Guitar hero

Daddy db has NO idea where Mishka learned the faces here...check it out and see what I mean ;)

Okay, baby update...Mommy and I are heading into Maine Med tomorrow for an induction, so keep baby #2 and Mommy in your prayers/good karma wishes tonight and during tomorrow.

Later, daddy db

Still winter in late march in Maine...

So to beat back the winter blues, Mishka decided to ride a pony!

And Mishka did pure maple syrup shots with Babu at the maple farm!

"Whatchu talkin' bout daddy!"

Snuggle and cuddle time with Babu!

Diaper changing

So, without prompting from Mommy and Daddy, Mishka has taken it on herself to practice more diaper changes...

It's even funnier when she puts the moisturizing lotion on! So we've almost got Mishka trained to take care of baby #2 ;)

Speaking of baby #2, she has yet to make her grand appearance. Tash is doing okay, hanging in there as best she can. In response to some inquiries about a blog for the 2nd baby...the hope is to get a 2nd blog up and running for the kid, with links between Mishka's and baby#2's, I'll email folks the address and be certain to post the link here was well. :)

daddy db

Ice cream with mommy and a parade of daddy's hats

While Mishka has had some interest in Mommy's belly and her little baby sister, in this picture with Mommy Mishka's focus is 100% on her cup of ice cream...

So Mishka is a hat lover, particularly the one's that her daddy likes to wear...so here she's sporting the Pats hat...

and later she stole...um, borrowed, daddy's Nats hat...admittedly, she's a heckuva lot cuter that daddy with the hats!!!! :)

But typically, Mishka's sporting the big ole' pony tails like she is here, where she's standing on a chair that she's not supposed to be standing on...and rather than dissuade this behavior, mommy and daddy take a picture ;)

Mmmm, cupcakes!!

How to eat cupcakes, step 1, remove cupcake of frosting by licking the cupcake clean of said frosting yummy goodness... :)

Aunt Jess with the two-for hug from Bella and Mishka...I think Jess is pretty excited to be hanging with her gals!

CHEEESE!!!!!!!!!!

Step 2 of cupcake eating....DEVOUR, HAHAHAHA!

Miss recording artist!

Mishka's trying her hand as the youngest recording artist ever...

Playing in the truck bed!

I love this video, even funnier in person, Mishka totally dug playing and hiding in the back of this truck, and naturally Caleb played along awesome! :)

Still growing

I know, I know, she's not all grown up just yet, but forgive a father for looking at his little baby and getting overwhelmed at the blatantly obvious...Marina's no little baby anymore! Case and point, check out Mishka sporting this little number with the hat, which accentuates how long her hair has gotten! :)

And forget rattles...check out the start of Mishka's music career (courtesy of uncle Shawn & Aunt Suzie!)

But what hasn't changed is how happy this little girl is, as you can see here with her saying "Cheese!".

That all being said, she's still my little girl :)

We're starting down the home stretch in anticipation for the arrival of baby #2, and while I'd like to say that I'll be posting more in the next few weeks, my medical school schedule might be prohibiting that for the near future! Regardless, I'll aim to get some more pics of the family as we get ready for the much anticipated arrival of the newest Tower! :)

later

daddy db

Aye aye, captain!

Here's Captain Mishka ready for take off!

Well, it's been a relatively rough couple of weeks for the Tower's as home has been more of an infirmary and culture plate for the latest and greatest infections! We're hoping that we can collectively shake the cough & cold so we can get out and about a bit more!

That being said, it's again snowing outside...no surprises there.

As for Mishka, her current hobbies are playing with play-dough, coloring (on both paper and tables...), playing with her cars and her dolls, running and screaming (yup, she's her father's daughter) and learning new words every single day. To accomodate baby #2, she's moved to her big girl bed already and loves having her own big bed. And I think she's looking forward to some sunnier weather so she can play more in her swing in the back yard!

Other than coughing and playing in the house, not much else going on as we await the arrival of baby #2!

:)

Snow play

It's winter in Maine, so we're in the snow coughing and freezing our backsides off looking forward to some beach time in the near future...but in the meantime we've had some fun in the snow...

Angus have Mishka & I a personal escort down the sledding hill here...Mishka likes the sledding part, it's the cold she's not a fan of!





But in this this pic she doesn't seem to mind it too much, although she can't really stand up to walk around much either...





But that doesn't matter when you've got daddies shoulders for transport!
:)