved the outdoors and all the time she got to spend with Papa, Nana, uncle Oleg and auntie Lilya.  I love seeing her light up when they play games with her or blow bubbles or just simply hold her hand as they take a short walk.  Below you can see some of the images from the fun times.

Nana doing morning exercises with Bella