Close ups

Caught mid sentence...love the hair ;)




Mishka out in the yard taking in the sun!




Love this pic...normally Mishka is a pretty light sleeper during the day time, but not this day, she was OUT cold and snuggling...naturally we couldn't resist taking a picture :)


Mishka playing peek-a-boo with a little yellow towel!

Back in the saddle

Hello to the blogging crew (if there are any of you left at this point!)
It's been a while on our end as life has been a little crazy...never the less, our little Mishka has been growing by leaps and bounds, and as you can see, learning how to fill the pool with water :)

So what's new with the kid, you may be wondering!
Mishka has been walking now for the past 2 months and is getting to the point where she almost looks like she's running, she can turn, spin around and stop on a dime...ie-she's out of the waddle walking stage and is now making mommy and daddy chase after her with some effort :)
She is quite the mimic, and while she doesn't say alot of definitive english/russian words yet, she babbles with reckless abandon (uncle Nico would also remind me that she babbles LOUDLY...:)) and will occasionally surprise us with a something that resembles a "thank you" or "I'm ready".
She is a little nature girl, LOVES being outside either in the yard, at the park or on the beach. AND she seems to be into jewelry as she puts on bracelets and necklaces all the time.
The one constant though is how awesome a little girl Mishka is and how lucky Tash & I are to be able to be her parents and watch her grow. And since both Tash & I have finished up school for the time being, we get to spend the next month hanging out as a family which is very cool.

That's the scoop on our end.
Hopefully we'll get to see a bunch of you soon over the summer!
daddy DB

Mommy day jammin'

Here's what has been going on at the Tower household on Mother's Day!

Flower girl

Mishka's been playing in the fields of flowers recently (which might explain some of her allergy-like symptoms recently!)

Big step in bringing Mishka more into the outside world...she didn't immediately eat the flowers and actually really enjoyed looking at and playing with them!

:)

Cut that cake!!!!

Check me out eating cake for the first time as well as the happy birthday singing...it was so much fun!!

Ice Cream!!!!

Hey everyone, I had some ice cream for the first time on my birthday, check it out!!!

More fun birthday stuff!!

"This is Caleb and me playing with one of my new toys, a blue tube which I get to tunnel back in forth in and I LOVE it!!!"

"AND we can take the tube outside too, like I'm doing here!"

"Aunt Suzie and I hung out together outside on my birthday cause it was awesome out!!"

"After all the excitement and ice cream and cake...I was a little loopy :)"

My 1st Birthday!!!!

"Hey, where's the cake?!?!?"



"Mommy and I spent all morning talking to friends and family on the phone...I was very talkative!!!"

"Ah, strawberry ice cream, THAT'S more like it!!!"

"Look at all these presents for me to play with!!!"

"I found the birthday cake, yeah frosting!"

Story time with Mishka...

Okay, so I have a story for you...so find a seat and kick back...

and feel free to put on your shades causes it's very cool...



It was my FIRST BIRTHDAY!!! So here comes some fun pics in the next posts!!! hehe

If I was a dancer...

Okay, we're trying to get caught up with the times here...Mishka has been doing new things on a daily basis...Tasha happened to catch Mish learning how to dance...the video speaks for itself, enjoy ;)