Oh, these teeth!

Aaron got his first tooth when he was 8.5 months old. And back then I thought: "No biggie. They'll all come at once and we'll be done with those sleepless nights in a matter of days"...yeah...They're coming in spurts, but it's not like all in one week. He has 8 that are fully grown and 4 more that are coming through. Just a half way to go!:) He does not sleep at night and is having a hard time going down for a nap and staying asleep for longer than 1.5 hours. On top of his already bad appetite, he's eating even worse. In spite of his bad eating habits he somehow manages to maintain his weight in around 85%. He's about 29 lb right now.
He loves to play with cars and watch Russian cartoons. He still likes books.
Here he's reading a book "Dick and Jane" with Daddy on a rainy day:)


Some changes are coming our way, we will keep you posted.

Learning Colors (Video in Russian)

PA trip and Babushka's and Dedushka's Visit

The month has been very busy. Last week we visited Uncle Seriy, Aunt Julie, cousin Nikolai and the newest cousin Vitalik in Evans City where we also got to see Babushka and Dedushka and spend Thanksgiving with. Then we brought Babushka and Dedushka back to Alexandria and spent several days with them here. We wish they stayed longer! More pictures in Aaron's latest web album.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're thankful to Christ for our lives, our health and our families!

Some pictures with Grandparents

You can view the pictures with Grandparents Cislak here (both September and November visits)

(Мама и папа, нажмите на слово "here")

Great weekend

we had with Cliff's parents. We took some videos but for whatever reasons, no pictures with the grandparents:( But you'll enjoy these...

Not sure who the granddaddy is trying to immitate here. An elephant in labor? A wounded cat? you decide for yourself:)



Aaron is just checking whether his grandmommy is ticklish

"The answer is always "Yes", unless "No" is required"-Madagascar II

For Aaron it goes like this: The answer is always 'NJET' and no unless! He gives us his 'njet' which is the Russian for 'no' for basically anything.

-Aaron, do you want some water?

-NJEEET!

-Aaron, do you want potty?

-NJEET!

-Aaron, let's get dressed to go outside.

-NJEET!

I have never heard him say "Da" except for when he repeats it after me.

We're looking forward to Cislak grandparents coming this week and Nepomyashchyy grandparents coming a couple of weeks! We wish we all lived close to see them more often.