Christmas at Meg & Caleb's

The gals by the Christmas tree...





Aunt Beth carrying Mishka (who wasn't crying in her arms, which is new!!! hehe) while Suzie decorates the tree.





Caleb decorating the tree with willow seeds...






So it looked cool and fluffy like this----------->









No, Suzie is not upset, just overwhelmed as she just opened up her present from Mishka which happened to be a plane ticket to Kansas so she can visit her new niece Anna!!!! :)







The hosts, Meg and Caleb, chilling on the couch. :)

Up close and personal pics!

Mommy had some fun with the camera and Mishka, who was apparently feeling quite photogenic!








Naked crawling------------------------------>










Seriously, isn't she absolutely adorable!!!!!

:)

Play time

Huh?!?!?







Fun time with the Daddy-swing!!! (ie-daddy swings the baby through his legs) Yup, she likes it.









So much fun, it became naked time!

And more daddy swing smiles!

:)

Fun with Grampa Pete

Mishka's got a new view of the world on her Grampa's shoulders! The two of them happened to be directing Daddy & Uncle Nico...






who where up in a tree putting up Christmas light. Mishka was very direct in telling the boys to stay away from the electric wires!





Snuggle time! Grampa might need a hair brush :)

Me and my hippo outfit...

By the by, Mishka can sit up and play without any help now...








You can almost see her showing her teeth here....








Yup, it's the hippo outfit.

Turkey Day 2006!

I'm playing catch up with some of the pics we've had recently...so Thanksgiving, here we go


Here's the crew that hung out at the Tower household-me, Russ, Connie, Suzie, Shawn, and Mishka in her chair (and yes, Tasha was there...she made the yummy dinner!



Aunt Suzie wanted to help out Tasha with the dinner...so she was "aproned ceremoniously" as seen here... :)




Here's Russ & Connie hanging out with Mishka, just chilling on the couch!





And Mishka totally dug Turkey day, even volunteering to stuff the turkey next year :)

Rock n' Roll baby!

What happens when you mix a rock n rollin' daddy with a hip little baby...

You get punk rocker mohawk Mishka!!!!!

(We're getting alot out of the mohawk pics here... :))

Mishka with her buddies

Aunt Meg chillin' with the kid :)

Suzie came to play with Mishka too...Mishka's looking at someone in the distance tho!!!

Mommy and mohawk Mishka.

Cousins and dinner and more cousins!!!

Mishka's crying...so Meechy & Sasha quickly act by getting the toys to the discontented!!!! :)



This is either Sasha giving Mishka a kiss or pinning her for a 3 count...probably (hopefully!) the former.





Our enthusiastic eater (no offense uncle JB ;))






Have I mentioned that she's quite enthusiastic eating...it's actually one of the more entertaining parts of parenthood thus far, watching as she attacks the spoon as if it's the last thing she'll ever eat!





Shout out to the Meyers trio down in Maryland, I loved this picture, as did Mishka, so we posted it!!!
:)

Rollin'

I was just on my mat which is on the other side of the room, now I'm deciding whether I like the door open or closed...



closed is better!!!!!! :)

Long day, daddy and Mishka are vegging on the couch

Here's looking at you kiddo.

Mommy and Mishka taking in a football game (Chilli Bowl, '06).

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Mishka
:)

Yeah Mommie!!!!!

Mishka told me that I needed to post a very important message from her to all of you...that is: "Yeah Mommie!!! I'm so proud of her doing a 5K race yesterday! She did SO great, and I got to be a part of my first race EVER! AND the money the race raise went to help alot of people in the area, thanks to my mommie and all the other people showed up and ran yesterday. It was awesome!!!"
Naturally Mishka wanted me to show some pics from yesterday, so...




Here's Mommie and Mishka chilling at the finish line (yup, she slept the whole race...and yes, that is a little bear outfit Mishka's wearing)








Daddy kinda botched the picture a little, but you can see Krista in the blue jogger with Isak, and right behind in the black jogger is Tasha with Mishka, both zooming into the finish line!


:)

Finally an update!

Hello fellow bloggers!!!!

Well, it's been a while since I've gotten a chance to actually blog and send out pics or updates...it's about time that I do!!
Lil' Mishka is now 6 and a half months old (CAN'T believe it!), and as you can see by all her pics, she's become quite an expressive and interactive little girl! She's been rolling over now for about a month, she's figure out how to use rolling to get to a toy that she wants (or my homework which she tries to eat..."Mr. professor, yeah, I don't have my homework because my child ate it..."), and she is starting to figure out how to use her arms and legs in tandem to move.
She's been eating veggies and fruits (along with milk) for the past month and a half, she absolutely love it, especially the sweat potatoes...she also knows what the bottle and dish and spoon are used for...so when she sees them she throws a mini-fit because she wants to eat NOW!!! That's another thing...for as amazingly interactive as she is, smiles, giggle, gurgles, babbles and all, she is extremely upset when she doesn't get what she wants right away...hate to say it (basically cause I'll be vanquished to sleeping on the couch), but in that regards, she's her mother's daughter ;)
So, she's growing like crazy, learning new stuff every day, changing almost everyday, but what doesn't change is how much happiness she brings to our family, which is pretty cool ;)

That's is for now!
Daddy DB

And more random October pics

I think I'm worried...Mishka got very interested in her own copy of "Ya Ya Sisterhood" (courtesy of Godmommy Tracey)...of course, she tried to eat the book, so I'm not too worried just yet that I'll have to listen to Ya Ya-isms all the time!



Group hug! With Sasha and Uncle Nico, Mishka wasn't quite sure what to make of it :)

Aunt Sindy making faces with Mishka (same face too, which is even funnier!)

Another family pic!!!!! :)

A few more Halloween pics...

Check it out: row-o-kiddies! How somebody got them all to sit still on the couch long enough to take a picture it truly beyond the scope of my reasoning abilities :)



In this pic, you've got from left to right: Evelyn, Mary, Lillianna, Qwin, Isak, and Marina.




Here Isak is holding Mishka, with Qwin, Lilliana, and Mary looking on!







And this is what happens when you don't feed your lil' punkin' in a timely manner ;)