Dinner with Jeremy

Our ol' neighbor and friend, Jeremy, stopped by for dinner this past week. Petra "took right to him." She loves guys with beards! It looks like we'll definitely have our hands full "keepin' the boys away"... As, Petra has a natural talent for "makin' eyes"...

More than 8 months

Petra is more than 8 months old!

Where has the time gone?!? It goes by soooo fast...

Natasha and I are staying busy with our jobs and with Natasha taking online classes, and me volunteering on different Committees and reporting for the Newspaper...

Petra is really enjoying her daycare - with Kerry, Pat, and Shirley and all the boys (Langston, Max, Carson and her friend Blair)...

I'm trying to start a new Group called the Young Professionals of Orange County. (My intention is to create a Group for others, not entirely for myself)...

I'll add some pictures.

We're getting ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Natasha and Petra's Trip to Ukraine this winter.

Later,

Kevin

Oh yeah, I was goign to give a status on Petra's growth. She's not yet walking entirely by herself. She stull holds on to tables and chairs as she moves around on her feet. She's really good at crawling, though. She's starting to clap her hands, and sway back and forth when music is playing. We want to teach her to wave bye-bye. She knows how to say Mama and Dada. But, she gets them mixed-up sometimes. Except, when she really wants Mom, she says Mama for sure...

Petra is SO SASSY

Here is proof that Petra is so Sassy!

Late Summer - Early Fall

It's gettin' to be late summer, early Fall. Petra, ofcourse, is getting smarter everyday! When does that stop?!?

We let her try a frozen popsicle, today. She really liked the SUGAR! (she started crawling around the house like one of those "super antz" that have seemed to have gotten faster, by eating Petra's Similac formula that gets spilled all over the counter.

So, I guess it's a matter of time before Petra starts walking. We're excited about that...

She seems to be doing good in Pre-School - except she has a constant runny nose...

One thing, I noticed Petra learned how to "make her body go straight" - so she'll slide out of your hands when you try to pick her up off the ground, and she wants to get back down...

She still only says "Mama." I'm trying to get her to say "Dada," and "Baabaa" (for bottle - not Ukrainian Grandmother)...

Allright, take Care,

Kevin

Almost 7 months 5 year Wedding Anniversary

Petra's 7 month birthday will be August 14th. Mine and Natasha's 5 year Wedding Anniversary was August 7th. We went to our friend's Josh and Jennifer's house last Friday, and had a nice little party! It was really fun to hang-out with them and Jeremy and Allison.

Petra's getting so smart! Today was her first day of Daycare. She's sooo strong to be able to spend her day away from mommy and daddy. I went to visit her at lunch time, and she was sort of in shock that we had sent her to this place, but we hope that eventually she will learn to like going to spend time with her new friends...

It's getting close to the end of summer. Today was Natasha's first day of work. I can tell she's going to miss spending her day at home.

We're planning a 27th Birthday Party for Natasha, this Saturday! I hope we're able to get the house in order before then.

More than 6 months old

Today is July 19, 5 days ago Petra turned 6 months old! She's getting so smart and so cute! Natasha and I took her to get her 6 month immuniization shots. It seems like she's been fighting a temperature since. But, she'll be fine - we've been giving her some baby Tylenol. My sister Katy and her daughter Kiya, and my mom came down to visit for a couple of days before the 4th of July. Katy was visiting Cincinnati, but had to go back to Colorado soon. I'll attach some photos from our trip to Tampa Bay to visit Brad, Katya, and Alex.