Stockpile

 

The bakery down the street will be closed for two days. This is our stockpile of delicious goodies to last us (just Stas and me) until Jan 3 when they open again. Not pictured: the bar of bread we already finished at lunch and the bag of fresh croissants.

Cherry delicousness!

One layer of apricot pastries on top of a row of cherries yummies!

Evening stroll

Thursday December 23, 2010

Tonight Stas and I went for an evening stroll around the pond across the street. How do you dress for -4 C (24 F) weather?? Like this:

Natasha let me borrow her mink coat!

Beautiful Novodevichy Convent across the street from apartment

 

And while we were out Nikolai learned how to clap!


[video of Niko clapping his hands coming soon...or after we get home and get a hold of that camera cable!]

International Traveler

Sunday December 19, 2010 - Monday December 20, 2010  
While this wasn't the first time that Nikolai has crossed the border (Canada in May was the first) this was the first time he needed a passport!

Pops dropped us off at the airport and we were fully loaded - two suitcases, three carry-ons, a car seat, about a million jackets and cold weather accessories, and one super cute baby! 

The first flight to Atlanta was a breeze. Only about 2-2.5 hours. Barely long enough for Niko to get hungry again after take off to eat during the landing. I am very strict about nursing during take off and landing, and so far we've never had a problem with airpressure. We had two seats by ourselves and it worked out lovely.

After we landed, we had just enough time to haul it over to the International Terminal, check in and get our seats together, potty run, and then board for our 10.5 hour flight! We were so blessed to have front-row-Joe seats with a little extra leg-room. We also had the only open seat on the whole flight next to us. We were in the center section of three seats. No window, but an extra seat---we'll take it!! Nikolai did fantastic!! Just cycled through eat-sleep-play cycles until we landed!

When we walked into the immigration area a sweet employee saw me and Nikolai (he goes in the BabyHawk at the airports) carrying two carry-ons and let us (and Stas!!) skip to the front of the line. Pretty sure this was unprecedented. And awesome.

Natasha met us at the airport and it was fabulous to see her and most importantly for Nikolai to get to see her again!


Photos from the DFW-ATL flight:

San Fran

Thanks for all of your tips on traveling with a baby. Nik did great on the plane and was a champ the whole trip. Eventually I'll get around to the details, until then click here to see my sister's Facebook album of the trip. She's got a bunch of cute one's of Nik up there! Enjoy!

Little Buffalo & 39 weeks

Saturday, March 20, 2010 - Stas had the great idea to head up to Little Buffalo State Park for a picnic. We enjoyed bagel sandwiches and chips for lunch. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Buster loved running around off-leash exploring. For all of the photos, go here.
Enjoy this video of Buster running at top speed.