Christmas book advent calendar 2013

Hooray more books! More and more!  I love books when I was a kid the best Christmas gifts for me were books and chocolate. Chocolate is important so with the years my x-mas list got bigger and more expensive but books and sweets are still there. )

I want Rus to love books too and I thought that We should make advent book calendar for him! So we could open one book a day and read it all together.

We went book shopping couple times, got some pretty paper and basket, spent a night wrapping and here it is! Ruslan's first advent calendar!

1 st Birtday!

Rus turned one! I still cant believe  that he's one year old and running , climbing, dancing and talking in his baby language!

Руслану исполнился годик!!! Я досих пор не могу поверить что он бегает, лазит, танцуеь и болтает на своем детском языке,а всего 12 месяцев назад он был таким маленьким кохотным комочком сопящим у меня на руках.

Lake Eola

My friend, Rus and I went to the Lake Eola Market in Downtown Orlando on Sunday. Apparently there is a farmers market every Sunday! EVERY Sunday! And it was our first time there! What a shame. Seriously need to spend more time outside. Especially it's winter now and the weather is beautiful.
When I got home I realized that we we amazed by market so much that didn't take even one pic of it... the decision we have to come back!

The place was filled with families with kids in the strollers, singles with dogs and gay couples holding hands. Booths with Food, smoothies, ice cream and crafts, fortune teller, cheese and guy playing guitar and singing in the middle of all this craziness. Rus had banana that i got there for a quarter while Katie and I shared a barbecue sandwich. It was delicious and all but I still was hoping not to get sick afterwards. Oh, I know, it's just me and fear of street food.

12 months

Ruslan is 12 months!

 Here is 12 things about him.

1. He is a morning person. When he wakes up he's the happiest baby(can I still say baby?) ever! One morning he went got a book, climbed back in the bed and unfolded my fist and put a book in my hand. (hey mama, it's morning time, reading time)!

Throwback (Thursday) Sunday

Checked my email and saw that I was tagged on photos on Facebook last night. What ? I don't remember taking pictures of myself for months or anyone taking pictures of me.. Checked and my brain drowned into memory lake...

First grade. First of September 199..? My friend and I had matching book bags. I remember being so happy about it, and it didn't matter that we went to two completely different schools in different parts of the city. Our families met after classes and we took this picture.It was cool. We totally rocked those bags!

Happy Halloween

It's Ruslan's first Halloween. No trick or treat though, no candy but Yes to dress up and taking pictures!
 Oh and it got so difficult to take a photo of this unstoppable lil guy. He's on the move all day, and even when he calm he wants to play with camera. So phone is my best friend this months, small , fast to push the button and slide into the pocket.

11 months/11 месяцев

11 Months ! Oh my I'm going to perform a nervous dance now. My little tiny baby boy is 11 months!Take a  breath in breath out and we 'll be celebrating his 1 st birthday.
 Here's 11 things about 11 months old Rus.