Gingerbread Man

A video of Aaron decorating his Gingerbread Man:

We started setting up our Christmas decorations:

announcement

Baby Toile Pink Birth Announcement

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Kira's first doctor's appointment

She's 4 days old and is back to her birth weight, 5 lb 15 oz. She was 5 lb 9 oz when we left the hospital, the goal was not to drop below that number by the first appointment. Kira is a healthy baby, she eats a lot and sleeps a lot. Our hearts are overfilled with joy and gratefulness for her. Aaron seems to be doing well so far. He gets plenty of attention from his grandmommy and papa. I try to find time to spend with him as well. Hoping the transition will not be too rough for him. He likes making funny things to make Kira laugh (though, she can't yet), and laughs at her when she acts like a baby. He likes giving her kisses to her forehead and cheeks, and usually tries to be gentle with her, but I wouldn't leave them together alone:)

Kira Madeline Cislak

Was born on November 26, 2010 at 04:03 am, weighing 5 lb 15 oz, 19.75 inches long. She's a very sweet little girl and makes us all very very happy. Praising Lord for the gift of her life!

Today...

I meant to blog a lot about today. It was a great morning with Babushka and Dedushka at the park flying the kite. However, this afternoon Aaron woke up with fever 101.2 and complaints of sore throat. So, I am not in mood for writing much right now. Enjoy the pictures! Click on the collage below to see it larger.

Blessed Child

Nothing makes a mother happier than seeing her child happy. Just the other day Cliff and I were talking about how much the Lord has blessed our son with love from his family. Unfortunately, Aaron isn't growing up next door to either of his grandparents but the time he spends with them is trully filled with joy, love and happiness. I am so so grateful to both sets of our parents for being there for Aaron, and being the best grandparents I ever wished for him.


One of my favorite quotes these days is: "To be in your child's memories tomorrow, be in his life today".

We're enjoying Dedushka and Babushka's visit this week. Aaron loves all the attention he gets, and every morning is looking forward to the new day with his Ukrainian grandparents.
Today is supposed to be the last warm sunny day, so we enjoyed our time at the park and had a picnic there too. I made some panini sandwiches (thank you, Carol!). Just wish Cliff was there too.

PS More pictures in Fall 2010 album

Forgotten pictures

As I was transferring the videos of Aaron to the computer I found lots of pictures from Jules' and Sergey's visit that I didn't know were there. So, I posted them in a separate album. It was fun to go through them and see how much fun the boys had.
Below is a video of Aaron waiting for his ice-cream. I had to videotape it for history-he shakes with excitement for ice-cream. And if love for sweets is genetic-it's not from me:) I remember a funny story about Aaron and Cathy. One day I put Aaron down for a nap and Cliff and I decided to run some errand. Cathy would stay home to watch Aaron. We didn't plan to be out long as I was afraid Aaron could wake up in the middle of his nap. So we came back in 1 hour to find Aaron happily sitting at the dining room table munching on a cupcake. As it turned out, he woke up and cried for mama, was unconsolable, but when Grandmommy pulled out a cupcake-a magic happened. He didn't even care that I came home:)